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Maps different parts of a host file system into the document tree and it used for URL redirection

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apache2.4 mod_rewrite exclude specific alias directroy/uri

I have the following setup on one of my vhosts: ... ServerName cloud.domain.de ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.de ServerSignature Off Alias "/.well-known/acme-challenge"…
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How can I redirect any ServerAlias to the respective ServerName?

I want to 301 redirect all example.org to www.example.org. The following example is doing just that, but it's got a lot of noise to it and is thus hard to maintain and error prone: ServerName example.org …
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Global Apache Alias, ignoring virtual hosts

I have a global entry Alias /.well-known/acme-challenge /var/www/letsencrypt/.well-known/acme-challenge/ in my apache configuration, outside any virtual host. This way, the above Alias is effective for all virtual hosts. Unfortunately, there are…
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How to check if mod_alias is enabled?

I want to try mod_alias instead of mod_rewrite for a couple of simple redirect rules, but the directives don't seem to be working when entered in .htaccess. Is it possible that mod_alias is not loaded or enabled on the server? How do I find out?
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RedirectMatch and Query String

Compare these two RedirectMatch's. The first doesn't work: RedirectMatch 302 ^/redirect\.php[?]page=(.+)$ http://somewhereelse.com/$1 Versus this, which will redirect to http://somewhereelse.com/?page=wherever: RedirectMatch 302…
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apache2 - how to exclude alias from rewrite rules?

I have setup mod_rewrite and mod_alias on Apache2 on Debian (in a test server). I have the following rewrite code in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default: Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All RewriteEngine on RewriteCond…
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Can I use Apache variables with mod_alias's `Redirect`, instead of using mod_rewrite?

The Apache HTTP Server's mod_alias provides the Redirect directive which is great for simple redirects, like the following: # Redirect login to https Redirect permanent /login https://www.example.org/login While many admins use mod_rewrite for…
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How can I force RedirectMatch not to escape the redirect URL

Today I've noticed that mod_alias's Redirect and RedirectMatch directives show a different behavior in how they handle the redirect URL. A statement like this: Redirect 301 "/foo" "/bar%20baz" will redirect to the literal URL bar%20baz,…
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How would you replace this rewrite rule with a redirect?

This Apache reference page and this wiki clearly states that to achieve simple http to https redirects, mod_alias should be used instead of the more expensive mod_rewrite. I have an Apache virtualhost which uses a wildcard to match multiple…
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Apache ErrorDocument in an alias

I am trying to set a custom error document in an alias. Alias /f1 "/media/data/www/f1" AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl Options Includes Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks ExecCGI AllowOverride…
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mod_rewrite over mod_alias / Ordering and precedence

Within a multi-server shared hosting I am using this RedirectMatch temp "/.well-known/acme-challenge/(.*)" "https://FOO.BAR.TLD/$1" to redirect all Let's Encrypt requests to one server. The problem: If someone (customer ;-) ) is using…
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Serving multiple directories outside of web root from the same URL with Apache2

Is it possible to set up Apache to serve multiple directories from the same URL? For example, given that I have images in two locations: /mnt/imagestore1, /mnt/imagestore2. I would like mysite.com/images/file.jpg to display images from either…
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Redirect wildcard subdomain to same subdomain on different domain

I have a domain with dynamic subdomains. The domain, unfortunately, has changed. As such I need to redirect *.domain1.com to *.domain2.com while keeping the subdomains the same. I have looked through the mod_alias and mod_rewrite documentation…
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The Alias directive will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias

Ok, not sure why this is occuring. So, I get the message The Alias directive in /etc/httpd/conf.d/awstats.conf at line 3 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias. and The Alias directive in /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf at…
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Apache: Serving same file on multiple vhosts using regex

I have various virtual hosts (vhosts) setup on an Apache 2.2 server such as: examplea.domain exampleb.domain testsitea.domain testsiteb.domain testsite.domain othersitea.domain On virtual hosts matching the regular expression "site[a-z].domain", I…
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