: Apache: redirect URL of internal WSGI server The following Apache conf file serves a WSGI application via port 9002: <VirtualHost *:9002> SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.crt

@Michele947

Posted in: #Apache2 #UrlRewriting

The following Apache conf file serves a WSGI application via port 9002:

<VirtualHost *:9002>
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.key

WSGIDaemonProcess matching-server user=ubuntu group=ubuntu threads=1
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/matching-server/server.wsgi

<Directory /var/www/matching-server>
WSGIProcessGroup matching-server
WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>


The WSGI server responds to /metadata call, and returns a JSON with uptime information. I would like to alias /api to /metadata, so that calls to /api will be re-written as calls to /metadata and sent to the internal WSGI server.

I have enabled mod_rewrite on the Ubuntu server:

sudo a2enmod rewrite


And added the following rewrite rule to the conf file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^api/?$ /metadata [NC,L]


I tried adding the rewrite rule after the SSL section and inside the Directory section, but I am still getting a Not Found error when accessing /api:

Not Found

The requested URL was not found on the server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.


Needless to mention, /metadata works without problems with or without the redirect rule.

Any idea what's wrong with my rewrite rule?

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