Apache2 : DocumentRoot redirect from a www.example.com/destination

Question

I am setting up an apache2, and I am wondering how I would do this :

I want to redirect www.example.org/destination to a certain folder on my server, let's say /home/sites/mydestinationdirectory .

However I do not want to make the actual folder "destination" in /var/Www.

Is this possible in Apache2 and how would I do this ?

Answer 1

Use Apache's Alias directive.

Alias /destination /home/sites/mydestinationdirectory

<Directory /home/sites/mydestinationdirectory>
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory> 

Another way would be to use mod_rewrite for more complex setups.