I want to restrict direct IP access to my website. I found several solutions involving .htaccess but none work. I've also found one solution via apache virtual hosts config which was working fine up until I installed a SSL certificate through CPanel. I have absolutely no idea what was altered in the httpd.conf file but now the redirect setting does not work even if I uninstall the SSL certificate.
Here's my current virtual hosts setup:
NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.1:80 NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.1:80>
ServerName mysite.com
ServerAlias www.mysite.com
DocumentRoot /home/rotate/public_html
ServerAdmin [email protected]
UseCanonicalName Off
## User rotate # Needed for Cpanel::ApacheConf
UserDir disabled
UserDir enabled rotate
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/rotate/public_html/cgi-bin/
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.1:80>
ServerName 192.168.1.1
Redirect 403 /
ErrorDocument 403 "Sorry, direct IP access not allowed."
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs
ServerAdmin [email protected]
UseCanonicalName Off
UserDir disabled
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName server.mysite.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs
ServerAdmin [email protected]
UserDir disabled
</VirtualHost>
NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.1:443
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.1:443>
ServerName mysite.com
ServerAlias www.mysite.com
DocumentRoot /home/rotate/public_html
ServerAdmin [email protected]
UseCanonicalName Off
UserDir disabled
UserDir enabled rotate
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/rotate/public_html/cgi-bin/
SSLEngine on
#SSL stuff here
</VirtualHost>
IP and names were substituted with generic ones. The "Redirect 403 /" part is not working since installing the SSL certificate. I'd be grateful if someone can shed some light on what am I doing wrong here. Thanks.