Using DNS to redirect to another URL with a path [closed]

Answer 1

DNS won't redirect the path portion of a URL, so that won't be possible.

Adding

www.proof.com IN CNAME www.proof-two.com

will direct access to www.proof.com to www.proof-two.com, where you will need to use web server config to direct users to the appropriate page.

Answer 2

I realize this is an old thread but FWIW, incase someone else is looking for a way to do this.

While dns does not understand the path portion of the url, it will understand subdomains, so instead of:

www.proof.com IN CNAME www.proof-two.com/path/index.htm

You could use:

www.proof.com IN CNAME proof.proof-two.com

then go to wherever you host proof-two.com and set it to point proof.proof-two.com to www.proof-two.com/path/index.htm.

~ there's always more than one way to skin a cat

Answer 3

Of course it is possible to redirect, with the following trick:

Create a new standard primary zone Name it same as the fictive URL that you want to redirect to Ensure that this fictive name is different than any AD DNS name Create A record with following entries:

blank.......................A............................ip-addr-2

www.........................A............................ip-addr-2

What we have here is redirection, essentially. A valid URL will resolve based on the existing DNS primary DNS zone. A fictive URL will be redirected to ip-addr-2. What is important is that the name of this entry is blank, so it will fall down to the next entry in the record and redirect to ip-addr-2

Answer 4

Everyone has already stated this, and I just want to give you another option to a service that can help you. www.301redirect.it is a free service that can redirect your domain (with wildcard) to any destination url.

I want to add a disclosure as well: I'm the developer behind this service and there is a other options out there.

Answer 5

No, what you ask is not possible. DNS is name resolution system and knows nothing about HTTP.

Answer 6

Really it's easy with redirect.center

If you want create a CNAME as :

www.proof.com IN CNAME www.proof-two.com/path/index.htm

using redirect.center your CNAME look as canonical mode as:

www.proof.com IN CNAME www.proof-two.com.opts-slash.path.opts-slash.index.htm.redirect.center.

Now if you want redirect to https website you can add this option:

www.proof.com IN CNAME www.proof-two.com.opts-slash.path.opts-slash.index.htm.opts-https.redirect.center.

Now you can create a CNAME with the canonical mode with slash in your destiny page.