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Re: URL Rewriting in Apache anyone?



Yup bearing in mind that you will need to set the Options Directive in
httpd.conf/apache.conf to All otherwise .htaccess files wont work.

Kind Regards,
Chris Bond
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Coombes" <philip.coombes@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] URL Rewriting in Apache anyone?


> I would also add that rewrite directives can normally also go in a
.htaccess
> file in the directory that the web files are held in. This allows you to
> mess around with things without restarting apache all the time, even if in
> the end you put them in your httpd.conf anyway.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Broadfoot, Kieran J" <Kieran.Broadfoot@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 8:55 AM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] URL Rewriting in Apache anyone?
>
>
> > The syntax is probably a little off but in your httpd.conf you'll want
> > something like:
> >
> > <VirtualHost tivo.mydomain.com>
> > ServerAdmin tony@xxxxxxx > > Redirect / http://mydomain.dnsalias.org/house/tivo
> > </VirtualHost>
> >
> > The Redirect is passed to the browser so any URLs referenced on the
pages
> > under /house/tivo which are relative are viewed as if they belonged to
> > tivo.mydomain.com
> >
> > If you want to redirect to a different port then that's ok as well as
> you'd
> > just change the redirect url to something like:
> > http://mydomain.dnsalias.org:8080/
> >
> > hope this helps but please note this is for version 1.3 apache not 2.x
> which
> > I think changes the syntax a little and its untested!
> >
> > kieran
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BUTLER, Tony, FM [mailto:roaming@xxxxxxx]
> > Subject: [ukha_d] URL Rewriting in Apache anyone?
> >
> > Not as OT as it might seem, given that it is to aide in HA!
> >
> > I would like to redirect from say:
> >
> > house.mydomain.com to mydomain.dnsalias.org/house (This in turn directs
on
> > to my dynamic IP cable modem connection).
> >
> > so that I can access Homeseer from the web, using a "nicer" URL than the
> > dnsalias one.
> >
> > The idea is I'd have a number of these set up:
> > music.mydomain.com, TiVo.mydomain.co etc etc.
> >
> > The webserver at mydomain.com is an apache server.
> > I know that the URL can be rewritten, but I just don't know how :-(
> > A search ont he web reveals various places talking about mod_rewrite,
but
> > sadly they don't seem to cover the basics of "which file do I put the
> > instructions in and where do I place the file" :-(
> >
> > Can one of you *nix guru's help?  /me is a windoze bod & a bit @ sea
> without
> > a GUI :-)
> >
> > I would like to retain the url originally typed in rather than the user
> > seeing mydomain.dnsalias.org/something in the title bar.
> >
> > The other thing is:
> > Can I also get it to handle ports, so I am talking over port 80 to
> > mydomain.com and it is rewriting behind the scenes to talk to a URL on
> port
> > 1234?  (Still web traffic, just a different port no)
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> >
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
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