I'm trying to figure out how to properly do this. I'm hosting a domain that used to have a website also on the same server, however the website has now been moved to a different machine, but they want to keep the domain hosted on our DNS. Rather than changing the DNS record right now, I'm trying to figure out how to do a proxy redirect but I'm having some trouble.
Right now, I'm using the RewriteEngine to rewrite the URL as follows:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain\.org [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.domain.org/$1 [L,R]
This is in case someone looks up the website simply by http://domain.org it will get rewritten to http://www.domain.com - that works fine.
Now I need to redirect it to go to an IP address with a username:
http://111.222.333.444/~user
Rather than simply redirecting it to that address, I'd like to do a proxy where the domain will still be visible in the browser's address bar, while also keeping the above rule in place.
Suggestions anyone?
Make sure mod_proxy is enabled and do:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.domain.com
ProxyPass / http://111.222.333.444/~user
</VirtualHost>
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Please forgive what may sound like a similar question to what has been asked, however, I am VERY new to XAMPP and Apache and I have tried all possible combinations of the Rewrite Rules mentioned in other threads, which I have placed in the httpd.conf, httpd-default.conf and also in .htaccess and I simply cannot get the rewrite rules to work.
I simply want to redirect example.com to www.example.com. Please note that my redirect from HTTP to HTTPS is working 100%, so if someone can please advise on exactly where I should place the rewrite rule, and which one to use, to force non-www to www, I would be most appreciative.
I have full access to the server so I can edit either .conf or .htaccess files. Also I have checked and the part in httpd.conf that allows overrides to read the .htaccess files is enabled. The .htaccess file is currently in the same folder where my website lies. Just to add, I don't get any error, it just says the page has timed out if I type in example.com, if I type www.example.com then the page loads as expected.
Try this in your .htaccess file:
Replace example.com with your url.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301,NC]
The connection has timed out
This is a DNS or server config error. The request is not even reaching your server, or your server is not responding to the request. (So any attempt to implement a redirect will naturally fail.)
A quick check of the DNS for example.com and www.example.com shows they are pointing to different IP addresses (you have an A record configured for each). The example.com host is 1 digit different and would appear to be incorrect (the IP address does not respond to requests, hence the "time out").
Instead of having a separate A record for each hostname. If the www subdomain is supposed to point to the same site as the domain apex (ie. example.com) then configure a CNAME record instead that points www.example.com to example.com (this is not a "redirect").
You then need to ensure that your server will accept requests to the non-www hostname. For example:
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
(It's possible you have the ServerName and ServerAlias reversed - which is "OK".)
And the SSL cert needs to cover the non-www hostname (it does).
You can then implement your non-www to www HTTP redirect as mentioned.
I have a requirement where I have to redirect my hostname to particular application which is again hosted on same Apache. Let's take an example, When I hit on host(https://domain1.example.com), It should internally redirect me to Apache Web Application (https://domain1.example.com/application1) without changing the browser URL.
I am not sure how to achieve SSL to SSL redirection. Thanks in Advance..!!!
This should work. This will redirect all incoming urls that are going to domain1.example.com/ to domain1.example.com/application1
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain1.example.com$
RewriteRule ^$ https://domain1.example.com/application1 [L,R=301]
If without changing browsing URL is your goal then PROXY is your way.
Put following in your apache vhost or global file,
ProxyPass https://domain1.example.com/ https://domain1.example.com/application1
ProxyPassReverse https://domain1.example.com/ https://domain1.example.com/application1
PS shibboleth has nothing to do with this, at least you have not mentioned any case.
EDIT
ProxyPass should come to virtural host not in location
Ideally all the location tag should be out of virtual host
I have a host in my university's http server under the domain: university.com/~username
Now, I also have a domain on: mydomain.net with GoDaddy
I want to know if it is possible to have a subdomain:
university.mydomain.net that basically redirects to
university.com/~username.
Now, the trick here is that if I want to access
university.com/~username/subdir via university.mydomain.net/subdir
the address bar in the browser shows: university.mydomain.net/subdir no
matter if I access it via university.com/~username or university.mydomain.net
The problem with using permanent redirect with masking in GoDaddy, then if
I am in the dir university.mydomain.net/subdir and go to the subsubdir
university.mydomain.net/subdir/subsubdir then the browser still shows university.mydomain.net/subdir
And about CNAMEs or other kind of register in GoDaddy, I really have no idea
what to do (this is my first domain) and I don't even know if I have the rights
in my university server to make a difference.
I tried with a RewriteRule in a .htaccess file, but this always tries to
redirect (no matter what flag I use) to university.mydomain.com/subdir
while the only thing I want to do is that the address bar shows the direction
without following it.
I really don't even know if this is possible somehow. Sorry if it's an stupid
question, I'm very new with domains and those stuffs.
Under the CNAME you need to add you subdomain entry (in the Godaddy DNS management console)
university.mydomain.net points to #
and in your host the # might be pointing to the IP address where your university server is running.
Then in your apache vhost config, you would need to have rewrite rule like
<VirtualHost *:80>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^university.mydomain.net(:80)?$
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://university.com/~username/$1 [P,QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^university.com(:80)?$
RewriteRule ^/~username/(.*) http://university.mydomain.net/$1 [R=301,L]
</VirtualHost>
I'll try and explain this the best I can; I have two domain names: www.original.com and www.mysite.com/. Within the site for www.original.com there is no content and all the content is hosted in www.mysite.com/original/. Now, when I visit www.original.com I have set up a redirect like this:
redirectMatch 307 ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/original
However, I have realised that this is not what I need, because I would like the visitors of the www.original.com site to see www.original.com on the address bar, and not http://www.mysite.com/original. Is there any way to do this in .htaccess? I used to do it in the cPanel of my old hosting account via an addon domain, but the hosting I have now (united-domains.de) do not provide addon domains, apparently.
Thanks
Since the 2 sites are separate, you'll need to rely on mod_proxy. There are a number of ways to create a reverse proxy from the www.original.com domain to the www.mysite.com domain. The easiest would be to use ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse:
ProxyPass / http://www.mysite.com/original
ProxyPassReverse / http://www.mysite.com/original
But these are only applicable inside the server or vhost config. If you don't have access to that, you'll have to use mod_rewrite's [P] flag, which hands the target substitution of a RewriteRule to mod_proxy, and you can use this within an htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?original\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/original/$1 [L,P]
You have to tell www.original.com to act like a proxy server. but this may require you more than just editing an htaccess.
See this for more informations : http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html
I've had some users trying to access a site that is registered as subdomain.example.com with www.subdomain.example.com.
is there some sort of .htaccess rule I can add to redirect people that arrive using www.subdomain.example.com to subdomain.example.com?
Also, do I have to change DNS stuff?
Sure, use a directive like:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.subdomain.example.com
Redirect permanent / http://subdomain.example.com/
</VirtualHost>
Apache automatically preserves anything after the / when using the Redirect directive, which is a common misconception about why this method won't work (when in fact it does).
Also, yes you will need to change DNS records, because www.subdomain.example.com is a distinct hostname that needs its own A (or CNAME) record to point the browser to an appropriate server in the first place.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.subdomain.domain.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://subdomain.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
You need to add a virtual host directive in httpd.conf and Redirect Permament to the correct subdomain and add the additional DNS entry (CNAME is fine)