Question
Can I use relative forward proxy rule setting in CA Access Gateway - SPS ?
I'd like to configure it as relative to proxy the request to same SPS. I'd like to put it that way :
<nete:case value="/xyz.htm">
<nete:forward>/xyz.htm</nete:forward>
</nete:case>
Answer
You can not use a relative target and you have to specify a host.
If you want to use the nete:forward clause, you do need to specify a Host Destination Target (FQDN)
ie :
<nete:case value="/xyz.htm">
<nete:forward>http://myhost.mydomain.com/xyz.htm</nete:forward>
</nete:case>
The forward clause uses a redirect 302 which returns a Location header to the client,
and as such, the FQDN of the host need to be defined as stated by the RFI rfc2616
section-14.30 :
For 3xx responses, the location SHOULD indicate the
server's preferred URI for automatic redirection to the resource. The
field value consists of a single absolute URI.
Location = "Location" ":" absoluteURI
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.30
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