[users@httpd] mod-redirect, mod-alias and seeking feedback...

["Stone, Timothy" <ts...@cityofhbg.com>]

List,

I'm on the fence with using mod-redirect because of perceived overhead, and the documented overhead, but I think it best fits my scenario. However, I'm thinking that mod-alias might also work. I'm seeking feedback so...

Here's my scenario

I have five (5) domain names... all point to the same server. To accomplish this I have in the httpd.conf:

ServerName www.primaryName.com
ServerAlias www.secondaryName0.com
ServerAlias www.secondaryName1.com
ServerAlias www.secondaryName2.com
ServerAlias www.secondaryName3.com

I think this handles the part where the server answers to all the domain names.

Now, one (1) vhost resides on this server. It acts as a round-robin DNS "load-sharing" server and inherits *everything* from the global configuration except an error_log. The server aliases should inherit as well as I understand it.

To complete this setup, I want all of the answering domain names to display in the client as "http://www.primaryName.com"

I'm intending to accomplish this in the global configuration with:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ http://www.primaryName.com/$1 [R=permanent]

As I understand it this should work, but I have not tested it in production. This RewriteRule should inherit to the vhost as well, correct?

Finally, can mod-alias do this without the overhead?

Looking forward to hearing from the experiences of others. Thanks in advance for all suggestions and comments.


Warmest Regards,
Tim

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