Redirect https apache requests to folder not in apache root

bax · 04-09-2010, 01:38 PM

I want to redirect requests for example.com/CFIDE to one folder above the Apache root. How should I go about this? Doesn't look like htaccess rewrites are designed to do this.

bathory · 04-09-2010, 03:12 PM

Quote:

I want to redirect requests for example.com/CFIDE to one folder above the Apache root

I guess you mean a directory above docroot. Anyway to be able to use a directory that is not under docroot, you should use an Alias:

Code:

Alias /foo /path/to/foo

and the use mod_rewrite:

Code:

RewriteRule ^CFIDE /foo

bax · 04-09-2010, 03:51 PM

I edited the htaccess in the doc root to read:

Alias /CFIDE /PathToActualFolder/CFIDE

and added RewriteRule ^CFIDE /CFIDE to httpd.conf. I'm sure I'm misinterpreting something as it's still not working.

bathory · 04-09-2010, 04:04 PM

The Alias directive goes into httpd.conf or inside a vhost definition, but not in .htaccess.
In your case you don't even need the rewrite rule, as the Alias name is the same as the subdirectory name. Just use in httpd.conf

Code:

Alias /CFIDE /PathToActualFolder/CFIDE

bax · 04-12-2010, 01:16 PM

Thank you bathory, worked perfectly!