| Description | This article describes how to add 'www' at the beginning of a URL, configuring Rewriting Requests in the Application Delivery settings of FortiAppSec Cloud. |
| Scope | FortiAppSec Cloud. |
| Solution |
In some published web services in the WAF of FortiAppSec Cloud, adding 'www' to the web service's URL it is needed, like 'https://websiteapp.com' to 'https://www.websiteapp.com'. To do it, it is necessary to enable Rewriting Requests first in the Application Delivery settings of the configured application.
To add the Rewriting Requests module, go to WAF -> Application and select the desired application; after that, select WAF in the side navigation bar and then Add Module. Go to Application Delivery and enable the Rewriting Requests feature; to finish, select OK. Feature Application Delivery -> Rewriting Requests should appear in the side navigation bar.
After enabling the Rewriting Requests feature, a URL redirection rule should be created. Select Application Delivery -> Rewriting Requests, then go to URL Rewrite Configuration and select Add Rule:
In Add Rule, configure the following settings:
Rewriting Conditions:
Rewriting Behavior: Rewrite Location: https://www.websiteapp.com/$0.
After that, select OK:
Once the URL redirection rule is created, it is listed in the URL Rewrite rules list:
If other rules were created previously and web traffic is matching with one of them, move the URL redirection rule above or below based on the detected traffic.
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