Ask How can I configure Fast Reverse Proxy so that it redirects when attempting to access the domain name alone?

[Brajet]

Hi!
Sorry if my title doesn't make much sense, I'm a bit of a noob in IT ^^'

I am using frp (Fast Reverse Proxy) on a public server to expose a web service I am hosting at home. It works great, I can use my subdomain.domain.smth to reach that service.

Now when I try to access directly to domain.smth (without any subdomain) I get a page from the frp service telling that this is not configured, which is true. However I can't find how to setup redirection for the main domain, it seems that frp only works with subdomains. Have I missed something?

The ultimate goal would be to reach my service when using the subdomain, and get another service (typically a website) when accessing the domain alone. Is it possible?

Thanks for the help

 

[Anthony Joshua]

The easiest way is to check your reverse proxy config file. Usually, you can set a rule that matches requests to your domain without any path (like example.com/) and then redirect them to the desired URL or internal server. Most reverse proxies, like Nginx or Apache, let you use server_name or host matches along with a return 301 or rewrite directive. This ensures anyone typing just the domain goes where you want.

 

[Anthony Joshua]

The easiest way is to check your reverse proxy config file. Usually, you can set a rule that matches requests to your domain without any path (like example.com/) and then redirect them to the desired URL or internal server. Most reverse proxies, like Nginx or Apache, let you use server_name or host matches along with a return 301 or rewrite directive. This ensures anyone typing just the domain goes where you want.

Another approach is to set up a default server block. In Nginx, for example, you can make one block catch requests to the root domain and redirect to a specific location. That way, any request without a path gets redirected automatically. This is clean because it separates normal proxying from redirects, so you don't interfere with other subpaths or services on the same domain.

 

[Felix😎]

Hi!
Sorry if my title doesn't make much sense, I'm a bit of a noob in IT ^^'

I am using frp (Fast Reverse Proxy) on a public server to expose a web service I am hosting at home. It works great, I can use my subdomain.domain.smth to reach that service.

Now when I try to access directly to domain.smth (without any subdomain) I get a page from the frp service telling that this is not configured, which is true. However I can't find how to setup redirection for the main domain, it seems that frp only works with subdomains. Have I missed something?

The ultimate goal would be to reach my service when using the subdomain, and get another service (typically a website) when accessing the domain alone. Is it possible?

Thanks for the help

To set up FRP (Fast Reverse Proxy) to redirect the main domain to a different service, you can add a catch-all redirect rule in the configuration file.

In the "web" section of your FRP config, look for the following:

[web]
type = https
local_ip = your_home_ip
local_port = your_service_port
custom_domains = subdomain.domain.smth
default_uk = https://your_redirect_url
This will ensure that any requests to the base "domain.smth" (without a subdomain) will be redirected to the "your_redirect_url" of your choice, which could be a website or another service.

Keep in mind that this domain-level redirect will apply to any requests to the base domain, not just the subdomain you have configured for your home service. Make sure the "your_redirect_url" points to the desired destination.