Apache rewrite rule from IP to Domain

redirect traffic from IP to fully qualified domain name with 301 redirect

[newskumar]

Please refer : [webmasterworld.com...]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^123\.234\.345\.456(.*)
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ [domainname.com...] [R=301,L]

In the rewrite rule “^/(.*)$” helps to prevent the extra trailing slash right after the domain name.
Ex:
If the rule is “(.*)” then apache redirect to www.domainname.com//
If the rule is “^/(.*)$” then Apache redirects to www.domainname.com

[phranque]

welcome to WebmasterWorld, newskumar!

are you doing this in the server config or per-directory config?
(httpd.conf vs .htaccess)

[g1smd]

^123\.234\.345\.456(.*)

What is the trailing (.*) for?

It will capture the port number (if there is one in the request), but you're not using it for anything.

Remove the (.*) completely.

Use example.com in the forum to stop URL auto-linking.

The canonical URL for the root of a domain should end in a single tailing slash.