OK, needed to add: RewriteEngine on :( Thanks. rkw wrote: > > It is still just loading the HTTP page fropm the alias, not redirecting to > HTTPS. Any ideas? > > Also, I would like it to be more generic as far as the redirect host is > concerned. > > Could I just do: > > RewriteRule myApp/(.*) https://%{HOSTNAME}/myApp/$1 [R] > > or something similar? > > > Krist van Besien wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 9:12 PM, rkw<wippel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> I want to add an alias: >>> >>> Alias myApp /opt/installdir/myApp when I install my application. I can >>> do >>> this fine by adding a myApp.conf file into the /etc/httpd/conf.d folder >>> >>> But, this makes the application accessible both via http and https. >>> >>> I can add the alais into the Virtual Host on port 443 in the ssl.conf >>> file >>> and get it to work, but, ideally, it would be much easier to install if >>> I >>> could just do everything in myApp.conf file. >>> >>> How can I bind that alais to the Virtual Host on port 443 without >>> changing >>> the ssl.conf file? >> >> I had a similar problem. My solution was to allow the existence of the >> alias on the http host, but redirect it to the https host. Like this: >> >> Alias /myApp/ /opt/installdir/myApp >> >> RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off >> RewriteRule myApp/(.*) https://www.mysite.com/myApp/$1 [R] >> >> What you could also do is have the Rewrite return a Forbidden: >> >> RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off >> RewriteRule myApp/(.*) - [F] >> >> HTH, >> >> Krist >> >> -- >> krist.vanbesien@xxxxxxxxx >> krist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Bremgarten b. Bern, Switzerland >> -- >> A: It reverses the normal flow of conversation. >> Q: What's wrong with top-posting? >> A: Top-posting. >> Q: What's the biggest scourge on plain text email discussions? >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server >> Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> > > :-((:-((:-(( -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Adding-Alias-with-HTTPS-tp24706066p24721896.html Sent from the Apache HTTP Server - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx