On 22 August 2011 14:31, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Hilco Wijbenga > <hilco.wijbe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> RewriteRule ^/website$ http://localhost/website/ [T] >> ProxyPassMatch ^/website/(.*)$ >> http://localhost:8000/website/$1 >> </VirtualHost> >> >> The ProxyPassMatch fires but (AFAICT) the RewriteRule does not. I.e. >> http://localhost/website (no slash) ==> 404 (in fact, it's trying to >> serve /var/www/localhost/htdocs/website) but http://localhost/website >> (with slash) ==> works. > > Disclaimer: I am not an Apache guru :)
Well, you know more than I do. :-) > You have [T] as third parameter to RewriteRule, which is used to > specify a MIME type, but you're not specifying anything. Maybe that > invalidates the rule. Try removing it. > > You can also specify multiple RewriteRules which are processed in > sequence, if trailing slash works maybe you need to first add a rule > convert URL with no slash to URL with slash: > > RewriteRule ^/website$ /website/ [R] I used to have [P] and then tried [PT] but neither worked. Then for some unknown reason I deleted the P and left [T] when I sent the email. The problem turns out to be that you must put the Rewrite* configuration stuff in the virtual host, not outside. Then it works. It's documented but I had glossed over it.
