Redirecting HTTP Addresses

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Administration interface: list of sites
Administration interface: list of sites
  • Name: used for display purposes in the alwaysdata administration interface, it is purely for information purposes,
  • Addresses: the addresses used to reach your site (*.example.org for catch-all),
Add a site: general
Add a site: general
  • Type: Redirect,
  • Destination URL: address that the redirect leads to,
  • Type of redirect:
    • permanent (HTTP code 301): for conventional use, redirects a visitor from an address A to an address B. Search engines will update their index with the new destination,
    • temporary (HTTP code 302): generally used during site maintenance. The search engines retain the original page in their index,
    • “transparent (reverse proxy)": sets up a reverse proxy to the indicated address. It redirects the original address to the destination address but retains the original address as the URL.
  • Add the request path to the destination URL.
Add a site: redirect
Add a site: redirect

Redirect via Apache

For PHP sites, static files and custom Apache sites you can also use a .htaccess file and the Redirect directive.

Redirect via uWSGI

For Python WSGI, Ruby Rack and Ruby on Rails <= 2.x sites, you can also use the InternalRouting method and its router-redirect plugin in the advanced site configuration.