No answer on this? I am following the same issue.
I need to set up a redirect from a subdomain of my single domain on DreamHost to a specific URL on someone else’s domain…
Here is what I’m trying to accomplish and what I have tried so far, which is not yet working, and this is why I would find Rewrite logging very helpful.
Scenario:
When end users point their browser to service.ourdomain.com they should be redirected to app.otherdomain.com/service?parameter=value.
Steps taken:
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I added a CNAME dns record so that service.ourdomain.com is an alias of ourdomain.com. I believe this means my apache2 server for ourdomain.com (yes, we do not use ‘www’, we redirect it to without-www) would then receive all requests that were directed to service.ourdomain.com, and in .htaccess I should then have access to the original requested domain and I could use the fact that it begins with ‘service’ to rewrite the URL as desired.
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I set up a RewriteCond and RewriteRule that should work. But attempting to access service.ourdomain.com leads to not an error message from otherdomain (which is not hosted by DreamHost), but a “Site Missing” error page from DreamHost. So I’m pretty sure that means my Rewrite isn’t working, but since I apparently cannot set up RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel in .htaccess, I don’t know how to make progress on this.
I was glad to find this item being discussed here in the forum but I’m sorry to see no one has answered. I will continue searching in case it’s a duplicate. Someone must have asked this before at some point.
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I contacted DreamHost Support today and they informed me that:
- RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel can only be done in httpd.conf, not .htaccess
- This would require sudo access, which requires either a DreamCompute or Dedicated Hosting account, not available with a VPS.
- I already knew both of the above, which is why I was just asking them if they would please temporarily set up a RewriteLog for me, knowing that I cannot set it up for myself. This was based on the fact that for many years DreamHost has been willing to make minor and temporary debugging-related setttings changes for us which are above the account owner/administrator’s privilege level. But not this one. The support agent was confused by my simple description of a very simple redirect attempt and stated firmly that this was all out of scope of support, suggesting that I contact a developer. “I am a developer! Which is exactly why this should not require a more expensive account for a simple debug setting.” No luck at all.
So if you’re seeing this thread and you really need to get a RewriteLog, either prepare to (temporarily?) upgrade your service to Dedicated, or prepare to leave DreamHost and go somewhere where you can actually manage your VPS.