Riverscapes/RaveAddIn

HTML Redirect from https://rave.riverscapes.net to https://viewer.riverscapes.net

joewheaton opened this issue · 6 comments

joewheaton commented

We should (@philipbaileynar) fix all the old rave links to viewer links (https://rave.riverscapes.net to https://viewer.riverscapes.net), but short of that, we will NOT catch them all. Please put redirect in place.

MattReimer commented

I've done this but the domain may not roll over properly for a few hours.

@joewheaton close this when the redirect works for you.

BTW This is a more complex process since we moved our DNS to Route53 from Gandi. It means creating empty S3 buckets with static web hosting enabled for every redirect we want:

https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/redirect-domain-route-53

MattReimer commented

Update. This won't work for HTTPS redirects. I'm looking for a new solution

MattReimer commented

Ok. I think I've got it now.

@joewheaton same notes as before. Close this issue when the redirect works for you.

Fot my own notes, this is the new process for implementing a single web redirect (because I keep forgetting):

  1. Make an S3 bucket named as the old URL rave.riverscapes.net with web hosting redirection enabled that points to the address you want to redirect to viewer.riverscapes.net
  2. Put a file called DON'T DELETE ME, I'M A REDIRECT.TXT in the bucket so you don't accidentally delete it later when you're auditing buckets.
  3. Create a new AWS SSL certificate and associated CNAME verification record in Route53 (this we should be able to re-use as long as it's a *.riverscapes.net domain repoint
  4. Create a Cloudfront web distribution that uses the SSL cert and points to the S3 bucket's web hosting endpoint
  5. Create an A record on Route53 that points to the Cloudfront web distribution.
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MattReimer commented

yup. still broken. I'll take another swing

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joewheaton commented

Worked for me now! Thanks @MattReimer