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• 05-12-2009, 4:02 PM

  dbalasko Joined on 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM Posts 11

  URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact I am developing a web application which should have the following rewriting: user.domain.com domain.com/user.aspx?name=user This should be the rewrite rule I believe: <rewrite>               <rules>                 <rule name="subdomain">                     <match url="([a-zA-Z]+)" />                     <conditions>                         <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^[^.]+\.domain\.com" />                         <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />                         <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />                     </conditions>                     <action type="Rewrite" url="users.aspx?name={R:1}" />                 </rule>             </rules>         </rewrite>   But I can't test it on localhost, I tried with this pattern: "^[^.]+\.localhost" But it doesn't work. Is there a way to test this rewrite on localhost or can this work only in production environment?

• 05-12-2009, 4:10 PM

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  ruslany Joined on 07-01-2007, 3:38 PM Redmond, WA Posts 636	Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact You can try updating the \windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file with as below: 127.0.0.1         user1.domain.com 127.0.0.1         user2.domain.com Then you should be able to request http://user1.domain.com in brower. http://ruslany.net

• 05-12-2009, 4:23 PM

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  dbalasko Joined on 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM Posts 11

  Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact It works now, thank you. Now I still need a rule for http://user1.domain.com/pictures for example, it should be rewriten to http://domain.com/user.aspx?pictures=1&user=user1 I tried with: <rule name="SubDomainPictures" stopProcessing="false">                     <match url=".*" />                     <conditions>                         <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^([^.]+)\.domain\.com\pictures" />                     </conditions>                     <action type="Rewrite" url="user.aspx?pictures=1&amp;name={C:1}" />                 </rule>

• 05-12-2009, 5:06 PM

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  ruslany Joined on 07-01-2007, 3:38 PM Redmond, WA Posts 636

  Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact {HTTP_HOST} contains only the host name, e.g. "user1.domain.com". The /pictures is the URL path and it should be matched by the <match> element of the rule. <rule name="SubDomainPictures" stopProcessing="false">                     <match url="^pictures" />                     <conditions>                         <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^([^.]+)\.domain\.com$" />                     </conditions>                     <action type="Rewrite" url="user.aspx?pictures=1&amp;name={C:1}" />                 </rule> http://ruslany.net

• 05-12-2009, 5:39 PM

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  dbalasko Joined on 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM Posts 11

  Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact I have tried it, but it doesn' work. I have tried with some modifications: <rule name="SubDomainPictures" stopProcessing="false">                     <match url="domain.com/pictures$" />                     <conditions>                         <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^([^.]+)\.domain\.com" />                     </conditions>                     <action type="Rewrite" url="user.aspx?pictures=1&amp;name={C:1}" />                 </rule> I have changed the match condition because in your case ("^pictures"), the url should start with "pictures" but it doesn't, it comes at the end (http://user1.domain.com/pictures). I also removed the "&" sign in the pattern since there is "/pictures" after ".com". But it still doesn't work !? When I test it in IIS url rewrite module, both url match and pattern pass.

• 05-12-2009, 10:22 PM

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  ruslany Joined on 07-01-2007, 3:38 PM Redmond, WA Posts 636

  Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact The patttern that you have specified will not work because the <match> element evaluates the URL path only. The URL path will never contain domain.com hence the pattern will never match. Take a look at this article that describes how the URL parts are accessed in a rewrite rule: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/465/url-rewrite-module-configuration-reference/#Accessing_URL_Parts_from_a_Rewrite_Rule  The rule that I gave before should work. When you say it does not work - does the request to http://user1.domain.com/pictures result in 404 or it gets rewritten but the pictures=1 is not there? http://ruslany.net

• 05-13-2009, 12:26 PM

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  dbalasko Joined on 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM Posts 11	Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact  No, it doesn't result in 404, it just isn't there.

• 05-13-2009, 12:39 PM

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  ruslany Joined on 07-01-2007, 3:38 PM Redmond, WA Posts 636	Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact Do you have any other rules or is that the only rule you have? If you have another rule before the one for the /pictures, then it may be possible that preceeding rule rewrites the URL and it never reaches the /pictures rule. http://ruslany.net

• 05-13-2009, 2:03 PM

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  dbalasko Joined on 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM Posts 11	Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact That's it, the rule "subdomain" from my 1. post was the problem. I simply moved the "SubDomainPictures" rule up and marked "Stop processing of subsequent rules". Works now, thank you very much.

• 07-08-2009, 6:56 AM

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  dbalasko Joined on 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM Posts 11

  Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact I'm back. I am testing the whole thing on the production server now and I have some problems. So the subdomain rule I am using is: <rule name="subdomain">                     <match url="([a-zA-Z]+)" />                     <conditions>                         <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^[^.]+\.domain\.com" />                         <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />                         <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />                     </conditions>                     <action type="Rewrite" url="users.aspx?name={R:1}" />                 </rule> But when I try with for ex. test.domain.com, I get the IIS7 default welcome page. Any ideas?

• 07-08-2009, 8:37 AM

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  dbalasko Joined on 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM Posts 11	Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact  I think I know why I allways got IIS welcome page, it was due to configuration of the DNS zone:  *        A    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  I removed that line, now I don't get IIS welcome page any more, but it still doesn't work with the above rule.

• 07-08-2009, 2:05 PM

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  ruslany Joined on 07-01-2007, 3:38 PM Redmond, WA Posts 636	Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact In the previous rule example you used subdomain as a query string parameter, e.g.: users.aspx?name={C:1} Now, you have changed that to users.aspx?name={R:1} Is this an intended change? http://ruslany.net

• 07-09-2009, 7:40 AM

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  dbalasko Joined on 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM Posts 11	Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact If you check my first post in this topic, it was {R:1}. Anyway, I tried both but it still doesn't work.

• 07-10-2009, 2:54 AM

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  ruslany Joined on 07-01-2007, 3:38 PM Redmond, WA Posts 636	Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact The only thing I can suggest is to try using Failed Request Tracing to see if/how the rule is applied. http://ruslany.net

• 07-10-2009, 5:38 AM

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  dbalasko Joined on 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM Posts 11

  Re: URL rewrite on localhost Reply Contact  I tried that but nothing gets written in the log. Other rules do, like this one for ex. <rule name="Rewrite to article.aspx">           <match url="^article/([0-9]+)/([_0-9a-z-]+)" />           <action type="Rewrite" url="article.aspx?id={R:1}&amp;title={R:2}" />         </rule> So I believe I have set the tracing Ok. I simply get the error "Server not found...". After that I returned the following line to the DNS zones configuration:  *        A    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Without it, there were problems, for ex. pop.domain.com didn't work anymore. No I am getting the IIS welcome page again for the subdomain rule and nothing gets written in the logs. The Article rule works fine. As if this request never gets to the point where the rule should be applied. Could there be something else in the IIS configuration that would block subdomain requests?