Subdomain redirection to another subdomain

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by geekology, Apr 5, 2012.

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    I would like to redirect a subdomain -

    subdomain1.example.com to subdomain2.example.com

    What is the best way to do that? using htaccess? DNS?

    Any ideas are most welcome!
     
    geekology, Apr 5, 2012 IP
  2. tiffanywilliams12i2

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    either works dns puts no strain on the webserver
     
    tiffanywilliams12i2, Apr 5, 2012 IP
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    What kind of Server you are using to host your website?
    Apache or Microsoft?
    .htacess is best for Apache server and DNS works with Microsoft server.
     
    henrywilliams, Apr 6, 2012 IP
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    If using IIS you could also use ISAPI Rewrite or Helicon APE to do your rewriting rules. If neither of those work and you are using IIS you could point the DNS for the second domain at the same IP as the first and setup additional host header values in the sites configuration.
     
    Iann@LFCVPS, Apr 27, 2012 IP
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    Add "A" records (subdomain1.example.com, subdomain2.example.com) to DNS with same IP-address. Configure Apache's virtual host something like:

    <VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName subdomain1.example.com
ServerAlias subdomain2.example.com
...
    Code (markup):
    And make .htaccess in the vhost's doc root:

    RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^subdomain1.example.com$
RewriteRule (.*) http://subdomain2.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
    Code (markup):
     
    Joker-jar, May 5, 2012 IP