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Redirecting a naked domain to sub domain
Hi,
I was going to do a redirect at my dns provider from the naked domain to
the www subdomain. Unfortunatly this doesn't really work if it is over
https so I am going to have to do the redirect at the host level. My
question is, is this what the rewrite valve is for? I was going to set up
two hosts, one for the naked domain and one for the subdomain with a set up
like the following:
<Host name="domain.org" appBase="webapps2"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
<!-- Insert rewrite valve here -->
</Host>
<Host name="www.domain.org" appBase="webapps"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
<!-- Access log processes all example.
Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html
Note: The pattern used is equivalent to using pattern="common"
-->
<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
directory="logs"
prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b" />
</Host>
If this is what the rewrite valve is for, how do I configure it to redirect
to the subdomain apart from when it accesses the .well-known folder (which
is needed to get a letsencrypt certificate).
If the rewrite valve is not the correct way to do this do I just deploy a
catch all servlet or a filter to do the redirect instead?
Thanks,
Simon
Re: Redirecting a naked domain to sub domain
Posted by Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 23:30, Chris Cheshire <ya...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 2:54 PM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 01:00, Chris Cheshire <ya...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 5:18 PM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 14:33, John Larsen <jo...@javapipe.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I usually handle the redirect on the webserver side and set the
> alias
> > > in
> > > > > server.xml to the subdomain.
> > > > >
> > > > > John Larsen
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > I have now successfully loaded the rewrite valve in the application
> > > > context.xml but I am getting the following error on start up:
> > > > java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException
> > > >
> > > > This is the rewrite.config file:
> > > >
> > > > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(.*)\.domain\.org\ [NC]
> > > > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.org/$1 [R=301,L]
> > > >
> > > > It looks like the first line is an error and I don't know enough
> about
> > > > regex to fix it.
> > > >
> > > > Any help is great thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > The \ after .org is misplaced (it's trying to quote the space
> > > following it), remove that and try again
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> > It kind of works now but when it redirects it adds two slashes to the end
> > of domain:
> >
> > https://www.domain.org//
> >
> > which is causing an internal server error for the URL not br normalised
> >
> >
> >
>
> That's odd. I do the inverse of that to remove www and have a naked
> domain, but using mod_rewrite in httpd. The rewrite rule is otherwise
> the same. I thought the syntax was the same. Maybe something inside
> tomcat is forcing a / at the end of the domain for canonicalization,
> and then the extra / is getting added by the rewrite valve rule?
>
> Looking at a different server where I force the www, I have this instead :
>
> RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://www.domain.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
>
This works properly, thanks!
>
> You can try this instead. It won't be putting a / in there unless it
> is already present in the uri passed (unlike the other version where a
> / will be appended even if the uri is blank)
>
> HTH,
>
> Chris
>
>
> > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:11 AM Simon Funnell <
> simonfunnell@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was going to do a redirect at my dns provider from the naked
> > > domain to
> > > > > > the www subdomain. Unfortunatly this doesn't really work if it is
> > > over
> > > > > > https so I am going to have to do the redirect at the host
> level. My
> > > > > > question is, is this what the rewrite valve is for? I was going
> to
> > > set up
> > > > > > two hosts, one for the naked domain and one for the subdomain
> with a
> > > set
> > > > > up
> > > > > > like the following:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <Host name="domain.org" appBase="webapps2"
> > > > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> > > > > > <!-- Insert rewrite valve here -->
> > > > > > </Host>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <Host name="www.domain.org" appBase="webapps"
> > > > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <!-- Access log processes all example.
> > > > > > Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html
> > > > > > Note: The pattern used is equivalent to using
> > > > > pattern="common"
> > > > > > -->
> > > > > > <Valve
> className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
> > > > > > directory="logs"
> > > > > > prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
> > > > > > pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b" />
> > > > > >
> > > > > > </Host>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If this is what the rewrite valve is for, how do I configure it
> to
> > > > > redirect
> > > > > > to the subdomain apart from when it accesses the .well-known
> folder
> > > > > (which
> > > > > > is needed to get a letsencrypt certificate).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If the rewrite valve is not the correct way to do this do I just
> > > deploy a
> > > > > > catch all servlet or a filter to do the redirect instead?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Simon
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
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Re: Redirecting a naked domain to sub domain
Posted by Chris Cheshire <ya...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 2:54 PM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 01:00, Chris Cheshire <ya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 5:18 PM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 14:33, John Larsen <jo...@javapipe.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I usually handle the redirect on the webserver side and set the alias
> > in
> > > > server.xml to the subdomain.
> > > >
> > > > John Larsen
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I have now successfully loaded the rewrite valve in the application
> > > context.xml but I am getting the following error on start up:
> > > java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException
> > >
> > > This is the rewrite.config file:
> > >
> > > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(.*)\.domain\.org\ [NC]
> > > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.org/$1 [R=301,L]
> > >
> > > It looks like the first line is an error and I don't know enough about
> > > regex to fix it.
> > >
> > > Any help is great thanks.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > The \ after .org is misplaced (it's trying to quote the space
> > following it), remove that and try again
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> It kind of works now but when it redirects it adds two slashes to the end
> of domain:
>
> https://www.domain.org//
>
> which is causing an internal server error for the URL not br normalised
>
>
>
That's odd. I do the inverse of that to remove www and have a naked
domain, but using mod_rewrite in httpd. The rewrite rule is otherwise
the same. I thought the syntax was the same. Maybe something inside
tomcat is forcing a / at the end of the domain for canonicalization,
and then the extra / is getting added by the rewrite valve rule?
Looking at a different server where I force the www, I have this instead :
RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://www.domain.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
You can try this instead. It won't be putting a / in there unless it
is already present in the uri passed (unlike the other version where a
/ will be appended even if the uri is blank)
HTH,
Chris
> > >
> > > >
> >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:11 AM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I was going to do a redirect at my dns provider from the naked
> > domain to
> > > > > the www subdomain. Unfortunatly this doesn't really work if it is
> > over
> > > > > https so I am going to have to do the redirect at the host level. My
> > > > > question is, is this what the rewrite valve is for? I was going to
> > set up
> > > > > two hosts, one for the naked domain and one for the subdomain with a
> > set
> > > > up
> > > > > like the following:
> > > > >
> > > > > <Host name="domain.org" appBase="webapps2"
> > > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> > > > > <!-- Insert rewrite valve here -->
> > > > > </Host>
> > > > >
> > > > > <Host name="www.domain.org" appBase="webapps"
> > > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> > > > >
> > > > > <!-- Access log processes all example.
> > > > > Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html
> > > > > Note: The pattern used is equivalent to using
> > > > pattern="common"
> > > > > -->
> > > > > <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
> > > > > directory="logs"
> > > > > prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
> > > > > pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b" />
> > > > >
> > > > > </Host>
> > > > >
> > > > > If this is what the rewrite valve is for, how do I configure it to
> > > > redirect
> > > > > to the subdomain apart from when it accesses the .well-known folder
> > > > (which
> > > > > is needed to get a letsencrypt certificate).
> > > > >
> > > > > If the rewrite valve is not the correct way to do this do I just
> > deploy a
> > > > > catch all servlet or a filter to do the redirect instead?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Simon
> > > > >
> > > >
> >
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Re: Redirecting a naked domain to sub domain
Posted by Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 01:00, Chris Cheshire <ya...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 5:18 PM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 14:33, John Larsen <jo...@javapipe.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I usually handle the redirect on the webserver side and set the alias
> in
> > > server.xml to the subdomain.
> > >
> > > John Larsen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > I have now successfully loaded the rewrite valve in the application
> > context.xml but I am getting the following error on start up:
> > java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException
> >
> > This is the rewrite.config file:
> >
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(.*)\.domain\.org\ [NC]
> > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.org/$1 [R=301,L]
> >
> > It looks like the first line is an error and I don't know enough about
> > regex to fix it.
> >
> > Any help is great thanks.
> >
> >
>
> The \ after .org is misplaced (it's trying to quote the space
> following it), remove that and try again
>
> Chris
>
>
> Chris
>
>
It kind of works now but when it redirects it adds two slashes to the end
of domain:
https://www.domain.org//
which is causing an internal server error for the URL not br normalised
> >
> > >
>
> > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:11 AM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I was going to do a redirect at my dns provider from the naked
> domain to
> > > > the www subdomain. Unfortunatly this doesn't really work if it is
> over
> > > > https so I am going to have to do the redirect at the host level. My
> > > > question is, is this what the rewrite valve is for? I was going to
> set up
> > > > two hosts, one for the naked domain and one for the subdomain with a
> set
> > > up
> > > > like the following:
> > > >
> > > > <Host name="domain.org" appBase="webapps2"
> > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> > > > <!-- Insert rewrite valve here -->
> > > > </Host>
> > > >
> > > > <Host name="www.domain.org" appBase="webapps"
> > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> > > >
> > > > <!-- Access log processes all example.
> > > > Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html
> > > > Note: The pattern used is equivalent to using
> > > pattern="common"
> > > > -->
> > > > <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
> > > > directory="logs"
> > > > prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
> > > > pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b" />
> > > >
> > > > </Host>
> > > >
> > > > If this is what the rewrite valve is for, how do I configure it to
> > > redirect
> > > > to the subdomain apart from when it accesses the .well-known folder
> > > (which
> > > > is needed to get a letsencrypt certificate).
> > > >
> > > > If the rewrite valve is not the correct way to do this do I just
> deploy a
> > > > catch all servlet or a filter to do the redirect instead?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Simon
> > > >
> > >
>
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Re: Redirecting a naked domain to sub domain
Posted by Chris Cheshire <ya...@gmail.com>.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 5:18 PM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 14:33, John Larsen <jo...@javapipe.com> wrote:
>
> > I usually handle the redirect on the webserver side and set the alias in
> > server.xml to the subdomain.
> >
> > John Larsen
> >
> >
> >
> I have now successfully loaded the rewrite valve in the application
> context.xml but I am getting the following error on start up:
> java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException
>
> This is the rewrite.config file:
>
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(.*)\.domain\.org\ [NC]
> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.org/$1 [R=301,L]
>
> It looks like the first line is an error and I don't know enough about
> regex to fix it.
>
> Any help is great thanks.
>
>
The \ after .org is misplaced (it's trying to quote the space
following it), remove that and try again
Chris
Chris
>
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:11 AM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was going to do a redirect at my dns provider from the naked domain to
> > > the www subdomain. Unfortunatly this doesn't really work if it is over
> > > https so I am going to have to do the redirect at the host level. My
> > > question is, is this what the rewrite valve is for? I was going to set up
> > > two hosts, one for the naked domain and one for the subdomain with a set
> > up
> > > like the following:
> > >
> > > <Host name="domain.org" appBase="webapps2"
> > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> > > <!-- Insert rewrite valve here -->
> > > </Host>
> > >
> > > <Host name="www.domain.org" appBase="webapps"
> > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> > >
> > > <!-- Access log processes all example.
> > > Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html
> > > Note: The pattern used is equivalent to using
> > pattern="common"
> > > -->
> > > <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
> > > directory="logs"
> > > prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
> > > pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b" />
> > >
> > > </Host>
> > >
> > > If this is what the rewrite valve is for, how do I configure it to
> > redirect
> > > to the subdomain apart from when it accesses the .well-known folder
> > (which
> > > is needed to get a letsencrypt certificate).
> > >
> > > If the rewrite valve is not the correct way to do this do I just deploy a
> > > catch all servlet or a filter to do the redirect instead?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> >
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Re: Redirecting a naked domain to sub domain
Posted by Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>.
On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 14:33, John Larsen <jo...@javapipe.com> wrote:
> I usually handle the redirect on the webserver side and set the alias in
> server.xml to the subdomain.
>
> John Larsen
>
>
>
I have now successfully loaded the rewrite valve in the application
context.xml but I am getting the following error on start up:
java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException
This is the rewrite.config file:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(.*)\.domain\.org\ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.org/$1 [R=301,L]
It looks like the first line is an error and I don't know enough about
regex to fix it.
Any help is great thanks.
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:11 AM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was going to do a redirect at my dns provider from the naked domain to
> > the www subdomain. Unfortunatly this doesn't really work if it is over
> > https so I am going to have to do the redirect at the host level. My
> > question is, is this what the rewrite valve is for? I was going to set up
> > two hosts, one for the naked domain and one for the subdomain with a set
> up
> > like the following:
> >
> > <Host name="domain.org" appBase="webapps2"
> > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> > <!-- Insert rewrite valve here -->
> > </Host>
> >
> > <Host name="www.domain.org" appBase="webapps"
> > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> >
> > <!-- Access log processes all example.
> > Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html
> > Note: The pattern used is equivalent to using
> pattern="common"
> > -->
> > <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
> > directory="logs"
> > prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
> > pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b" />
> >
> > </Host>
> >
> > If this is what the rewrite valve is for, how do I configure it to
> redirect
> > to the subdomain apart from when it accesses the .well-known folder
> (which
> > is needed to get a letsencrypt certificate).
> >
> > If the rewrite valve is not the correct way to do this do I just deploy a
> > catch all servlet or a filter to do the redirect instead?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Simon
> >
>
Re: Redirecting a naked domain to sub domain
Posted by John Larsen <jo...@javapipe.com>.
I usually handle the redirect on the webserver side and set the alias in
server.xml to the subdomain.
John Larsen
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:11 AM Simon Funnell <si...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was going to do a redirect at my dns provider from the naked domain to
> the www subdomain. Unfortunatly this doesn't really work if it is over
> https so I am going to have to do the redirect at the host level. My
> question is, is this what the rewrite valve is for? I was going to set up
> two hosts, one for the naked domain and one for the subdomain with a set up
> like the following:
>
> <Host name="domain.org" appBase="webapps2"
> unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> <!-- Insert rewrite valve here -->
> </Host>
>
> <Host name="www.domain.org" appBase="webapps"
> unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
>
> <!-- Access log processes all example.
> Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html
> Note: The pattern used is equivalent to using pattern="common"
> -->
> <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
> directory="logs"
> prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
> pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b" />
>
> </Host>
>
> If this is what the rewrite valve is for, how do I configure it to redirect
> to the subdomain apart from when it accesses the .well-known folder (which
> is needed to get a letsencrypt certificate).
>
> If the rewrite valve is not the correct way to do this do I just deploy a
> catch all servlet or a filter to do the redirect instead?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>