{"id":13806,"date":"2019-04-06T09:22:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T09:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=13806"},"modified":"2019-04-06T09:22:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T09:22:37","slug":"redirect-a-website-url-from-one-server-to-different-server-in-apache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/04\/06\/redirect-a-website-url-from-one-server-to-different-server-in-apache\/","title":{"rendered":"Redirect a Website URL from One Server to Different Server in Apache"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised in our previous two articles (Perform Internal Redirection with mod_rewrite<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Show Custom Content Based on Browser<\/a>), in this post we will explain how to perform a redirection to a resource that has been moved from one server to a different server in Apache using\u00a0mod_rewrite<\/strong>\u00a0module.<\/p>\n

Suppose you are redesigning your company\u2019s Intranet site. You have decided to store the content and styling (HTML files<\/strong>,\u00a0JavaScript<\/strong>, and\u00a0CSS<\/strong>) on one server and the documentation on another \u2013 perhaps a more robust one.<\/p>\n

Suggested Read:<\/b>\u00a05 Tips to Boost the Performance of Your Apache Web Server<\/a><\/p>\n

However, you want this change to be transparent to your users so that they are still able to access the docs at the usual URL.<\/p>\n

In the following example, a file named\u00a0assets.pdf<\/code>\u00a0has been moved from\u00a0\/var\/www\/html<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0192.168.0.100<\/strong>(hostname:\u00a0web<\/strong>) to the same location in\u00a0192.168.0.101<\/strong>\u00a0(hostname:\u00a0web2<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

In order for users to access this file when they browse to\u00a0192.168.0.100\/assets.pdf<\/code>, open Apache\u2019s configuration file on\u00a0192.168.0.100<\/strong>\u00a0and add the following rewrite rule (or you can also add the following rule to your\u00a0.htaccess file<\/a>):<\/p>\n

RewriteRule \"^(\/assets\\.pdf$)\" \"http:\/\/192.168.0.101$1\"  [R,L]\r\n<\/pre>\n
where\u00a0$1<\/code>\u00a0is a placeholder for anything that matches the regular expression inside parentheses.<\/p>\n
Now save changes, don\u2019t forget to restart Apache, and let\u2019s see what happens when we attempt to access\u00a0assets.pdf<\/strong>\u00a0by browsing to\u00a0192.168.0.100\/assets.pdf<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
Suggested Read:<\/b>\u00a025 Useful \u2018.htaccess\u2019 Tricks for Websites<\/a><\/p>\n
In the above below we can see that the request that was made for\u00a0assets.pdf<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0192.168.0.100<\/strong>\u00a0was actually handled by\u00a0192.168.0.101<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
# tail -n 1 \/var\/log\/apache2\/access.log\r\n<\/pre>\n
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\"Check<\/a><\/p>\n
Check Apache Logs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In this article we have discussed how to perform a redirection to a resource that has been moved to a different server. To wrap up, I\u2019d strongly suggest you take a look at the\u00a0mod_rewrite<\/a>\u00a0guide and\u00a0Apache redirect guide<\/a>\u00a0for future reference.<\/p>\n
As always, feel free to use the comment form below if you have any concerns about this article. We look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n
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As promised in our previous two articles (Perform Internal Redirection with mod_rewrite\u00a0and\u00a0Show Custom Content Based on Browser), in this post we will explain how to perform a redirection to a resource that has been moved from one server to a different server in Apache using\u00a0mod_rewrite\u00a0module. Suppose you are redesigning your company\u2019s Intranet site. You have … <\/p>\n
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