short url for SERVER

[pawan]

Dear All,
Can I access http://server1.example.com:8080 by creating an alias or URL redirect like admin.example.com etc.

I think it will be more convenient for the customers to login to the account by easy URL.

Regards
Pawan Joshi

[till]

Yes, you can do this e.g. with apache rewrite rules.

For examples see here:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current...d_rewrite.html

[HyperAtom]

Till, I've read through a load of documentation for the mod_rewrite module but can't figure out how to do it for a port such as :8080.

Also, must the module be set in httpd.conf?

[till]

The rules should work for ports as well. e.g.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   ^admin.example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)         http://server1.example.com:8080/ [L,R]

Also, must the module be set in httpd.conf?

No. It is lready enabled.

[pawan]

Dear Till,
Thanks for the detailed explanation by example.

Though I have not tried it, I have another question that is say I have five domain created in ISPCONFIG.

I can access ISPCONFIG control panel login from anydomain.tld:8080 that is any five domains with :8080. is it ok.

[HyperAtom]

Must I write Tills example in the website options box?

[HyperAtom]

Okay Im really tearing my hair out with this one.

Im using the code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/admin$ %{HTTP_HOST}:8080/ [R]

which of course doesn't work because it takes me to the url
http://mydomain.com/mydomain.com:8080

How can i get rid of the first part so im left with domain.com:8080?

[till]

How can i get rid of the first part so im left with domain.com:8080?

Please see my example above. You are currently redirecting to a path and I'am redirecting to URL in my example.

[HyperAtom]

Hmm still cant get it to work.

I tried

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.ath.cx/admin [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*) domain.ath.cx:8080/ [L,R]

could you please point out what im doing wrong?

I dont want a subdomain, just a directory to redirect.

[till]

You entered a path as redirect target but you have to use a URL. A URL starts with http://. So your rewrite rule has to be a URL like this:

RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://domain.ath.cx:8080/ [L,R]