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  • July 9, 2020
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How can I set the default page for a dispatcher?

In the past, our site was using a load balancer with the publishers, and the Day CQ Root Mapping setting handled the page to load when the base URL was hit. We're moving to a dispatcher on a rebuild of the site, and the root mapping doesn't seem to be working. 

Everything I can find regarding URLs for the dispatcher is about rewriting the displayed URL as best as I can tell, but I don't understand how to define the primary page for the site. Is that a setting for the dispatcher or on the server? Will URL mapping from the primary domain to the page we want to be the home page solve this problem?

Additionally, if URL mapping is what I need to do, we're currently just using the dispatcher URL for testing but will be setting a different URL when we switch over. Is there a way to map URLs for both domains for sling:match?

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Best answer by Nupur_Jain

 hi @juliat95115877 ,

 

If you are using apache server with dispatcher, you can use apache's rewrite rule to redirect ROOT request to sitte home page. Dispatcher is just the module but actual redirection should be handled using apache server only. Find below the sample rewrite rule which you can use:

#Redirect Root page request to home page RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(mysite.com)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^/ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/en/home.html [L,R=301]

 

  • You will have to enable rewrite module on apache fiest
  • you can then modify apache rule and add it to vhost file of your site
  • Here 301 that is permanent redirection will make sure to redirect any further root request to home page 

Hope it helps!

Nupur

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arunpatidar
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arunpatidarCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
July 9, 2020

Hi,

Why don't you set home page directly on Apache. Whenever there is a request for /, you can remap to home page.

Arun Patidar
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    juliat95115877Author
    July 9, 2020
    I wasn't sure if that was the correct approach. I don't have direct access to Apache and have to go through another team for that.
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    vishakhav2
    Level 2
    July 10, 2020

    Hi @juliat95115877 ,

     

    Can you try with mod_rewrite as mentioned here https://docs.adobe.com/content/help/en/experience-manager-dispatcher/using/configuring/dispatcher-configuration.html#specify-a-default-page-iis-only-homepage

      vanegi
      Adobe Employee
      vanegiAdobe Employee
      Adobe Employee
      July 10, 2020

      If you are using Apache, you can use the mod_rewrite module to specify a default page /homepage. See the Apache web site documentation for information about mod_rewrite (for example, Apache 2.4 ). When using mod_rewrite , it is advisable to use the flag 'passthrough|PT' (pass through to next handler) to force the rewrite engine to set the uri field of the internal request_rec structure to the value of the filename field.

        Nupur_Jain
        Adobe Employee
        Nupur_JainAdobe EmployeeAccepted solution
        Adobe Employee
        July 10, 2020

         hi @juliat95115877 ,

         

        If you are using apache server with dispatcher, you can use apache's rewrite rule to redirect ROOT request to sitte home page. Dispatcher is just the module but actual redirection should be handled using apache server only. Find below the sample rewrite rule which you can use:

        #Redirect Root page request to home page RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(mysite.com)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^/ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/en/home.html [L,R=301]

         

        • You will have to enable rewrite module on apache fiest
        • you can then modify apache rule and add it to vhost file of your site
        • Here 301 that is permanent redirection will make sure to redirect any further root request to home page 

        Hope it helps!

        Nupur

          Rohan_Garg
          Community Advisor
          Rohan_GargCommunity Advisor
          Community Advisor
          July 27, 2022

          Hi Nupur,

           

          # custom rewrites
          #Redirect Root page request to home page
          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
          RewriteRule (.*) /content/abc/us/en/home-page.html [PT,L]

           

          I wrote the above rule in my vhost file but get the below error log in dispatcher

          172.17.0.1 "domainname:8080" - [27/Jul/2022:11:40:29 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 404 5615 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/102.0"
          [27/Jul/2022:11:40:29 +0000] "GET /content/abc/us/en/errors/404.html HTTP/1.1" - hit [publishfarm/-] 15ms "domainname:8080"

          I have defined an Error Document directive too as below - 

          ErrorDocument 404 /content/abc/us/en/errors/404.html

          Can you help as to why the redirect is not working ?

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