Linux – apache2.conf write global redirect for all sites hosted on server

.htaccessapache-2.2apache-2.4linuxredirect

I have been trying to add rules like the following to the /etc/apache2/apache.conf file but they havent been noticed, whereas if I add them to the individual .htaccess files they are obeyed and anyone trying to access a readme.html file will be redirected.. I have added the followng rules but none of they are noticed including the ServerSignature ServerTokens ones.. the OS is debian 7 wheezy

ServerSignature Off
ServerTokens Prod

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteRule readme\.html? - [NC,F]
    RewriteRule changelog\.txt? - [NC,F]
</IfModule>

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If you have virtual hosts, note that by default Rewrite configurations are not inherited by virtual hosts. In order to "inherit" the directives in the vHost configurations, each vHost configuration needs:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteOptions Inherit

See the Apache documentation for the RewriteOptions directive for more detail.

To deny these two files server wide, without using mod_rewrite, you can also use a <FilesMatch> container with the appropriate access control directive.

For Apache 2.4:

<FilesMatch "(readme\.html|changelog\.txt)$">
  Require all denied
</FilesMatch>

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Redirect all non-www subdomains to main www domain with Apache2

I'm no Apache expert, but have considered changing:

ServerName www.domain.com
ServerAlias domain.com domain2.com domain3.com *.domain.com *.domain2.com *.domain3.com

edit: On rereading the OP, it looks like you're already configuring www.domain.com in a different file, which I don't believe is allowed. That, however, may be part of the problem. If I'm following you correctly, the www.domain.com response is from that file, not the config posted here.

Cpanel WHM, set IP > domain redirect for all sites on server

Someone can correct me when I am wrong here, but I do not believe an easy solution/button exists for such a thing.

As you mentioned, .htaccess is a solution. Another solution would be to edit the virutalhost entires in your Apache log as such:

<VirtualHost 10.0.0.1:80>
    ServerName servername.com
    .....

    RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} 10.10.10.1
    RewriteRule /(.*) http://servername.com/$1 [R=301,L]
</VirtualHost>

Of course you can automate this using bash, perl or any other scripting language you would like. For new accounts that contain a dedicated IP address, you can always use cPanel/WHM API for this sort of thing: post/pre ww account creation

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