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<\/a>Prerequisite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There is one prerequisite to comply before starting playing around with the Apache’s URL redirection, the Apache’s mod_rewrite <\/strong>must be enabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This step is mandatory and because of that it was covered on a previous article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this particular case, for our simple test of Apache mod_rewrite, three of the files you saw in the big picture are located in the same place, see image below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apache will seek into the defined directory to find the .htaccess file, if the file exist and the “AllowOverride All” directive is present on the Virtual Host file, then Apache will read and apply the rule\/s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you can see in the image below, the “redirection rule” is defined inside the .htaccess file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The caret symbol “^” means \u201cthe string starts <\/strong>with\u201d <\/p>Caret symbol<\/em> meaning<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The dollar sign $ means \u201cthe string ends <\/strong>with\u201d<\/em><\/p>Dollar sign meaning<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nActual files<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nvHost.conf file<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>.htaccess file<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Regular expressions used in the rewrite rule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
RewriteEngine On\n\nRewriteRule ^index.html$ test.html<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nindex.html file – code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n <head>\n <meta charset=\"utf-8\">\n <title>Welcome Index<\/title>\n <\/head>\n <body>\n <h1>Index.htm Success! <\/h1>\n <\/body>\n<\/html><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nindex.html file – page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\ntest.html file – code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n <head>\n <meta charset=\"utf-8\">\n <title>Test<\/title>\n <\/head>\n <body>\n <h1>Mod_Rewrite first URL rewrite<\/h1>\n <\/body>\n<\/html><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\ntest.html file – page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n