Re: Re: Need help understanding mod_rewrite and redirect (Apache Users)

1) Avoid rewriting from <Directory> or <Location> blocks.

2) Avoid using mod_alias (redirect) from that context as well

3) Provide more than one rewrite log line, context matters

4) This can be replaced with FallbackResource /index.php:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

5) Why are you using mod_rewrite, either way?

On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 6:40 PM Jim Weill <moondog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The logs say something of the form: input=full.website.base.URL pattern=hostname.fq.dn not matched

Where am I going wrong here?

jim

On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 9:55 AM Jim Weill <moondog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We have a website that has been in use for a project for years, which someone else took up and would like the site permanently redirected to the new URL. For whatever reason I cannot get this redirect to work consistently, and I'd like to know where I'm going wrong.

The only thing I changed on the website.conf file was adding the redirect statement. What used to happen was if you came in on the full base URL, it would append the directory to the URL and load the site.

Now it alternates between showing the /var/www/index file or redirecting to the new website, and I'm not sure why.

website.conf:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^full.website.base.URL$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/$ https://full.website.base.URL/url-path/ [L,R]
alias /url-path "/local/www/path"
<Directory "/local/www/path">
Require all granted
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /url-path
Redirect permanent https://new.website.base.url/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !full.website.base.URL
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://full.website.base.URL%{REQUEST_URI} [R]
<Files "cron.php">
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /url-path/cron.php$ [NC]
RewriteRule "^/url-path/cron.php$" http://full.website.base.URL%{REQUEST_URI} [L]
</Files>
</Directory>

and for good measure, I put .htaccess in the local www path:
RewriteEngine On
Redirect permanent https://new.website.base.url/