Create an HTTP policy

Last update: May 30 2026

There is no limit to the number of HTTP policies in a rule or the number of conditions in an HTTP policy.

Control panel

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

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

3. Open the load balancer page.

4. Open the rule card.

5. Click Add New Policy.

6. Select the parameter to check the request against: HOSTNAME for a domain name or PATH to check the path.

7. Select the match type for the control value:

   • EQUAL TO — equals;
   • STARTS WITH — starts with;
   • ENDS WITH — ends with;
   • CONTAINS — contains;
   • REGEX — regular expression.

8. Enter the control value for verification. If you selected the REGEX condition in step 7, enter a regular expression.

9. Optional: to add another condition to the policy, click New Condition and configure it. If a policy has multiple conditions, the request must match all of them for the policy to apply.

10. Specify where to redirect a matching request:

    • Redirect to target group — select a target group or create a new one with the HTTP protocol;
    • Redirect to URL — enter the target URL that will completely replace the request URL, including the protocol, domain name, path, and request parameters;
    • Redirect to URL prefix — enter the part of the URL that should replace the protocol and domain name in the request URL. For example, if you enter https://example.com/new, a request to https://example.com/api will be redirected to https://example.com/new/api

    To not accept requests that match the policy, select Reject traffic.

11. Enter a name for the policy or leave the default one.

12. Click Add.

OpenStack CLI

1. Open the OpenStack CLI.

2. Create an HTTP policy in the rule:

   openstack loadbalancer l7policy create \
     --action <action> \
     [--redirect-url <url> | --redirect-prefix <prefix_url> | --redirect-pool <pool> ]
     --position <position> \
     --name <policy_name> \
     <listener>

   Specify:

   • <action> — the traffic balancing action:

     • REDIRECT_TO_URL — completely replace the request URL, including the protocol, domain name, path, and parameters;
     • REDIRECT_PREFIX — replace the protocol and domain name in the request URL;
     • REDIRECT_TO_POOL — redirect to a target group;
     • REJECT — reject;

   • <policy_name> — the L7 policy name;

   • where to direct traffic:

     • --redirect-url <url> — the full URL for redirection. Specify this if the REDIRECT_TO_URL`` action is selected;
     • --redirect-prefix <prefix_url> — the URL prefix to replace the protocol and domain in the request, for example https://example.com. Specify this if the REDIRECT_PREFIX`` action is selected;
     • --redirect-pool <pool> — the target group ID or name. Specify this if the REDIRECT_TO_POOL action is selected. You can view the list by running the openstack loadbalancer pool list command. If you do not have a target group yet, create one.

   • --position <position> — the policy position in the rule. Specify this if the rule has multiple policies with the same action; the policy at position 1 will be applied first;

   • <listener> — the rule ID or name. You can view the list by running the openstack loadbalancer listener list.

3. Create a condition in the HTTP policy:

   openstack loadbalancer l7rule create \
     --compare-type <compare_type> \
     --type <type> \
     --value <value> \
     <policy>

   Specify:

   • <compare_type> — the match type for the control value:

     • EQUAL TO — equals;
     • STARTS WITH — starts with;
     • ENDS WITH — ends with;
     • CONTAINS — contains;
     • REGEX — regular expression;

   • <type> — the request parameter to check: HOST_NAME, PATH, COOKIE, FILE_TYPE, HEADER;

   • <value> — the control value;

   • <policy> — the ID or name of the L7 policy you created in step 2.