Description how it was made in this blog post). As a target the Load Balancing Virtual Server using port 443 should be used (that can be used multiple times as a target. If you are also using Content Switching, you can also make a Content Switching Virtual Server accepting traffic on port 80 and again using the OWA Virtual IP. This is also described in the Netscaler Deployment guide and depicted in the image below: Do remember to enable traffic over TCP port 80 towards the Netscaler, otherwise this won’t work. Instead go to the Advanced Tab and in the Redirect URL enter HTTPS:// with the virtual IP used for Webmail. Make a Load Balancing Virtual Server, listening on port 80 and as IP address the Virtual IP used for OWA. That is not done via Rewrites, but there are more ways than one. Choose the previously made Rewrite Policy as shown below:Īnd voila! Now every user entering will be directed to without a fuss! And because the policy triggers only on the root, directly using /owa, or /ecp for that matter, will also work. Right-click in the window and choose Insert Policy. Open the Virtual Server, go to the Policies Tab and press the Rewrite (request) button. This has to be the Virtual Server which is responsible for (at least) Outlook Web Access. In this case I bind it to a Load Balancing Virtual Server already previously made (see this blog post). This Rewrite Policy now checks for URL's which use the root path / and will replace it with /owa/.īut in order to make it happen, the policy has to be enabled somewhere. Now you can create a Rewrite Policy by going to Rewrite>Policies and then click add…Īgain, give it a sensible name and be sure the Action is set to the earlier created Rewrite Action (in the screenshot below Rewrite_Action_OWA).Īgain, type it and do not copy and paste. Click Create to create the Rewrite Action and click Close to close the window. The screenshot below shows the value as mentioned before. In the String expression for replacement text, the following value should be used:īe sure to type it in and not copy it from this blog, otherwise it could not workd correctly. In the Expression the following should be used: Give it a comprehensive name and set the type to REPLACE. Check the tick box for RewriteĪfter this, first make an Rewrite Action by going to Rewrite>Actions and add an Action. This enables us to simplify the OWA URL.įirst, be sure the Rewriting option is enabled by going into System, then Settings and choose Configure Basic Settings. Next to Content Switching (which I recently wrote a post about), Citrix Netscalers can also do URL Rewrites.
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