How can i redirect my website "example.com" to "www.example.com"

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Hi,

I created a new droplet and added my existing domain from Godaddy. Later i configured my website in apache under /var/www/ with the name example. Now the problem is when i search example in google it is giving example.com as a first result. If i click that link it take me to apache home page, when i post complete URL like www.example.com it take me to my site page.

How can i redirect to www.example.com even i post example.com?

Answer 1

newbie May 18, 2016

this should help you
How To Redirect www to Non-www with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04

How To Redirect www to Non-www with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04

by Mitchell Anicas

This tutorial will show you how to redirect a www URL to non-www, e.g. `www.example.com` to `example.com`, with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04. We will also show you how to redirect in the other direction, from a non-www URL to www.

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jaccs May 18, 2016

Hi,
Thanks for that.

I followed that article and created .htaccess. The result of “curl -I http://mydomain.com” i have got below stuff.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 14:30:00 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Last-Modified: Wed, 18 May 2016 13:29:37 GMT
ETag: “68-5331dd9575240”
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 104
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: text/html

and still the problem persists. when i place mydomain.com it taking me to apache home page. When i place www.mydomain.com it working properly.

But the redirection is working with.. When i place mydomain.com/index.php in url its redirecting to www.mydomain.com/index.php.

It is not working with mydomain.com.

However I deleted the apache home page from under /var/www/html/

am i did wrong anywhere? (config) — I even followed the digitalocean articles.
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- Patatman May 18, 2016
  
  Hi,
  
  You should add a ServerAlias.
  In your case, check your apache2 Vhost config and look for ServerName
  Just below that, add: ServerAlias example.com (case sensitive)
  Your config is located at: /etc/apache2/sites-available/
  The reason it’s going to the default page is because the apache config for your site doesn’t listen to non-www.
  This is also how you can configure sub domains e.g. dev.example.com.
  
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  jaccs May 18, 2016
  
  Hi,
  
  I already added ServerAlias in mysite.config file under /etc/apache2/sites-available/. and i added the same line in default config file also.
  like ServerAlias mysite.com
  
  I don’t have any sub domains. am i need to add? … for letting me to redirect for non-www.
  
  Regards
  
  Reply Report
  
  Patatman May 18, 2016
  
  Aha, my guess is that that’s the problem.
  The default config is loaded first, and sees that ServerAlias mysite.com exists, and points it to the default apache site.
  
  If you delete the entry from your default config file, the problem should be gone.
  
  Let me know if it works.
  
  Reply Report
  
  jaccs May 18, 2016
  
  (http://www.dropbox.com/s/ez7shidu03gmp4g/Selection_003.png?dl=0)
  
  This was the snap of my 000-default.conf file. Still its not working. Digging for solution.
  
  Reply Report
- newbie May 19, 2016
  
  u added A record or CNAME for the www in your dns? try adding CNAME.
  
  Reply Report
  
  jaccs May 19, 2016
  
  Hi,
  
  A big thanks to everyone who helped me to solve this redirecting issue.
  Finally i got, when i created the CNAME record with www. I destroyed the www entry for A record and created new record for CNAME with www. Its working now(Redirecting for both www & non-www).
  
  Thanks.
  
  Reply Report

Answer 2

jaccs May 18, 2016

Hi,
Thanks for that.

I followed that article and created .htaccess. The result of “curl -I http://mydomain.com” i have got below stuff.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 14:30:00 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Last-Modified: Wed, 18 May 2016 13:29:37 GMT
ETag: “68-5331dd9575240”
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 104
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: text/html

and still the problem persists. when i place mydomain.com it taking me to apache home page. When i place www.mydomain.com it working properly.

But the redirection is working with.. When i place mydomain.com/index.php in url its redirecting to www.mydomain.com/index.php.

It is not working with mydomain.com.

However I deleted the apache home page from under /var/www/html/

am i did wrong anywhere? (config) — I even followed the digitalocean articles.
Reply Report
- Patatman May 18, 2016
  
  Hi,
  
  You should add a ServerAlias.
  In your case, check your apache2 Vhost config and look for ServerName
  Just below that, add: ServerAlias example.com (case sensitive)
  Your config is located at: /etc/apache2/sites-available/
  The reason it’s going to the default page is because the apache config for your site doesn’t listen to non-www.
  This is also how you can configure sub domains e.g. dev.example.com.
  
  Reply Report
  
  jaccs May 18, 2016
  
  Hi,
  
  I already added ServerAlias in mysite.config file under /etc/apache2/sites-available/. and i added the same line in default config file also.
  like ServerAlias mysite.com
  
  I don’t have any sub domains. am i need to add? … for letting me to redirect for non-www.
  
  Regards
  
  Reply Report
  
  Patatman May 18, 2016
  
  Aha, my guess is that that’s the problem.
  The default config is loaded first, and sees that ServerAlias mysite.com exists, and points it to the default apache site.
  
  If you delete the entry from your default config file, the problem should be gone.
  
  Let me know if it works.
  
  Reply Report
  
  jaccs May 18, 2016
  
  (http://www.dropbox.com/s/ez7shidu03gmp4g/Selection_003.png?dl=0)
  
  This was the snap of my 000-default.conf file. Still its not working. Digging for solution.
  
  Reply Report
- newbie May 19, 2016
  
  u added A record or CNAME for the www in your dns? try adding CNAME.
  
  Reply Report
  
  jaccs May 19, 2016
  
  Hi,
  
  A big thanks to everyone who helped me to solve this redirecting issue.
  Finally i got, when i created the CNAME record with www. I destroyed the www entry for A record and created new record for CNAME with www. Its working now(Redirecting for both www & non-www).
  
  Thanks.
  
  Reply Report

Answer 3

MOHAMMADMOHIUUDDINFEI October 25, 2017

HI
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 14:30:00 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)
Last-Modified: Wed, 18 May 2016 13:29:37 GMT
ETag: “68-5331dd9575240”
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 104
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: text/html

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