By Andy Deglado
Ubuntu 16.04.02 x64
Redirect to www.apollos-dev.com
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Redirex looks like it will do what you need in place of a full web server. I haven’t tried it myself, but it looks in line with your needs.
Also, a 301 redirect would be a better choice. Meta redirects are slower, break the web browsers ‘back’ button and can have negative SEO implications.
I answered my own question.
I installed lighttpd, opened port 80 in the firewall, edited /var/www/html/index.lighttpd.html so that it contained the following:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL='http://mydomain.com'" />
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
… and I’m good to go. If there is another way of doing it without using the minimal resources that lighttpd uses, please let me know.
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