[CentOS] apache redirection

[James Hogarth]

On 22 May 2010 00:00, Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org> wrote:
>> On 21 May 2010 22:04, Ski Dawg <centos at skidawg.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> As for the redirection, I would handle it with mod_rewrite as follows:
>>>>
>>>> <VirtualHost XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:443>
>>>> ServerName domain.tld
>>>> RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^www\.domain\.tld$ [NC]
>>>> RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^$
>>>> RewriteRule ^/(.*)         https://www.domain.tld/$1 [L,R=301]
>>>> </VirtualHost>
>
>> Those rewrite suggestions will not accomplish in solving the problem
>> you presented....
>>
>> I wish people would actually read through the replies before
>> suggesting something that has already been shown not to work ^^
>
> James,
>
> Perhaps you didn't notice the part in my message where I indicated that this
> would require separate IP addresses with appropriate certs on each, such as
> domain.tld and www.domain.tld.  My example does not include important things
> that are part of the configuration already to serve an https website with
> mod_rewrite support such as:
>
> SSLEngine On SSLCertificateFile ... SSLCertificateKeyFile ...
> RewriteEngine On
> ... etc
>
> I am surprised to hear that this doesn't work since it works fine for me.
> What part do you feel doesn't work?
>
> Barry
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Sorry Barry I wasn't referring to you and was being fairly grumpy...
it was to Jobst and the others - you're post was indeed details in SNI
or certificate requirements.... There were a few who chimed in with
mod_rewrite suggestions but ignored the requirement of the SSL cert
and no invalid cert warning popping up for the users...

James