Newb: How to redirect from domain.com to www.domain.com

[smartin]

Hi,

I have ISPc3 running on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.

On one of my sites I have Drupal installed. I noticed that when I go to http://domain.com I just get the default apache 'It works!' page.

How do I redirect this page to my site on http://www.domain.com?

in the .htaccess file at the root of the /web directory I have:

# Various rewrite rules.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on

  # If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix, you
  # can use one of the following settings to redirect users to your preferred
  # URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Choose ONLY one option:
  #
  # To redirect all users to access the site WITH the 'www.' prefix,
  # (http://example.com/... will be redirected to http://www.example.com/...)
  # adapt and uncomment the following:
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain\.co.uk$ [NC]
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.co.uk/$1 [L,R=301]

This isn't doing the job. What else do I need to do? (www.mydomain.co.uk is the domain I'm using...)

The apache mod_rewrite module is enabled.

Thanks :-)

S

[frument]

You can add it from the ISPC3 admin panel.

Sites > yourdomain.com > Auto Subdomain: Drop down to www.

[BorderAmigos]

The Drupal rewrites work, I have them in several sites. It looks more like your DNS isn't set up correctly. If you are going to the /var/www. instead of the /var/www/somedomain.com/web/.

In your DNS make sure you have A records for mydomain.co.uk. (dot at end) and www (no dot at end) both pointing to your IP address.

[smartin]

Originally Posted by frument

You can add it from the ISPC3 admin panel.

Sites > yourdomain.com > Auto Subdomain: Drop down to www.

frument,

That didn't do it... Probably a DNS thing as BorderAmigos is saying.

Thanks though!

S

[smartin]

Originally Posted by BorderAmigos

The Drupal rewrites work, I have them in several sites. It looks more like your DNS isn't set up correctly. If you are going to the /var/www. instead of the /var/www/somedomain.com/web/.

In your DNS make sure you have A records for mydomain.co.uk. (dot at end) and www (no dot at end) both pointing to your IP address.

BorderAmigos,

I should have though of the DNS...

My provider allows me to control things in this way:
entry box | .domain (fixed) | Dropdown menu for Type | entry box for ip address

I did have set:
blank box | .domain | A record | my Ip address
* |.domain | A record | my IP address

Now I have:
* | .domain | A record | my IP address
www | .domain | A record | my IP address.

Is that going to do the job?

I thought <blank>.domain would already have sent everything to my IP...?

Have to wait 24h to see... :-)

S

[BorderAmigos]

Are you using ISPConfig 3? You should just be able to add an A record in DNS under the Records tab. Here is an example of the DNS records I have set in ISPConfig3 DNS for each domain name...

Type Name Data Priority...

A host 123.123.123.123 0
A mail 123.123.123.123 0
A ns1 123.123.123.123 0
A ns2 123.123.123.123 0
A example.com. 123.123.123.123 0
A www 123.123.123.123 0
CNAME css example.com. 0
CNAME img example.com. 0
CNAME js example.com. 0
CNAME tryout example.com. 0
MX example.com. host.example.com. 10
NS example.com. ns1.example.com. 0
NS example.com. ns2.example.com. 0
TXT example.com. v=spf1 mx -all 0 0

(The CNAMES are for specific Drupal modules I use and not required for everything).

[smartin]

Originally Posted by BorderAmigos

Are you using ISPConfig 3? You should just be able to add an A record in DNS under the Records tab. Here is an example of the DNS records I have set in ISPConfig3 DNS for each domain name...

Type Name Data Priority...

A host 123.123.123.123 0
A mail 123.123.123.123 0
A ns1 123.123.123.123 0
A ns2 123.123.123.123 0
A example.com. 123.123.123.123 0
A www 123.123.123.123 0
CNAME css example.com. 0
CNAME img example.com. 0
CNAME js example.com. 0
CNAME tryout example.com. 0
MX example.com. host.example.com. 10
NS example.com. ns1.example.com. 0
NS example.com. ns2.example.com. 0
TXT example.com. v=spf1 mx -all 0 0

(The CNAMES are for specific Drupal modules I use and not required for everything).

BorderAmigos,

I'm really sorry. I wasn't clear... I'm not using ISPc3 for DNS. My registrar is handling it.

I'll see in another 18h or so if things are working.

Really appreciate you putting me on the right track.

S

[smartin]

Hi,

Hmmm, just been on the phone to the people handling the DNS and they say the DNS is set up correctly but things are still not working properly.

Can anyone think what I'm doing wrong still? The issue seems to be with my setup.

S

[till]

Does:

ping www.yourdomain.com

when you execute it on your workstation return the corect IP address of your server? the same IP that you get when you run:

ping yourdomain.com

[smartin]

Originally Posted by till

Does:

ping www.yourdomain.com

when you execute it on your workstation return the corect IP address of your server? the same IP that you get when you run:

ping yourdomain.com

Hi Till,

Yes, both www.mydomain.co.uk and mydomain.co.uk pings the correct IP address.

Any thoughts on where my problem lies?

S