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DanielMa63
Level 3
Jan 21, 2026 10:35 AM UTC

Etc mapping structure

Greetings,
We have a strange issue with our etc mapping structure, our project has a lot of domains and all of them are under etc/map, the recommendation for a better structure was to follow this guide
/etc/map/
         https/

                 www.example.com.443/

                           rulenodes
 


But this approach makes it so the domain disappears
leaving https: //matchedPath

We do not know how to format the sling:internalRedirect and sling:match properties in order for the rules to work like they do under just etc

Any help would be appreciated

Best Regards,

Daniel

    17 replies

    Jyo234678
    Level 2
    Jan 21, 2026 12:23 PM UTC

    Hi Daniel

    Please check below fix ,if it will fix your issue! 😊

    Problem:

         Under /etc/map/https/.443/, Sling consumes the scheme, domain, and port before evaluating rules. If sling:match contains the domain again, mappings fail and the request loses the expected URL structure.

    Root Cause:

    Inside /etc/map/https/.443/, Sling only matches the URL path, not the full URL.

    Fix:

    1. Remove domain from sling:match. Example: sling:match = /([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)\.html

    2. Use only internal path in sling:internalRedirect. Example: sling:internalRedirect = /content/warner/en/$1.html

    Result:

    The domain no longer disappears, and mappings resolve correctly

    Best regards,

    Jyothirmai Kanigolla

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      DanielMa63Author
      Level 3
      Jan 28, 2026 8:51 AM UTC

      Hello ​@Jyo234678 removing the url from sling match does not resolve the issue, and the domain is still removed if we separate the domains in subfolders/subnodes
       

      Best Regards

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      MeasurableBusinessResults
      MeasurableBusinessResults
      Level 3
      Jan 21, 2026 12:32 PM UTC

      Your internalRedirect regex matches too much, the slash before /en needs to be outside of the parentheses and you need to remove the domain from sling:match


      Just simplify it like:
      /content/warner/(en/[a-zA-Z0-9|-]*).html

      /$1


      See also:
      https://sling.apache.org/documentation/the-sling-engine/mappings-for-resource-resolution.html#reverse-outgoing-mapping

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        MeasurableBusinessResults
        MeasurableBusinessResults
        Level 3
        Jan 21, 2026 12:35 PM UTC

        Just leave out the domain and simplify the regex, do

         

        /content/warner/(en/[a-zA-Z0-9|-]*).html

        /$1

        See also
        https://sling.apache.org/documentation/the-sling-engine/mappings-for-resource-resolution.html#reverse-outgoing-mapping

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        DanielMa63Author
        Level 3
        Jan 26, 2026 11:00 AM UTC

        Hello thanks for answering, doing it that way still deletes the domain

        Maybe the folder route should be different?
         


        Best Regards

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        konstantyn_diachenko
        Community Advisor
        konstantyn_diachenkoCommunity Advisor
        Community Advisor
        Jan 21, 2026 3:11 PM UTC

        Hi ​@DanielMa63 ,

         

        ​@MeasurableBusinessResults, suggested a good idea to solve it. To make it more correct, you can refer this this documentation: https://sling.apache.org/documentation/the-sling-engine/mappings-for-resource-resolution.html#regular-expressions-for-reverseoutgoing-mappings

        Example how can you fix it:

        /etc/map
              +-- http
                   +-- pre-aem.parquewarner.com.443
                   |    +-- sling:internalRedirect = "/content/warner(/en/)([a-zA-Z0-9|-]*).html"
                   |    +-- sling:match = "$1$2”

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        Kostiantyn Diachenko, Community Advisor, Certified Senior AEM Developer, creator of free AEM VLT Tool, maintainer of AEM Tools plugin.
        DanielMa63Author
        Level 3
        Jan 26, 2026 10:59 AM UTC

        Hello thanks for answering, the solution suggested still results in the domain being deleted
         


        Best Regards

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        konstantyn_diachenko
        Community Advisor
        konstantyn_diachenkoCommunity Advisor
        Community Advisor
        Jan 26, 2026 4:56 PM UTC

        Hi ​@DanielMa63 , could you please try such setup?

         

        /etc/map
              +-- https
                   +-- pre-aem.parquewarner.com
                   |    +-- sling:internalRedirect = "/content/warner(/en/)([a-zA-Z0-9|-]*).html"
                   |    +-- sling:match = "$1$2”

         

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        Kostiantyn Diachenko, Community Advisor, Certified Senior AEM Developer, creator of free AEM VLT Tool, maintainer of AEM Tools plugin.
        Jyo234678
        Level 2
        Jan 22, 2026 4:37 AM UTC

        Hi Daniel

        Problem:

        Under /etc/map/https/.443/, Sling consumes the scheme, domain, and port before evaluating rules. If sling:match contains the domain again, mappings fail and the request loses the expected URL structure.

        Root Cause:

        Inside /etc/map/https/.443/, Sling only matches the URL path, not the full URL.

        Fix: 1. Remove domain from sling:match. Example: sling:match = /([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)\.html

        2. Use only internal path in sling:internalRedirect. Example: sling:internalRedirect = /content/warner/en/$1.html

        Result:

        The domain no longer disappears, and mappings resolve correctly

         

        Thanks and regards,

        Jyothirmai A

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        DanielMa63Author
        Level 3
        Jan 26, 2026 9:56 AM UTC

        Hello thanks for answering, your suggestion does not work sadly, it does not apply the rule at all it seems and it leaves the whole content path

        Best Regards

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        PGURUKRISHNA
        PGURUKRISHNA
        Level 5
        Jan 24, 2026 8:42 AM UTC

        Hey ​@DanielMa63 

        When using:

         

        /etc/map/https/www.example.com.443/

        Use this and only this format:

         

        sling:match = ^/your-path/(.*)$ sling:internalRedirect = /content/your-project/en/your-target/$1

        Do NOT put https:// or www.example.com in either property.

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        Pagidala GuruKrishna
        Community Advisor
        AlbinIs1Community Advisor
        Community Advisor
        Jan 27, 2026 10:18 PM UTC

        It appears that the forward (internal) and reverse Sling mappings are currently mixed. Ideally, the Dispatcher should forward the full content path to the publisher, which makes forward mapping optional. In this case, enabling sling:internalRedirect alone is sufficient, and sling:match is not required for forward mapping.

         

        The reverse mapping (map) should then translate the internal content path back to the public-facing DNS URL. This requires configuring both sling:internalRedirect and sling:match.

        Please refer to Configure Sling Mappings for Resource Resolution in Adobe Experience Manager(AEM) — Deep Dive | by Albin Issac | Medium for more details

         

        Regards

        Albin

        Albin Issac – Medium

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        DanielMa63Author
        Level 3
        Jan 28, 2026 8:55 AM UTC

        Hello ​@AlbinIs1 

        Even following the structure shown in the article the result is the same

        Best Regards

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        rampai
        Community Advisor
        rampaiCommunity Advisor
        Community Advisor
        Feb 1, 2026 5:06 PM UTC

        Hi ​@DanielMa63,

        Please remember.

        Location What it matches
        /etc/map/https protocol
        /etc/map/https/domain.443 host + port
        sling:match inside ONLY the path
        sling:internalRedirect ONLY the content path

         

        Please can you delete all existing rules and try below.

        If your URL does not contain /en then go for:

        /etc/map/https/pre-aem.parquewarner.com.443/warner
            sling:match = /(.*)
            sling:internalRedirect = /content/warner/en/$1.html

        If your URL contains /en and is 

        https://pre-aem.parquewarner.com/en/somepage

        then go for 

        sling:match = /en/(.*)
        sling:internalRedirect = /content/warner/en/$1.html


        You can also share package of your existing rules if this is not helpful.

        Thanks,

        Ram

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