Help, can anyone show me a very concrete way to redirect a non-www to www..some say change .htacess & mydomain.com.conf alias

May 26, 2018 285 views
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mjbt

so far i have this (nothing happens)

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTPHOST} !^www.
RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s on(s)|offs()
RewriteRule ^ http%1://www.%{HTTPHOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [NE,L,R=301]

ServerAdmin admin@mydomain.com
ServerName mydomain.com
ServerAlias www.mydomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain.com

i read and tried everything i saw in the net but of no avail.

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rushpro May 26, 2018

It's easier this way...

<VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerName example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://example.com/
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://example.com/
</VirtualHost>
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mjbt May 27, 2018

thanks rushpro...im going to try this...xx
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error...when i restart the apache2 i got failed & when i checked the error log (fatal error and some sort of error things i can't relate)
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anyway i got it worked..it is so simple..it goes like this:

you make vhost settings:

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName example.com
Redirect permanent / https://example.com/
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html

</VirtualHost>

and then, you go Let's Encrypt https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-14-04

after that, you recheck you're mydomain.com.conf (where you put you're vhost settings) in the lower part you will get settings like this before the end of </VirtualHost>:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVERNAME} =www.mydomain.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVERNAME} =mydomain.com
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVERNAME}%{REQUESTURI} [END,NE,R=permanent]

i change mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com...

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVERNAME} =www.mydomain.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVERNAME} =www.mydomain.com
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVERNAME}%{REQUESTURI} [END,NE,R=permanent]

i checked chrome and firefox so far it works for me..anyway thanks for your comment it gives me an idea.

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  • mjbt May 27, 2018

    opps [erase/edit] it's the lower part:

    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{SERVERNAME} =www.mydomain.com [OR]
    RewriteCond %{SERVERNAME} =mydomain.com
    RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{SERVERNAME}%{REQUESTURI} [END,NE,R=permanent]

    • edit this add www to RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVERNAME}%{REQUESTURI} [END,NE,R=permanent]

    and the vhost setting is:

    <VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerAdmin admin@mydomain.com
    ServerName mydomain.com
    ServerAlias www.mydomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain.com

    </VirtualHost>

    *lol it's a mess i can't edit my past reply.

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