4 files changed, 37 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/plugins/http/http.c b/src/plugins/http/http.c
index 048b403cd74..27801e8c34f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/http/http.c
+++ b/src/plugins/http/http.c
@@ -324,10 +324,12 @@ static const char *http_error_template = "HTTP/1.1 %s\r\n"
 					 "Pragma: no-cache\r\n"
 					 "Content-Length: 0\r\n\r\n";
 
+static const char *http_redirect_template = "HTTP/1.1 %s\r\n";
+
 /**
  * http response boilerplate
  */
-static const char *http_response_template = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+static const char *http_response_template = "HTTP/1.1 %s\r\n"
 					    "Date: %U GMT\r\n"
 					    "Expires: %U GMT\r\n"
 					    "Server: VPP Static\r\n"
@@ -541,9 +543,14 @@ state_srv_wait_app (http_conn_t *hc, transport_send_params_t *sp)
       goto error;
     }
 
-  if (msg.code != HTTP_STATUS_OK)
+  ec = msg.code;
+
+  switch (msg.code)
     {
-      ec = msg.code;
+    case HTTP_STATUS_OK:
+    case HTTP_STATUS_MOVED:
+      break;
+    default:
       goto error;
     }
 
@@ -558,15 +565,29 @@ state_srv_wait_app (http_conn_t *hc, transport_send_params_t *sp)
    * - data length
    */
   now = clib_timebase_now (&hm->timebase);
-  header = format (0, http_response_template,
-		   /* Date */
-		   format_clib_timebase_time, now,
-		   /* Expires */
-		   format_clib_timebase_time, now + 600.0,
-		   /* Content type */
-		   http_content_type_str[msg.content_type],
-		   /* Length */
-		   msg.data.len);
+
+  switch (msg.code)
+    {
+    case HTTP_STATUS_OK:
+      header =
+	format (0, http_response_template, http_status_code_str[msg.code],
+		/* Date */
+		format_clib_timebase_time, now,
+		/* Expires */
+		format_clib_timebase_time, now + 600.0,
+		/* Content type */
+		http_content_type_str[msg.content_type],
+		/* Length */
+		msg.data.len);
+      break;
+    case HTTP_STATUS_MOVED:
+      header =
+	format (0, http_redirect_template, http_status_code_str[msg.code]);
+      /* Location: http(s)://new-place already queued up as data */
+      break;
+    default:
+      goto error;
+    }
 
   offset = send_data (hc, header, vec_len (header), 0);
   if (offset != vec_len (header))
diff --git a/src/plugins/http/http.h b/src/plugins/http/http.h
index 04272aee6d6..b11e0da580d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/http/http.h
+++ b/src/plugins/http/http.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ typedef enum http_content_type_
 
 #define foreach_http_status_code                                              \
   _ (200, OK, "200 OK")                                                       \
+  _ (301, MOVED, "301 Moved Permanently")                                     \
   _ (400, BAD_REQUEST, "400 Bad Request")                                     \
   _ (404, NOT_FOUND, "404 Not Found")                                         \
   _ (405, METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, "405 Method Not Allowed")                       \
diff --git a/src/plugins/http_static/http_static.h b/src/plugins/http_static/http_static.h
index c754337e303..4e038ed385d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/http_static/http_static.h
+++ b/src/plugins/http_static/http_static.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ void hss_register_url_handler (hss_url_handler_fn fp, const char *url,
 			       http_req_method_t type);
 void hss_session_send_data (hss_url_handler_args_t *args);
 void hss_builtinurl_json_handlers_init (void);
+hss_session_t *hss_session_get (u32 thread_index, u32 hs_index);
 
 #endif /* __included_http_static_h__ */
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/http_static/static_server.c b/src/plugins/http_static/static_server.c
index cd36be7ccb6..a4c62fcda07 100644
--- a/src/plugins/http_static/static_server.c
+++ b/src/plugins/http_static/static_server.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ hss_session_alloc (u32 thread_index)
   return hs;
 }
 
-static hss_session_t *
+__clib_export hss_session_t *
 hss_session_get (u32 thread_index, u32 hs_index)
 {
   hss_main_t *hsm = &hss_main;
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ try_index_file (hss_main_t *hsm, hss_session_t *hs, u8 *path)
 
   redirect =
     format (0,
-	    "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\r\n"
 	    "Location: http%s://%U%s%s\r\n\r\n",
 	    proto == TRANSPORT_PROTO_TLS ? "s" : "", format_ip46_address,
 	    &endpt.ip, endpt.is_ip4, print_port ? port_str : (u8 *) "", path);
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ try_index_file (hss_main_t *hsm, hss_session_t *hs, u8 *path)
   hs->data_len = vec_len (redirect);
   hs->free_data = 1;
 
-  return HTTP_STATUS_OK;
+  return HTTP_STATUS_MOVED;
 }
 
 static int