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redirecting www.subdomain.example.com to subdomain.example.com

Answer 1

+1 A:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.subdomain.domain.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://subdomain.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Davinel 2010-05-26 01:17:35

Using the rewrite engine is a pretty heavyweight way to solve this problem. The `Redirect` directive does exactly the same thing.

Greg Hewgill 2010-05-26 01:22:34

Answer 2

+4 A:

Sure, use a directive like:

<VirtualHost *:80> 
    ServerName www.subdomain.example.com 
    Redirect permanent / http://subdomain.example.com/ 
</VirtualHost>

Apache automatically preserves anything after the / when using the Redirect directive, which is a common misconception about why this method won't work (when in fact it does).

Also, yes you will need to change DNS records, because www.subdomain.example.com is a distinct hostname that needs its own A (or CNAME) record to point the browser to an appropriate server in the first place.

Greg Hewgill 2010-05-26 01:17:40

this assumes the OP is using `NameVirtualHost *:80`

Martin 2010-05-26 01:24:08

@Martin: That's a reasonably safe assumption. If not, then the important part is the `Redirect` directive, not the `VirtualHost` container.

Greg Hewgill 2010-05-26 01:26:37

The fact that people are already accessing the site using `www.subdomain.domain.com` suggests that that DNS record may already be in place... if so, it doesn't need to be changed.

David Zaslavsky 2010-05-26 02:30:30

Answer 3

A:

You need to add a virtual host directive in httpd.conf and Redirect Permament to the correct subdomain and add the additional DNS entry (CNAME is fine)

Geek Num 88 2010-05-26 01:18:14

Answer 4

A:

Is it possible to use a wildcard in subdomain (www.*.domain.com)?

adi 2010-07-05 07:38:51

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