[Webdev] Probelm with RewriteRule on Apache

[Robert bobb Crosbie]

Its a long time since I used rewrite.

Conor Lynch hath declared on Friday the 05 day of July 2002  :-:
> >From the error_log the error is as follows:
> [Fri Jul  5 09:01:16 2002] [error] [client 195.7.63.226] File does not 
> exist: /opt
> /OraHome/Apache/Apache/htdocs/bui/bupa.ie/xsql/pre_confirm/pre_confirm.xsql:SSL

This would suggest that Rewrite isn't working, or the rule isn't being matched.

 
> >Hi there,   I have included the following lines at the end of my apache 
> >>configuration file (httpd.conf). On my development servers these lines 
> >ensure that a link ending >with :SLL which be rewritten as a link starting 
> >with https://
> >
> >  RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^/(.*):SSL$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
 
Are these on the same line ?
I wouldn't have thought ``configtest'' would have liked that.

For some reason I always put my RewriteRule's within <VirtualHost>'s
however I don't recall why I do that.... 

Ensure that Rewrite is configured for your apache, either by ``httpd -l''
or ``LoadModule rewrite_module...'' in your httpd.conf.

Try something like the following...

RewriteEngine on
RewriteLog /foo/bar/logs/rewrite_log
RewriteLogLevel 9

<VirtualHost blah>
	...
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteOptions inherit
	RewriteRule ^/(.*):SSL$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
	...
</VirtualHost>


There should be _lots_ of debugging stuff in your rewrite_log which should
help you sort out whats going of, if not post a snippit to the list and we will
see what we can do.

NOTE: Remember to drop the LogLevel to 1 or 0 once you get it working...

- bobb