apache redirect to domain name

1s440 · 07-13-2023, 01:17 AM

Hi all,

I would need to redirect webpage from IP(https://ip) to domain name(https://domain.com) instead. I placed the below redirect rule. unfortunately redirect the webpage from ip doesnot work for https but works with http. Can anyone suggest.

I also followed the below article.

https://www.ezeelogin.com/kb/article...linux-525.html

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xx.xx.xx.xx$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xx.xx.xx.xx$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

bathory · 07-13-2023, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1s440

Hi all,

I would need to redirect webpage from IP(https://ip) to domain name(https://domain.com) instead. I placed the below redirect rule. unfortunately redirect the webpage from ip doesnot work for https but works with http. Can anyone suggest.

I also followed the below article.

https://www.ezeelogin.com/kb/article...linux-525.html

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xx.xx.xx.xx$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xx.xx.xx.xx$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

You don't need the initial check for http/https. Regardless of protocol you should only redirect the IP to the FQDN using https:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xx.xx.xx.xx$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

thinknix · 07-13-2023, 10:57 AM

And a minor addition to the solution, you may want to add in the 'QSA' flag so that query strings (anything after a '?', like https://xx.xx.xx.xx?foo=bar) are preserved. If you're not using query strings then you can disregard.

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xx.xx.xx.xx$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L,NE,QSA]

1s440 · 07-14-2023, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

You don't need the initial check for http/https. Regardless of protocol you should only redirect the IP to the FQDN using https:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xx.xx.xx.xx$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

for somereason, it doesnot redirect now, the problem I have is certificate authenticates with domain name but not with ip. Hence i would like to redirect from ip to domain name

bathory · 07-14-2023, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1s440

for somereason, it doesnot redirect now, the problem I have is certificate authenticates with domain name but not with ip. Hence i would like to redirect from ip to domain name

It redirects http://IP to https://domain.com, but not https://IP to https://domain.com, because the certificate is valid for domain.com.
This is how SSL works: A certificate is issued of one or more hosts and it's valid only for these. If you use the same certificate to access a different host, it will show a warning.

You should either issue a new certificate for IP, or accept permanently the certificate when prompted while visiting https://IP. After that the redirect will happen automatically...

1s440 · 07-17-2023, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

It redirects http://IP to https://domain.com, but not https://IP to https://domain.com, because the certificate is valid for domain.com.
This is how SSL works: A certificate is issued of one or more hosts and it's valid only for these. If you use the same certificate to access a different host, it will show a warning.

You should either issue a new certificate for IP, or accept permanently the certificate when prompted while visiting https://IP. After that the redirect will happen automatically...

Got it

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xx.xx.xx.xx$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

it redirects only http://ip to https://ip