Redirecting site using apache configuration

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Redirecting site using apache configuration

There are many ways of reidrecting websites using apache. Most of them are discussed at http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/ApacheRedirect.html The two important ways of redirecting websites among the ones mentioned at given URL are

Using mod_alias

Redirect permanent / http://www.new-domain.com/

Using mod_rewrite

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule /.* http://www.new-domain.com/ [R]

mod_rewrite is very powerful and can achieve powerful results. For detailed help on mod_rewrite visit https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/