Cisco Systems OL-7029-01 Match protocol http header header map submode, Header-value expression

Chapter 2 Content Switching Module with SSL Commands

match protocol http header (header map submode)

match protocol http header (header map submode)

To specify header fields and values for the CSM to search for when receiving a request, use the match protocol http header command in SLB header map configuration submode. Multiple match rules can be added to a header map. To remove the header match rule from the header map, use the no form of this command.

match protocol http header field header-value expression

no match protocol http header field

Syntax Description	field	Literal name of the generic field in the HTTP header. The range is
		from 1 to 63 characters.
	header-value expression	Specifies the header value expression string to compare against the
		value in the specified field; the range is from 1 to 127 characters.
Defaults	This command has no default settings.
Command Modes	SLB header map configuration submode
Command History	Release	Modification
	CSM release 2.1(1)	This command was introduced.
	CSM-S release 1.1(1)	This command was introduced.
Usage Guidelines	There are predefined fields, for example, Accept-Language, User-Agent, or Host.
	Header regular expressions (see “Regular Expressions” section on page 2-3)are based on the UNIX
	filename specification. URL expressions are stored in a header map in the form header-name=
	expression. Header expressions allow spaces if they are escaped or quoted. All headers in the header map
	must be matched.
Examples	This example shows how to specify header fields and values to search upon a request:
	Cat6k-2(config-slb-map-header)#match protocol http header Host header-value XYZ
	header-map (policy submode)
Related Commands
	insert protocol http header (header map submode)
	map header
	show module csm map

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