@JuanS_OCS wrote: Also, probably you would need to register the alias/es in apache, in the "Listen"  line, and perhaps even new VirtualHosts - or change the VirtualHost definitions to listen on * aliases-. (specially for that CONNECTION_REFUSED error, since firewall would not be the problem here, meaning that then the only one who refuses, is Apache - the SAS Web Server)   Another couple of good friends, that are under my arm me since my times of J2EE developer: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/name-based.html https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/examples.html   Thanks for the tips - I'll have to research how to set up machine-name host settings and get everything registered properly.  We should have the Dev servers stood up soon so that I don't have to take down our organization while trying to get this right.  I'll keep you posted on my progress, but more research is required.   Thanks, Dennis ... View more

Guess I need to learn more about Apache ... sigh J2EE Developer - You must feel right at home with SAS since it uses Java to accomplish much of what it does. Thanks for sharing your friends with us - I'll do some more research on the subject.  Thanks for all your replies - Greatly appreciated !! ... View more

Realizing that the CName record was redirecting the sas.brookshealth.local URL, I tried the following: Redirect permanent "cxpvwappsasva01.brookshealth.local/" http://cxpvwappsasva01.brookshealth.local:7980/SASVisualAnalyticsHub/   I also tried RewriteEngine  on RewriteRule "cxpvwappsasva01.brookshealth.local" http://cxpvwappsasva01.brookshealth.local:7980/SASVisualAnalyticsHub   I get the same results ... View more

Recap: We added a CNAME record for sas.brookshealth.local that resolves to cxpvwappsasva01.brookshealth.local   I found a doc from our first consultant team for setting up SSL, which we didn't do since we only access SAS internally, but it noted configuration files to change with only one that wasn't directly in reference to SSL: E:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\WebServer\conf\httpd.conf   This is the same as the file I located earier (FQDN): \\cxpvwappsasva01\e$\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\WebServer\conf\httpd.conf   I don't know if I need to edit the virtual machine file so I'll edit it to try to get this going and will eliminate it later: \\cxpvwappsasva01\e$\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\Scripts\AppServer\src\Velocity\vfabrcersvrc\httpd.conf.vm   I white-listed: http://sas.brookshealth.local/ This was done in SAS Mgmt Console.  For everyone's benefit, navigate to Application Management --> Configuration Manager --> Right-click SAS Application Infrastructure and select Properties --> Edit the sas.web.csrf.referers.knownHosts property Note: Make sure to add a "/" character at the end of the URL being whitelisted.  For multiple URL's, separate them with a comma.  Restart your SAS Web Application Servers for changes to take effect.   Since I'm still unsure about the code to use, I'll add the following to the two files in the <IfModule alias_module> section: Redirect permanent "http://sas.brookshealth.local/" http://cxpvwappsasva01.brookshealth.local:7980/SASVisualAnalyticsHub/ Redirect permanent "http://learnsas.brookshealth.local/" http://ebrooks/teams/DataScience/SitePages/SASVideos.aspx   I'll need to get another DNS CName record added to map "learnsas" to http://learnsas.brookshealth.local before that redirection will work.   I stopped all VA services (after notifying users to coordinate downtime), edited both files and rebooted the VA server.   Result: After making sure that I get the VA Hub login (VA is back up), I get a "Can't Reach This Page" error in a browser when using http://sas.brookshealth.local or http://learnsas.brookshealth.local   I stopped all SAS services again and replaced the above code in both files with: RewriteEngine  on RewriteRule "^/sas\.brookshealth.local" http://cxpvwappsasva01.brookshealth.local:7980/SASVisualAnalyticsHub RewriteRule "^/learnsas\.brookshealth.local" http://ebrooks/teams/DataScience/SitePages/SASVideos.aspx   Then, rebooted the VA server.   FInal Result: Using Internet Explorer: For http://sas.brookshealth.local/ I again get the same error, but I grabbed the details this time, which are: There was a temporary DNS error. Try refreshing the page. Error Code: INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND   For http://learnsas.brookshealth.local/, I get the same error, but details are: The DNS name does not exist. Error Code: INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND   Using Chrome: For http://sas.brookshealth.org, I get: This site can't be reached sas.brookshealth.local refused to connect ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED   For http://learnsas.brookshealth.org, I get This site can't be reached learnsas.brookshealth.local’s server IP address could not be found. ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED     ... View more

If I add the following lines of code to the bottom of both configuration files (\Lev1\Web\WebServer\conf\sas.conf and \\cxpvwappsasva01\e$\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\WebServer\conf\httpd.conf) and perhaps \\cxpvwappsasva01\e$\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\Scripts\AppServer\src\Velocity\vfabrcersvrc\httpd.conf.vm too just to test ... if users enter "http://sas.brookshealth.local" would it redirect them to our VA Hub URL (http://cxpvwappsasva01.brookshealth.local:7980/SASVisualAnalyticsHub/😞   RewriteEngine  on RewriteRule "^/sas\.brookshealth.local" http://cxpvwappsasva01.brookshealth.local:7980/SASVisualAnalyticsHub/   Would I whitelist http://sas.brookshealth.local (rather than our VA Hub URL)?  If I have the DNS CName record modified to point "sas" to "http://sas.brookshealth.local" and then implement the code above, should users be able to type "sas" into their browser and get to the VA Hub URL?   I was just able to confirm that we will be spinnning up 2 Dev servers in 7-10 days so I can wait until then to perform the testing, but I'm anxious to try it out and report my results back here so that everyone can know how to make this happen since the VA Hub URL is long and difficult for users to remember.   Thanks, Dennis ... View more

Hi @JuanS_OCS,   Wow, there's some serious help in your post so thanks for the amazing response..  I had looked through the Apache open source help pages, but did not see the very helpful link you noted.  Since I want the users to see the redirected URL (VA Hub), I'll try using the format: RewriteEngine  on RewriteRule    "^/foo\.html$"  "bar.html"  [R]   I'm thinking we don't even need a DNS entry and can simply redirect any URL to another through this mechanism.  So, if I wanted users to be able to type "sas" in their browser and have it redirect to our VA URL, I'm thinking the syntax would be: RewriteEngine  on RewriteRule "^/sas\.brookshealth.local" http://cxpvwappsasva01.brookshealth.local:7980/SASVisualAnalyticsHub/ and users would need to enter http://sas/ into their browser since just typing "sas" would trigger a browser search reply unless there was a DNS entry to map "sas" to http://sas.brookshealth.local ... Without a DNS entry, I guess they would have to type http://sas.brookshealth.local - Does any of this sound close?   Thanks for the tip too on the SAS files.  I'm going to take down the server today and I'll test modifying both the httpd.conf and the sas.conf that you reference and we'll see what happens.  I just want to try to get the syntax right before I do that.  I found that I have to stop the services to edit the file so I will definitely be bouncing the SAS services.   Great idea to whitelist the alias.  We had put links from SharePoint to SAS and they didn't work until I discovered that I had to whitelist our SharePoint site within the SAS Mgmt Console before SAS would allow the traffic from SharePoint.  It makes sense that this could be blocking the redirection as well - I hadn't even thought of this ... Thanks !!   This was a huge help and I appreciate any corrections to my thoughts on how to implement this.  Thanks again !!!   Thanks, Dennis   ... View more

For the record, I didn't find the SAS flavor of the .htaccess file ... ... View more