[BlueOnyx:07982] Re: Web Alias Redirect

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Darrell,

> Question about this latest change:
> 
> By default of the existing sites, the old behavior until I make a change to
> a sites' existing configuration is that the sites redirect to
> host.domain.tld, as there is not a checkbox currently enabled by default.
> 
> Do you recommend going ahead and running the
> "/usr/sausalito/sbin/web_alias_redirects.pl" command now and then setting
> each site's default configuration? By default, until I modify a site's
> configuration, the old behavior is still in effect.  If you recommend
> running the "/usr/sausalito/sbin/web_alias_redirects.pl" command now, do I
> use "--enabled" or "-disabled" flag?

"default" behaviour is a bit ambigious, as the default has changed over time.

In BlueQuartz (and early BlueOnyx releases) the "default" was that the web 
alias always redirected to the FQDN of the site as listed in the GUI's 
sitelist.

Example: Your site was named www.site.com and had the web alias 
"mail.site.com". If you called up "mail.site.com" in the browser, it 
redirected to "www.site.com".

This equals the behaviour of "Web alias redirect" checkbox ticked.

Then we released an update about half a year ago, which made the "new default" 
that a web alias no longer redirected to the primary name of the site. Which 
was a bad idea and sort of an oversight.

Finally, with the release of the updates that contain the "Web alias 
redirects" checkbox, the new "default" behaviour is again that the checkbox IS 
ticked for new sites and that a web alias ideally will always redirect to the 
primary name of the site.

However, I am always reluctant to "force" such new defaults onto users during 
an update. So when this update was installed, I did not let the update run the 
script that switches all existing sites to the new default.

Instead you have the choice if you want all sites to be switched to the same 
"Web alias redirects" behaviour by running the script, or if you want to 
handle it manually on an as needed basis through the GUI.

To answer the other question:

/usr/sausalito/sbin/web_alias_redirects.pl --enabled

This means: Checkbox ticked and a call to an alias will redirect to the 
primary name of the site. Which is the old BlueQuartz behaviour and the new 
default in BlueOnyx.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber