Docker-Web-Redirect

This Docker container listens on port 80 and redirects all web traffic to the given target domain/URL.

Features

Lightweight: Uses only ~2 MB RAM on Linux
Keeps the URL path and GET parameters
Permanent or temporary redirect

Usage

Docker run

The target domain/URL is set by the REDIRECT_TARGET environment variable.
Possible redirect targets include domains (mydomain.net), paths (mydomain.net/my_page) or specific protocols (https://mydomain.net/my_page).

Example: $ docker run --rm -d -e REDIRECT_TARGET=mydomain.net -p 80:80 morbz/docker-web-redirect

Paths are retained

The URL path and GET parameters are retained by default. That means that a request to http://myolddomain.net/index.php?page=2 will be redirected to http://mydomain.net/index.php?page=2 when REDIRECT_TARGET=mydomain.net is set. If you do not want to retain the path and GET parameters, set the environment variable RETAIN_PATH to false.

Permanent redirects

Redirects are, by default, permanent (HTTP status code 301). That means browsers will cache the redirect and will go directly to the new site on further requests. Also search engines will recognize the new domain and change their URLs. To make redirects temporary (HTTP status code 302), e.g. for site maintenance, set the environment variable REDIRECT_TYPE to redirect.

Docker Compose

This image can be combined with the jwilder nginx-proxy. A sample docker-compose file that redirects myolddomain.net to mydomain.net could look like this:

version: '3'
services:
  redirect:
    image: morbz/docker-web-redirect
    restart: always
    environment:
      - VIRTUAL_HOST=myolddomain.net
      - REDIRECT_TARGET=mydomain.net