Tag: Apache

This is just a test article to check PHP 8.4 compatibility of publishing an article.

Just sayin'

Ubuntu Server is a Linux distribution that is ideally suited to server workloads. For example: hosting websites and web applications.

One of the annoying things I find about some Linux distributions (Ubuntu included) is that packages are “frozen in time” through the life of a release. For example, Ubuntu 16.04 was released with PHP 7.0. However PHP 7.2 is now the latest release. Vendors typically apply security fixes to their packages, but you’re still missing out on new features.

There are several scenarios in which you may want to redirect all your website visitors to a single, primary domain in Apache:

• Redirect the www and non-www (root domain) hostnames of your domain to avoid duplicate content and improve SEO
• Redirect an old domain to a new domain, maintaining links and search engine reputation
• Redirect secondary domains (e.g. “spelling mistake” domains, or alternative-spelling domains) to your primary domain

I have recently implemented the following on my own website, and I would like to share this Apache trick.