Mongrel users - Mar 2007 - Can''t seem to get rewrite rules to work with Apache

Hi,

I''m struggling to get an Apache rewrite rule to work.   I have a  
simple rule that for a request to "a.html" will be sent to
"b.html".
However the requests for "a.html" are always sent to my Rails apps.   
Here is my  Apache configuration:

<VirtualHost 216.154.219.19:80>
<Directory /u/apps/simplelog_2.0.2/public/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</Directory>
ServerName scottwalter.com
DocumentRoot /u/apps/simplelog_2.0.2/public
SuexecUserGroup webadmin webadmin
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^a\.html$ b.html
ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:3002/
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3002/
ProxyPreserveHost on
ServerAlias "www.scottwalter.com"
ServerAdmin "support at scottwalter.com"
CustomLog "/u/apps/simplelog_2.0.2/log/access_log"
"combined"
ErrorLog "/u/apps/simplelog_2.0.2/log/error_log"
</VirtualHost>

Does anyone have any ideas?

On 3/24/07, Scott Walter <sw-ng at scottwalter.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I''m struggling to get an Apache rewrite rule to work.   I have a
> simple rule that for a request to "a.html" will be sent to
"b.html".
> However the requests for "a.html" are always sent to my Rails
apps.
> Here is my  Apache configuration:
>
> <VirtualHost 216.154.219.19:80>
>
RewriteRule ^a\.html$ b.html
> </VirtualHost>
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?

If I''m not mistaken you need to tell Apache what to do when the first
part
of the rule matches.

RewriteRule ^a\.html$ b.html [R]

Pat
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On 25/03/07, Scott Walter <sw-ng at scottwalter.com>
wrote:
> Here is my  Apache configuration:
>
> <VirtualHost 216.154.219.19:80>
[snip]
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule ^a\.html$ b.html
[snip]
> </VirtualHost>
Because your rule is in vhost context (and not in your Directory
block) you must include the leading slash. You may also want to bypass
the ProxyPass, or switch to using [P] instead.

ProxyPass /a.html !
ProxyPass /b.html !
ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:3002/
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3002/
ProxyPreserveHost On
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/a.html /b.html

.. or ..

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(a|b)\.html
RewriteRule . http://127.0.0.1:3002%{REQUEST_URI} [P]
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3002/
ProxyPreserveHost On

I suspect this question really belongs on an apache support list.

-- 
noodl

Yeah I know this question probably didn''t belong here, but I figured  
some other "Mongrels" have had similar issues and I thought
I''d give
it a try.  Good thing too because your help worked like a champ!   
Thanks.

scott.
On Mar 26, 2007, at 3:58 AM, Vincent Bray wrote:
> On 25/03/07, Scott Walter <sw-ng at scottwalter.com> wrote:
>> Here is my  Apache configuration:
>>
>> <VirtualHost 216.154.219.19:80>
> [snip]
>> RewriteEngine On
>> RewriteRule ^a\.html$ b.html
> [snip]
>> </VirtualHost>
>
> Because your rule is in vhost context (and not in your Directory
> block) you must include the leading slash. You may also want to bypass
> the ProxyPass, or switch to using [P] instead.
>
> ProxyPass /a.html !
> ProxyPass /b.html !
> ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:3002/
> ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3002/
> ProxyPreserveHost On
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule ^/a.html /b.html
>
> .. or ..
>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(a|b)\.html
> RewriteRule . http://127.0.0.1:3002%{REQUEST_URI} [P]
> ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3002/
> ProxyPreserveHost On
>
> I suspect this question really belongs on an apache support list.
>
> -- 
> noodl
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