Apache/ModRewrite Help

acascianelli · 07-19-2018, 07:02 PM

Running Ubuntu 18.04.

I'm trying to setup a web client for KeePass called KeeWeb:

https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb

There is an option to reference a JSON config file from the URL to specify some options, but I cannot figure out what mod_rewrite rule I need in order to append the query string to the end of the page index. See link for details.

https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb/wiki/Configuration

I know I could just modify the index.html to include the path to the config file, but I don't want to run it that way.

Basically I need to convert https://www.example.com/KeeWeb/index.html to https://www.example.com/KeeWeb/index...ig=config.json

scasey · 07-19-2018, 09:51 PM

Assuming apache: See the documentation here
mod_rewrite: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_rewrite.html

See #4 link in my signature.

check back if you have problems.

acascianelli · 07-20-2018, 10:13 AM

I've been tinkering with different combinations of rewrite rules for days with no luck.

I think my problem is the mod_dir module that Ubuntu is using with Apache out of the box. It is preventing me from matching index.html with any re-write rule.

scasey · 07-20-2018, 10:24 AM

Please post the rule you're trying...in [code] tags (see link #3 in my signature)

We can't help much when you say things like "What I'm trying doesn't work"...we need to see what you're trying..and we need to see what happens when it "doesn't work"

Out-of-the-box apache should be able to handle a rewrite rule.

PS: I'm not sure why you want to futz with your apache configuration when adding a meta-tag to your index.html will do the job, according to the KeeWeb documentation you posted...

acascianelli · 07-20-2018, 02:18 PM

Here is the last rule I left off with. The page would be under something like www.example.com/asdf/index.html.

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
RewriteRule ^/?index.html$ %{REQUEST_URI}?config=config.json [QSA,R,L]

Checking to see if the query string is empty, and if it is append one onto the end.

acascianelli · 07-20-2018, 02:47 PM

Son of a bitch. I made a typo and I think I got it to work...

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}?config=config.json [QSA,R,L]

scasey · 07-20-2018, 02:51 PM

That rule is looking for a literal /? at the beginning of the URI...something like

Code:

http:///?index.html

so no domain name, etc.

...you do have the "ends with index.html" part right

Is this the only index.html on your server? (I'm thinking probably not)

Why not just match the whole URI you want to change:

Code:

RewriteRule ^*.example.com/asdf/index.html$ %{REQUEST_URI}?config=config.json

?? (Obviously, I can't test that...) * at the beginning is to match with or without www

But, I still am of the opinion that a meta tag in that index.html is the better solution. Just sayin'. It's specific to the one page; you don't risk rewriting some other page by accident, and it's one of the two preferred ways in the documentation. Have you tried that?

acascianelli · 07-20-2018, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scasey

But, I still am of the opinion that a meta tag in that index.html is the better solution. Just sayin'. It's specific to the one page; you don't risk rewriting some other page by accident, and it's one of the two preferred ways in the documentation. Have you tried that?

I have tried the meta tag, and that works fine too. I'm just tinkering around with both options and wanted to get it working.

Thank you for your help.

scasey · 07-20-2018, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acascianelli

Son of a bitch. I made a typo and I think I got it to work...

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}?config=config.json [QSA,R,L]

OK...doesn't that add ?config=config.json to every request? Even ones that already have the query string?

Still, I'm glad you got it working.