apache redirect?

fibbi · 12-02-2003, 08:56 AM

I was wondering if there's any way to configure my apache2 server to redirect rather than deliver specific page. Basically, i have movabletype installed on my webserver, but its a pain in the ass to type http://www.mydomain.org/cgi-bin/mt.cgi every time i want to make a new entry. While I could make a file like /login.html, i'd still rather not have to have the .html part. So, is there any way to configure apache to recognize a url (ie /login) and redirect it somewhere?

Or, if not, any other suggestions?

MasterC · 12-02-2003, 12:45 PM

You could do that with an Alias I believe:
Alias /thisrocks.php "whatever/wherever/whoever/cgi-bin/mt.cgi"

Remember to restart Apache after making your changes.

Cool

stickman · 12-02-2003, 01:07 PM

You've got several options :
using mod_alias: Redirect permanent /foo http://server/bar
using mod_rewrite: RewriteRule ^/foo$ /bar [R,L]

MasterC · 12-02-2003, 01:13 PM

Thanks stickman! I have recently been thinking of a better way to do something I've been doing with Alias, rewrite is by far the way to go (for me), I had totally forgotten about that option.

Cool

stickman · 12-02-2003, 01:53 PM

I really like mod_rewrite. It turns those really long URLs into nice short ones pretty easily.

fibbi · 12-02-2003, 08:05 PM

thanks! I did it with alias, because it seemed that this mod_rewrite didn't show up when i type apachectl -l, so it might have taken more work to set up.

What are the advantages of using rewrite, and what makes it different from alias?

Thanks

stickman · 12-03-2003, 11:23 AM

Once of the things that I like about mod_rewrite is that you can turn this:
http://server/cgi-bin/script.cgi?var1=value1&var2=value2&var3=value3
into this:
http://server/value1/value2/value3

Just imagine:
http://server/cgi-bin/script.cgi?dept=accounting&name=john_doe
can be shortened to:
http://server/accounting/john_doe

mod_rewrite has quite a few features to rewrite URLs based on multiple conditions such as referrer, browser, etc.

Sm0k3 · 01-30-2004, 10:41 PM

dangit, i didn't see this thread before i started my own related to this topic.. the thread i started, if i knew how to construct a rewrite rule so i could change http://server/cgi-bin/script.cgi?file=whatever to http://server/downloads/whatever could have saved me and you guys's time, sorry about the mess