Moving info from .htaccess to httpd.conf

Hi,

My server load averages increase from 0.5 to up to 14 after enabling vbseo.

Browsing the site I've seen that one method of reducing server load would be to move the mod rewrite info from .htaccess to httpd.conf.

Could someone let me know how to do this. Here's what's in my .htaccess file...

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On
# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums)
#RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsit emap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} (admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !chat
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

Thanks,

Chris

Hello Chris,

you can insert exactly the same code in your httpd.conf in <Directory> section referred to your forums folder:

<Directory /path/to/forum>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsit emap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
....
</Directory>

Do not forget to restart apache and remove .htaccess after that.

Hi,

Thanks, I get the following error when I do this and try to restart httpd:

Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 1040 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
RewriteRule: bad flag delimiters

OK. I removed all the comments out of the info and it now restarts but it doesn't seem to be having any effect. Just acts like it does when I remove .htaccess from the forum directory. When I put .htaccess back up, it works again. Seems like it's ignoring my changes to httpd.conf.

Hi,

make sure that you include *exactly* the same code as it is in .htaccess file (vbulletin inserts spaces in the code posted here on forums for formatting purposes)

Does it matter where in httpd.conf I put it? I'm just adding a new <Directory>...</Directory> at the end of the file.

Chris

Hello Chris,

it is usually added within <Virtualhost> section for the corresponding domain.

example

Code:

############
# Example #
############
##############################################################

<VirtualHost server-ip>
DocumentRoot /to/your/forum
ServerName your domainname
<Directory "/to/your/forum">


RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} (admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [L]
 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !chat
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
 
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
 
</Directory>
#
#################################################################

Thanks for the info. I've altered my /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file but when I restart httpd I get the following error message:

Starting httpd: [Sun Mar 12 06:11:12 2006] [warn] VirtualHost 216.127.90.114:80 overlaps with VirtualHost 216.127.90.114:0, the first has precedence, perhaps you need a NameVirtualHost directive

I've looked through the httpd.conf file and there are no other VirutalHost sections that are not commented out.

PM sent

Thanks Oleg. I've worked out how to do it. My httpd.conf info for that site actually resides in a different file in the /etc/httpd/conf directory...

Unfortunately, its not helped with the load averages. Currently at 37 and climbing. I'm going to switch off vbseo again... Perhaps my server just isn't up to it... p4 2.6 with 1gb ram...

Chris

I know it's been a while, but do you have updates on your loads issue? A couple of newer vBSEO versions have been released since then and I was curious.

Thanks