Domain Forwarding

Question

I also purchased a domain via Microsoft with my Azure subscription back then. I would now like to set up a redirect so that if someone goes to my domain www.mydomain.com with the web browser, they are redirected to a domain www.mydomain.de with another provider.

Answer 1

Hello Christoph Reckers,

You can use Azure Front Door to redirect a URL based on path. Refer this MSDOC to configure Redirect URL using Front Door.

1. Create an Azure Front Door (classic/Premium).
2. Configure the Front Door to redirect traffic from www.mydomain.com to www.mydomain.de.
3. Create a CNAME record for www.mydomain.com and point it to the Front Door endpoint.
4. Navigate to Azure Front Door=>Settings=>Rule Sets, click add. set up a redirect rule to forward requests from www.mydomain.com to www.mydomain.de.

If it is single redirect, you can use an Azure App Service with a redirect rule.

• In App Service => Custom domains => Add custom domain=> add your domain www.mydomain.com and validate. It will show a prompt to verify domain ownership via DNS (CNAME or TXT record in DNS settings).

Navigate to KUDU site of web app https://appname.azurewebsites.net/ =>Debug Console=>CMD=>Site/wwwroot => Create a web.config file to issue a 301 Permanent Redirect to www.mydomain.de.

Add below configuration in web.config:

<configuration>

    <system.webServer>

      <rewrite>

        <rules>

          <rule name="Rewrite to domain.de">

            <match url="^(.*)$" />

            <action type="Redirect" url="https://www.mydomain.de" />

          </rule>

        </rules>

      </rewrite>

    </system.webServer>

</configuration>

This redirects the requests of www.mydomain.com to www.mydomain.de

Hope this helps.

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Answer 2

Thanks for the detailed information. I will check it out and give you feedback.