redirect and hide port (folder) in apache virtualhost - xwiki

Question

Env: Ubuntu 18, Apache2, XWiki 12.1 on JETTY 9.4

I have xwiki on https://wiki.company.com:8443/xwiki/ and I would like to hide port 8443 and optionaly /xwiki/. I have tried with virtualhost:

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ProxyPreserveHost On

    SSLProxyEngine On
    SSLProxyCheckPeerCN Off
    SSLCertificateFile      /etc/ssl/certs/company.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile   /etc/ssl/private/comapny.key

    ProxyPass / https://wiki.company.com:8443/xwiki/
    ProxyPassReverse / https://wiki.company.com:8443/xwiki/
</VirtualHost>

This similar solution works for many projects but not for xwiki. The problem is that in this solution xwiki has problem with loading some files because it still try to load files from https://wiki.company.com/xwiki/webjars/wiki%3Axwiki/drawer/2.4.0/css/drawer.min.css

instead of

https://wiki.hl-display.com/webjars/wiki%3Axwiki/drawer/2.4.0/css/drawer.min.css

So maybe is there any other solution like removing xwiki

    ProxyPass / https://wiki.company.com:8443/
    ProxyPassReverse / https://wiki.company.com:8443/

and redirect user when enter in browser exact https://wiki.company.com to https://wiki.company.com/xwiki/

Or mod rewrite to replace string

https://wiki.company.com/xwiki/hhh/jjj/aaa

To

https://wiki.company.com/hhh/jjj/aaa ?

I have try a lot of settings but without any success :(

Rewrite conditions can be written in apache virtual host configuration file. — Prabhjot Singh Kainth, Mar 17 '20 at 13:20
Can you help me with Rewrite condition? I have try a lot of combinations without any success :( — user3345547, Mar 17 '20 at 13:22
check this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9611521/apache-rewriterule-to-remove-port-on-any-domain-name — Prabhjot Singh Kainth, Mar 17 '20 at 13:27

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '20 at 09:08

OK, I found solution :) By adding 3 lines in VirtualHost

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} wiki.company.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/xwiki/(.*)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /xwiki/ [R=301,L]

So now when user enter exact URL: https://wiki.company.com it will redirect to https://wiki.company.com\xwiki\. So wiki works, port is hidden and nice URL works :)

so complete code is:

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ProxyPreserveHost On

    SSLProxyEngine On
    SSLProxyCheckPeerCN Off
    SSLCertificateFile      /etc/ssl/certs/company.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile   /etc/ssl/private/company.key

    RewriteEngine on
    ServerName https://wiki.company.com
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} wiki.company.com$ [NC]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/xwiki/(.*)$
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /xwiki/ [R=301,L]
    ProxyPass / https://wiki.company.com:8443/
    ProxyPassReverse / https://wiki.company.com:8443/
</VirtualHost>

redirect and hide port (folder) in apache virtualhost - xwiki

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