url rewriting to a new server (port)

[smok3]

could i use url rewriting to redirect the user to another server running on another port somehow? (at the end everything must run over port 80).

so i want to redirect /instiki to http://mydomain:2500

tia

[pkSML]

Very simple to do.

Virtual path regex: ^/instiki/(.*)
Uncheck case sensitivity

If rule matches, perform external redirection
redirect to: http://mydomain.com:2500/$1

Restart server, and you're done!

BTW, URL rewriting is useful for security as well. For instance, if only letters should go after /instiki, use ^/instiki/([a-zA-Z]+) --- or only numbers ^/instiki/([0-9]+)
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[smok3]

i could get a redirection to a new url (but iam still serving via port 2500), but thats it..., any other ideas?

[aprelium]

smok3,

The suggestion above seems fine. What kind of problem are you having with it?

By the way, do you want to serve Instiki directly from Abyss Web Server without using the simple server that comes bundled with it?
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[smok3]

[aprelium]

smok3,

Please find below the required configuration instructions. We'll assume that you're going to start with a fresh host (or reset the only host you have if you're on X1):

* Install Ruby on Rails preconfigured package http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/ror.html in C:\Ruby
* Uncompress Instiki in c:\instiki-0.11.0

* Copy the file c:\instiki-0.11.0\lib\native\win32\sqlite3.dll inside c:\Ruby\bin
* Copy the file c:\instiki-0.11.0\lib\native\win32\sqlite3_api.so inside c:\Ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\i386-msvcrt\

* Go to "Scripting Parameters"
* Add an interpreter which "Interface" is "FastCGI (Local/Pipes)", path is "C:\Ruby\bin\rubyw.exe", "Arguments" is "c:\\pmhc\instiki-0.11.0\\public\\dispatch.fcgi".
* Associate the interpreter with the extension fcgi.
* Add a custom environment variable which name is RAILS_ENV and which value is production

* Add a URL Rewriting rule as follows:
- Virtual Path Regular Expression: ^(.*)$
- Conditions:
Condition 1:
Variable: REQUEST_FILENAME
Operator: Is not a file
- Perform an Internal redirection
- Redirect to: /dispatch.fcgi?$1

* Restart the server
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