What is the effect of configuring a redirectURL on vserver-CS-1 to http://www.newdomain.com/mysite/?

• A. All the requests without url path /mysite/ will be redirected to http://www.newdomain.com/mysite/.
• B. If the vserver-CS-1 encounters high connection rate, then users will be redirected to http://www.newdomain.com/mysite/.
• C. All the requests to vserver-CS-1 will be redirected to http://www.newdomain.com/mysite/.
• D. If the status of vserver-CS-1 is DOWN, then users will be redirected to http://www.newdomain.com/mysite/.

Answer: (D)

Redirecting to a backup URL when the vserver becomes unavailable is the behavior in play. Configuring a redirectURL on a vserver sets up a failover destination so that if the vserver’s status goes DOWN, all client requests geared at that vserver are redirected to the specified URL (http://www.newdomain.com/mysite/). When the vserver is healthy, traffic is handled by it as normal and no redirection occurs. It isn’t triggered by traffic volume or by specific URL paths, and it doesn’t redirect all requests unconditionally—only in the event the vserver cannot serve requests. That’s why the effect described here applies specifically to the DOWN state.