How do I redirect to all pages to be a subdirectory of another website but keep the URLs the same?-CodePudding

I have a website that has been built at say montypython.netlify.app

The client has their main website at holygrail.com and they want holygrail.com/resources to show the contents of montypython.netlify.app but keep the URL the same. Which means that it should continue to show holygrail.com/resources in the search bar.

This also means that any pages from montypython.netlify.app should appear are subdirectories of holygrail.com/resources

Example: montypython.netlify.app/about should appear as holygrail.com/resources/about

I am guessing this has to do with editing the .htaccess at holygrail.com but what rewrite/redirect rules can I reference? There are a lot of URLs so is there a wildcard approach I can use?

This is what I've tried:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^holygrail\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^resources/(.*)$ https://montypython.netlify.app/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

CodePudding user response：

Maybe your issue is with the line:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^holygrail\.com$ [NC]

Maybe you need to try to do something like

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
RewriteRule ^resources/(.*)$ https://montypython.netlify.app/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

CodePudding user response：

I have worked on projects in the past with similar objectives. I don't believe you can accomplish this with redirects. The suggestion about using a reverse proxy would be the most well aligned with your requirements, but there is another option that may also be useful. Some DNS providers offer "DNS Cloaking" or "Stealth Redirects". This can be configured so that requests for holygrail.com will display a frame containing the content for montypython.netlify.app. Could you use the same approach for the /resources sub-directory, so that holygrail.com/resources delivers a frame that loads montypython.netlify.app?

The drawback to this is the address bar will not change as you navigate inside the frame, e.g. navigating to montypython.netlify.app/resources/about will still show holygrail.com/resources in the address bar, because it is displaying the address of the frame.