Rewrite rules in native format within virtualHost

[zEitEr]

Hello,

Searching for syntax information on how to add rewrite rules using a OLS native format within a virtualHost. So I want to adapt:

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteRule ^(xmlrpc\.php|wp-trackback\.php) - [F,L,NC]
    </IfModule>

Currently using this block:

  context /xmlrpc.php {
    accessControl {
      deny *
    }
  }

My very concern is about a need to restart OLS in case of using `context /xmlrpc.php` to get it working for a new WP installation. And I believe with rewrite rules we can avoid the need to restart OLS.

Another concern is about keeping error logs clear from messages like

[ERROR] [config:server:vhosts:vhost:example.net-443:context:/xmlrpc.php] Path for context location is invalid: /home/example/domains/example.net/public_html/xmlrpc.php

I guess I need to adjust the following block

  rewrite  {
    enable                  1
    autoLoadHtaccess        1
  }

within a virtualHost with my rules. But what syntax should I use. I don't find any example even here: https://www.litespeedtech.com/docs/webserver/config/rewrite

Regards,
Alex.

 

[Cold-Egg]

Hi Alex,

You might want to check here for OpenLiteSpeed information https://openlitespeed.org/kb/migrate-apache-rewrite-rules-to-openlitespeed/
If you need, this https://openlitespeed.org/kb/reload-openlitespeed-automatically-with-directadmin/ should automate reload htaccess file.

Just to clarify your requirement that you want to deny all access to `xmlrpc.php`, right? You can just set the context in the context tab of OLS web admin page instead of putting context within rewrite rules.

Best

 

[zEitEr]

Thank you for the links.

That turned out to be easier than I thought. Here the snippet that worked for me:

  rewrite  {
    enable                  1
    autoLoadHtaccess        1
    RewriteRule ^/(xmlrpc|wp-trackback)\.php - [F,L,NC]
  }

both with OpenLiteSpeed 1.4.48 and 1.5.2