Hi All,
I am trying to translate some of my apache config files into mongrel2
and am looking for the equivalent of apache's "Redirect" and/or
"RedirectMatch" directives. I don't see any mention of redirects in the
mongrel2 book, so I assume they're not supported from within mongrel2
itself?
It seems easy enough to write a custom redirect handler to dispatch
them, but would there be any interest in adding a native Redirect item
to the mongrel config? Something like this:
# Make sure everyone's on the full domain
Host(name="example.com",routes={
"/": Redirect(location="www.example.com")
})
Might be a nice task for me to hack on while getting familiar with the
mongrel2 code.
Of course, having too many different kinds of end-point in the config
language is probably a bad thing. Any alternate suggestions?
Cheers,
Ryan
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 04:35:42PM +1100, Ryan Kelly wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am trying to translate some of my apache config files into mongrel2 > and am looking for the equivalent of apache's "Redirect" and/or > "RedirectMatch" directives. I don't see any mention of redirects in the > mongrel2 book, so I assume they're not supported from within mongrel2 > itself? Yep, nothing like that in the code yet. > It seems easy enough to write a custom redirect handler to dispatch > them, but would there be any interest in adding a native Redirect item > to the mongrel config? Something like this: Definitely could be needed, but I'd make it more general: # Make sure everyone's on the full domain Host(name="example.com",routes={ "/": Response( code=301, status="Moved Permanently", headers = { Location="www.example.com" }) }) Then it's trivial to make a bunch of canned responses, give out static replies, etc. If you want to hack on it, I'd say make a handler that does these first to figure out how it'd work, then it's probably just a special handler. The other option is I get off my butt and write the damn modules/filters/features so that you can do all sorts of crazy stuff like this. :-) -- Zed A. Shaw http://zedshaw.com/
On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 00:48 -0800, Zed A. Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 04:35:42PM +1100, Ryan Kelly wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I am trying to translate some of my apache config files into mongrel2 > > and am looking for the equivalent of apache's "Redirect" and/or > > "RedirectMatch" directives. I don't see any mention of redirects in the > > mongrel2 book, so I assume they're not supported from within mongrel2 > > itself? > > Yep, nothing like that in the code yet. > > > It seems easy enough to write a custom redirect handler to dispatch > > them, but would there be any interest in adding a native Redirect item > > to the mongrel config? Something like this: > > Definitely could be needed, but I'd make it more general: > > # Make sure everyone's on the full domain > Host(name="example.com",routes={ > "/": Response( > code=301, status="Moved Permanently", headers = { > Location="www.example.com" > }) > }) > > Then it's trivial to make a bunch of canned responses, give out static > replies, etc. > > If you want to hack on it, I'd say make a handler that does these first > to figure out how it'd work, then it's probably just a special handler. Yep, I'll definitely make it as a separate handler first so I can have it up and running. > The other option is I get off my butt and write the damn > modules/filters/features so that you can do all sorts of crazy stuff > like this. :-) Heh, I've heard people accuse you of a lot of things, but I don't think "not getting off your butt" is one of them :-) I've seen some references to these notions of modules/filters in various mongrel2 discussions, but nothing specific. Do you have any concrete ideas jotted down that we can ponder over? I'd be interested to see what you have in mind. Cheers, Ryan -- Ryan Kelly http://www.rfk.id.au | This message is digitally signed. Please visit ryan@rfk.id.au | http://www.rfk.id.au/ramblings/gpg/ for details