masking after redrection using .htaccess

thermike

8/21/23, 7:55 AM

I have read many examples that use the .htaccess file method to mask a url. None of them works for me. It might be something simple that I am missing. Please bare with me.

Here is what i want to do:

I have a subdomain under a dns name, lets say it is mysub.domain . I have an index.html file there that redirects lets say to mycomplex.dns.site. The redirection is done successfully via

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://mycomplex.dns.site:8081" /> in my index.html

When the page is loaded in Firefox, the url on the address bar, says http://mycomplex.dns.site:8081.

I don't want this I would like to show mysub.domain, so I created a .htaccess file in the /var/www/html target directory that says:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule "^/mycomplex.dns.site:8081$" "http://mysub.domain/intex.html" [R]

And this doesn't work! I keep getting the url as mycomplex.dns.site:8081

I have tried to redirect with a .htaccess redirection in mysub.domain which works but the target mycomplex.dns.site url description remains.

The subdomain is in a provider where I have no apache2 control. The host computer with the complex name is in a raspberry with apache2. There I can control things and apache2. I have tried many variations but it doesn't work. Should it be something is Apache2 config files?

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Gerald Schneider

8/21/23, 8:21 AM

Of course it doesn't work. You can't hide a port via .htaccess file.

thermike

8/21/23, 2:23 PM

What if we won't hide the port number? Can we make it work like `mysub.domain:8081`

thermike

8/21/23, 5:17 PM

@Gerald Schneider The subdomain is in a provider where I have no apache2 control. The host computer with the complex name is in a raspberry with apache2.

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EN: masking after redrection using .htaccess

TH: กำบังหลังจากเปลี่ยนเส้นทางโดยใช้ .htaccess

RO: mascarea după redirecționare folosind .htaccess

RU: маскировка после переадресации с помощью .htaccess

VI: tạo mặt nạ sau khi chuyển hướng bằng .htaccess

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