Creating Apache redirects
This article explains redirects in Apache® and how to set them up.
What is a redirect?
Apache can create a redirect that points from one vhost to another vhost on the server or another external site. Common reasons for using this feature are to force http traffic to https and to move domain names.
Using the redirect directive
Apache has a redirect directive that you can add to the vhost to redirect any traffic to the specified site. Below is an example of using the directive to redirect all http traffic to https:
`<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/httpdocs
ServerName example.com
Redirect / https://example.com <-----
ServerAlias www.example.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/httpdocs
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/2017-example.com.crt
SSLCACertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/CABundle.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/2017-example.com.key
</VirtualHost>`
The preceding example only works for that single page by establishing a temporary 302 redirect. Establish a permanent 301 redirect, by using the redirect directive as follows:
Redirect 301 / https://example.com
Redirect permanent / https://example.com
Updated 10 months ago