Change the order of HTTP policies in a rule

Last update: May 30 2026

The order of HTTP policies depends on the policy action. First, policies to reject traffic (REJECT) are applied, then URL redirection (REDIRECT_TO_URL) and URL prefix (REDIRECT_PREFIX) policies, and finally policies for redirection to a target group (REDIRECT_TO_POOL).

If a rule has multiple HTTP policies with the same action, they are applied according to the policy's position in the load balancer rule. You can change the policy position.

Control panel

1. In the Control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.

2. Go to the Load Balancers section → the Load Balancers tab.

3. Open the load balancer page.

4. Open the rule card.

5. In the HTTP policies block, drag and drop the policies. The policy above other policies with the same action will be applied first.

6. Click Confirm.

OpenStack CLI

1. Open the OpenStack CLI.

2. Change the position of an HTTP policy in a rule:

   openstack loadbalancer l7policy set --position <position> <policy>

   Specify:

   • <position> — the policy position in the rule. For example, a policy with position 1 will be applied first among policies with the same action;
   • <policy> — the ID or name of the HTTP policy. You can view the list with the command openstack loadbalancer l7policy list.