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Eric
Asked: 2016-03-09 15:38:31 +0800 CST

Configure Apache2 sites path

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I don't understand Directory and VirtualHost directives very well as I see it. I want to configure the apache server for the following behavior :

Site content is at : /var/www/mywebsite

I want the following resolutions :
mywebsite.com/ -> /var/www/mywebsite/index.html
mywebsite.com/mywebsite -> /var/www/mywebsite/index.html

I also have php5 install so I could write a simple redirect at /var/www/redirect.php. I don't think that this is the right solution however and I'm not sure on what to search to find answer to this.

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1 Answers

  1. You can use the following rewrite rules via .htaccess

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/mywebsite/?
RewriteRule (.*) /index.html [R=301,L]

    I've been told that htaccess is evil and that I should use the Directory directive instead.

    Just move rules to the virtual host section

    <VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerAdmin [email protected]
   ServerName mywebsite.com

   DocumentRoot /vhosts/mywebsite.com/public_html

   <Directory /vhosts/mywebsite.com/public_html>
      Options -Indexes
      AllowOverride All
      Order Allow,Deny
      Allow from All
      Require All granted

      RewriteEngine On
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/mywebsite/?
      RewriteRule (.*) /index.html [R=301,L]
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
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