[SOLVED] How to make auto replace http url in a web server.

cparapat · 07-02-2010, 02:27 AM

Hi all,
I setting up a web server on my Linux (Centos) using "Apache" web server. And its working well, it will show my websites. But when i try to put my url in a internet browser (ie. only type "myweb.com" ) is only be http://myweb.com. Usually as i know like the other websites (ie. google.com) it will go to auto replace the name be "www.myweb.com". But my url here it's not be replacing like that. How to do this configuration. I don't know where the services that i need to look. (ie; named (bind) or in Apache web server it self) ? Sorry for my english bad.

bathory · 07-02-2010, 02:57 AM

Hi and welcome to LQ,

First you must make sure that both myweb.com and www.myweb.com resolve to the same IP. You can check it by running:

Code:

host myweb.com
host www.myweb.com

If the don't match you need to talk to the dns admin so he makes an alias.
Then you need to use mod_rewrite in apache

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^www.myweb.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*)         http://www.myweb.com/$1 [L]

You can put the above into httpd.conf, or in a .htaccess file in /var/www/html

Regards

cparapat · 08-15-2010, 11:58 AM

Hi Bathory,

Thank you for your helps. Ya, you right. I try to do this with hard until finished it now

. It could be working with mod_rewrite modules. My Web server was working good now for the url. But in my addition, i used "nginx" as my web load balancing. And I do the rewriting url that nginx have. But my node used apache web server. Thank you very much for your help Bathory.

Cheers.