How to redirect in apache?

Question

This should be a simple issue but I can't figure this out. I have a webpage running on a machine to access from the local network. I want to redirect the results of scripts run under cgi back to my /var/www/index.html/ file. I tried to place a redirect line in my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf`` that didn't work so I tried an even simpler task:

redirect permanent /var/www/index.html http://www.google.com

And not even this worked.

What am I doing wrong?

I'm running this on an Ubuntu machine.

Edit:

This is added to my error log when I restart the server:

[Sat Jun 16 17:26:36 2012] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down         | * Restarting web server apache2
[Sat Jun 16 17:26:36 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) configured -- \|apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain \
resuming normal operations

Edit: Solved and a new problem

I have managed to redirect the webpage to google and now I want to do the actual redirect. I have added this to my apache2.conf file

Redirect permanent /cgi-bin/file.cgi /index.html

And removed the previous file. The file now is redirected to google and not back to my home file...

What's going on?

Have you checked your Apache logs? What does it say? Are there any errors? — jsalonen, Jun 16 '12 at 14:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '12 at 14:31

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As far as I know the redirect is not based on a 'file' but on an URL.

So in your case you should try:

Redirect permanent /index.html http://www.google.com

See the apache docs for more information: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_alias.html#Redirect

You could also try mod_rewrite, but keep in mind it works on incoming requests/URLs not on files on the filesystem.

ps. Make sure you reload you configuration after your changes.

answered Jun 16 '12 at 14:31

Jeroen

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Thanks. I tried this and it worked. But now I have a new problem. I'll post this in the edit – Yotam Jun 16 '12 at 14:44

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '12 at 14:25

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Using .htaccess:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/?index\.html$
RewriteRule .* http://www.google.com [R=301,L]

answered Jun 16 '12 at 14:25

Ωmega

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OK I have created a file name .htaccess in the folder /var/www/ with your code and nothing happend. – Yotam Jun 16 '12 at 14:34
@Yotam - Check your Apache configuration file to enable .htaccess functionality – Ωmega Jun 16 '12 at 14:43

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