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=$1 [L,QSA]
5) Why are you using mod_rewrite, either way?
On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 6:40 PM Jim Weill <moon...@icsi.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> The logs say something of the form: input=full.website.base.URL
> pattern=hostname.fq.dn not matched
>
> Where am I going wrong here?
>
> jim
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 9:55 AM Jim Weill <moon...@icsi.berkeley.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> We have a website that has been in use for a project for years, which
>> someone else took up and would like the site permanently redirected to the
>> new URL. For whatever reason I cannot get this redirect to work
>> consistently, and I'd like to know where I'm going wrong.
>>
>> The only thing I changed on the website.conf file was adding the redirect
>> statement. What used to happen was if you came in on the full base URL, it
>> would append the directory to the URL and load the site.
>>
>> Now it alternates between showing the /var/www/index file or redirecting
>> to the new website, and I'm not sure why.
>>
>> website.conf:
>> RewriteEngine On
>> RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^full.website.base.URL$ [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/
>>
>>
>>
