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I'm trying to create a Redirect using Apache HTTP Server's mod_alias and core on my system:

# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.1 (Maipo) # rpm -q httpd httpd-2.4.6-31.el7_1.1.x86_64 #

requirement is to redirect all requests, except for request to /server-status

# cat /etc/httpd/conf.d/_default.conf <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName _default_ <LocationMatch "^/!(server-status)(.*)?"> Redirect / http://X/ </LocationMatch> </VirtualHost> #

I believe my issue is somewhere with regex, as I'm getting 404 no matter what URL I hit.

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  • by the way you dont have DocumentRoot in your virtual host, did you added it somewhere else ? servername should be your comp name or domaine name is it normal you set default ? Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 14:19
  • @Froggiz this is catch all VirtualHost, hence ServerName set to _default_ and no DocumentRoot either. btw I'm about to try your answer) Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 14:22

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1 - You can do it using mod rewrite https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_rewrite.html

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName _default_ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/server-status RewriteRule (.*) http://X$1 [L,R=301] </VirtualHost>

2 - To use Mod_Alias you need RedirectMatch http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_alias.html

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName _default_ RedirectMatch 301 ^/(?!server-status)(.*) http://X/$1 </VirtualHost>

3 - more info:

  • once configuration has been changed, Apache needs to be restarted
  • the server needs to be different else you will have a redirect loop

4 - Bonus

(.*) = catch all in regexp

$1 = result var

R = redirect status code, here you have the list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes

L = flag which mean Last, here you have the flag list codes:

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/rewrite/flags.html

5 - Even more... if you really want to use LocationMatch syntax is :

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName _default_ <LocationMatch "^/(?!server-status)(.*)"> Redirect / http://X/ </LocationMatch> </VirtualHost>
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  • I end up using RedirectMatch, everything works) Thanks! Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 14:58
  • i am happy it worked for you ^_^ Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 15:00

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