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Answer 1

+1 A:

Either use:

RewriteRule .* /var/www/503.html [R=503,L]

Or when you're not on Apache 2.x yet where the above construct is supported, then make it a 503.php page and set in top of code:

header("HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable");

BalusC 2010-06-15 19:18:53

Answer 2

+1 A:

You have an infinite loop. The result of your rewrite is being rewritten again.

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (?:Googlebot|Googlebot|Mediapartners|Adsbot|Feedfetcher)-?(?:Google|Image)? [NC]
RewriteCond $0 !(?:^|/)503\.html$
RewriteRule .* /var/www/503.html [R=503]

As @BalusC pointed out, you also need the R flag.

Artefacto 2010-06-15 19:31:37

I changed the .htaccess file to exactly what you put above. I am not receiving an error anymore, but it's not loading my 503.html file, it's loading the 503 coming soon. And the user agent in the apache log still says Googlebot.

Hallik 2010-06-15 19:48:59

@Hallik Post your rewritelog with rewriteloglevel 9.

Artefacto 2010-06-15 19:50:10

I have updated the original post to include the relevant line in the rewrite.log. I verified in the access_log it shows Googlebot as the useragent.

Hallik 2010-06-15 20:12:02

@Hallik The IP is of a reserved private range. Are you sure it was the Google bot?...

Artefacto 2010-06-15 21:06:25

I am testing this locally using a UserAgent Switcher in firefox to mimic the Googlebot

Hallik 2010-06-15 21:38:10

@Hallik well, your log entry suggests `%{HTTP_USER_AGENT}` is expanding to nothing. No idea why that might be happening.

Artefacto 2010-06-15 21:40:33

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