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Dear Fediverse,

I have a domain, say "example.net" and I want to setup a couple of redirects so that "example.net/awesome" redirects to "foobar.com/something"

I don't want to manage a server or nginx config for this.

I currently use Gandi Web Forwarding but it doesn't support HTTPS.

Any recommendation for something as low maintenance as possible?

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Carl Schwan :kde:
Carl Schwan :kde:
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I would use Caddy as it is extremely simple to configure and maintain, but this still requires a server and I suppose this is that you are trying to avoid. :(
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Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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I've set up redirects using AWS, specifically an S3 bucket (configured as a static website) behind a Cloudfront distribution. The ongoing cost for that has been very cheap, if not entirely within the AWS free tier.
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Sonny
Sonny
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@matt

Thanks.

Sounds more complicated than I care for, and there is only one Amazon I care about :)

@Matt Campbell
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Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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Fair enough, I'll look forward to reading other people's answers.
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Sonny
Sonny
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bonus point for server side analytics

I don't mind paying a monthly fee for this - I just don't want to have to think about it or maintain it

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Moritz Bartl
Moritz Bartl
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A .htaccess file at any random web hoster? Since you're with Gandi that would be the most convenient, but at $10/month their smallest hosting package is comparatively expensive just for that. Netlify? https://domcloud.co/ ? A bunch of other free-tier hosting options are listed at https://free.wdh.gg/#/?id=paas

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Denzil 🌳🍄
Denzil 🌳🍄
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AWS Route53… no servers, you will need to transfer domain to Amazon but stats and redirects are serverless 😅
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Infernal Server Error
Infernal Server Error
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in all honesty and seriousness setting up nginx on a vps may be the least maintenance solution for this. and likely cheapest too.

(which is kinda stupid)

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GⒶbriel
GⒶbriel
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you could use a service like Vercel or Netlify and set up redirect rules, Netlify uses a _redirect file for this and you can set rules in a vercel.json file for (you guessed it) Vercel.

Or if you already have hosting, don’t want to configure a server and don’t need the HTTP header, you can use a simple HTML page with an appropriate meta tag

Again, depends on what your current setup is like but those are my little suggestions :)

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Sonny
Sonny
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@gabz thanks

Thanks

I don't have a setup right now. I prefer doing the redirects server side.

@GⒶbriel
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QuadRadical
QuadRadical
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Now, this is hacky but it'll work: use github pages and use an empty HTML page with just JavaScript to redirect
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QuadRadical
QuadRadical
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which part do you dislike? Using js? EDIT: I've got a better way, use a meta tag for redirect
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QuadRadical
QuadRadical
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I see, but you said no server, so you went a server side redirect without a server?
EDIT: oh you want a SaaS thing IG? E.G. Just pay a fee and it'll host it for you?
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Sonny
Sonny
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@QuadRadical I don't want to manage a server. I'm hoping to find a service that will take care of the server administration for me.
@QuadRadical
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Hugo Posnic
Hugo Posnic
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You could use an URL shortener I think. I'm the founder of URLR (https://urlr.me/en).
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Jakob Ankarhem
Jakob Ankarhem
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if you move DNS to cloudflare you can setup page rules
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jntesteves
jntesteves
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For a long time I've been meaning to move my website from GitHub pages to Cloudflare pages because they support exactly these things you want, including server-side, privacy-preserving analytics, as they call it. And it's free!

https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/custom-domains/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/redirects/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/web-analytics/


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Ash_Crow
Ash_Crow
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as long as you are not trying to use wildcards on subdomains, Gandi web forwarding should support https...
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Monospace Mentor
Monospace Mentor
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I’m running hundreds of Linux servers, but I wanted something more convenient than having to maintain another site just for serving and updating redirects. That’s why I’m using https://redirect.pizza/.

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