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How can I get Apache to serve a generic page for any URL entered?

Hello!

I have an Apache 2.2 web server running on Ubuntu 9.10 server. I need to configure it so that any URL that is given to it will be responded to with the same generic page. In other words, say our domain is sample.com, I would need it to respond to URL's such as:

http://www.sample.com/page.html
http://www.sample.com/whatever/page.cfm?stuff=yes
http://www.sample.com/another/page/index.php

But I would need it to respond to all of those by going to the same generic page. The purpose here is to create a downtime notice that will be displayed regardless of the link that the user has clicked on.

Can anyone tell me what I'd have to put in the conf file to accomplish that?

Thanks!

- Tom

leakim971

Hello TomEA,

With an .htaccess :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/generic.html$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^123\.123\.123\.123
RewriteRule $ /generic.html [R=302,L]

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leakim971

A link too : http://davidwalsh.name/htaccess-maintenance-page-redirect

TomEA

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Thanks!

That looks like the solution. However, it appears that the rewrite module is not currently enabled. I'm used to dealing with Apache on Windows, not Linux, and am not sure how to enable it. Modules don't seem to be loaded from the apache2.conf file on this version.

Any pointers?

Thanks!

- Tom

leakim971

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21180364/Enabling-Mod-Rewriting.html

TomEA

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I have verified that the rewrite module is loading successfully, and I've copied and pasted the rewrite code exactly (except for changing the URL) to an .htaccess file in the server's default directory. But everything is still coming up with a 404 Not Found error. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

TomEA

ASKER

By default directory, I mean /var/www, where index.html lives.

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TomEA

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Where in the Apache configuration should that RedirectMatch line go?