Sub-domain to redirect to a webpage

May 16, 2014 3.1k views
yorkealex
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yorkealex
Hi all, I've been digging around for a while now, but I can't find anything on this. How would I go about creating a sub-domain for my site to redirect to a webpage? For example, I want help.mydomain.com (with 'help' being the subdomain of course), to redirect users to mydomain.com/support. Is this possible with DigitalOcean's DNS or will I have to accomplish this some other way (by configuring Apache for example)? Thanks!
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larry May 16, 2014
With Apache, you would most likely use a rewrite in an .htaccess file. Google mod_rewrite to find a plethora of examples.
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asb MOD May 16, 2014
You need to set a DNS record as well as making some changes to your Apache config. First set a CNAME record: 

*.mydomain.com.     IN     CNAME      @


Then in you Apache config, set up a rewrite rule: 


<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteEngine on

        Options FollowSymLinks

	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^help.mydomain.com

	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ mydomain.com/support [L]

</IfModule>



This will redirect from the sub-domain to the folder. Let us know how it goes!
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  • surajkartha21 June 10, 2018

    Tried this but am getting redirected back to the main domain, please help.

    P.S: Am looking to create a sub domain that'd redirect to an external URL.

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