Apache
Best Practices
Directives recommended for production systems.
ServerTokens Prod
ServerSignature Off
Tuning for Performance
Here are some helpful links.
mod_rewrite
Some mod_rewrite examples.
These directives simply enable rewrite and setup logging
RewriteEngine On
RewriteLogLevel 2
RewriteLog "/var/log/apache2/rewrite\_log"
This example redirects any requests for /nagios to the secure-side. It is useful to use this in a <VirtualHost *:80>
RewriteRule ^/nagios.\* [https://www.example.com/nagios3/](https://www.example.com/nagios3/) \[L,R\]
This example redirects any request to containing www.example.com Host: header to secure-side
RewriteCond %{HTTP\_HOST} ^www.example.com
RewriteRule ^(.\*)$ [https://www.example.com$1](https://www.example.com$1) \[L,R\]
This example redirects request to a homepage (/) to another page -in this case mediawiki main page
RewriteRule ^/$ [http://www.example.com/wiki/index.php/Main\_Page](http://www.example.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) \[L,R\]
This example redirects non-secure requests for /admin to the secure-side
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteCond ^/admin(.\*) [https://www.example.com/admin(.\*)](https://www.example.com/admin\(.*\)) \[L,R\]