Is it possible to set up Apache to serve multiple directories from the same URL?
For example, given that I have images in two locations: /mnt/imagestore1, /mnt/imagestore2. I would like mysite.com/images/file.jpg to display images from either directory.
It does not seem to work with Aliases like so:
Alias /images /mnt/imagestore1
Alias /images /mnt/imagestore2
And using mod_rewrite with an .htaccess in the document root hasn't worked either, although my understanding of mod_rewrite may be off here:
RewriteCond /mnt/imagestore1/%{REQUEST_URI} -f
RewriteRule ^(.+) /mnt/imagestore1/$1 [L]
RewriteCond /mnt/imagestore2/%{REQUEST_URI} -f
RewriteRule ^(.+) /mnt/imagestore2/$1 [L]
Best Answer
I've got this working through mod_rewrite. I updated the vhost configuration directly instead of using an
.htaccess
file. I believe it could work through the.htaccess
but my rewrite rules were a bit off (note the missing/
). It was also necessary to add the<Directory>
declaration (to allow access) for the image directories.The vhost looks as follows: