Redirect a directory to another subdomain

Question

Im not familiar with apache2's rewrite engine so i need someone's help to create a rewrite rule. Im trying to redirect this folder's and its content's url: http://mysite.com/junk/

to http://files.anotherone.com/misc/

Answer 1

I'll forgive your apparent lack of documentation-reading because the documentation for mod_rewrite is pretty unreadable. Thing is, you don't need mod_rewrite. (This is my favorite link for Server Fault.)

Much lighter and easier to understand if you just use mod_redirect:

Redirect /junk/ http://files.anotherone.com/misc/

Also, you'll want to read the fine documentation on .htaccess files, particularly the part that says

You should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access to httpd main server config file. Using .htaccess files slows down your Apache http server. Any directive that you can include in a .htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have the same effect with better performance.

Answer 2

You can use a simple .htaccess rewrite like:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://files.anotherone.com/misc/$1 [R=301]

This should be placed under the .htaccess file located in the /junk directory of mysite.com