Technical Tip: How to remove a directory from the URL using URL Rewritting

[Ahmed_Galal]

Description	This article describes how to remove a certain directory from the URL, which can be helpful while migrating from testing to the production environment or vice versa.
Scope	FortiWeb.
Solution	In the following scenario, the FortiWeb administrator has been assigned a task to only remove /prod from the below URL and keep the rest: www.Test.com/prod/XISOAPAdapter/MessageServlet?channel=HR_Cloud:WORKDAY:CC_HR_MasterData_SoapOut This can be achieved by using URL Rewriting with request action: rewrite HTTP Header & matching condition [HTTP URL: ^/prod/(.*)]   Result:  In the below screenshot on the left is the connection from the client side where the client is sending HTTP request: GET /prod/XISOAPAdapter/MessageServlet?channel=HR_Cloud:WORKDAY:CC_HR_MasterData_SoapOut  And on the right side, FortiWeb has removed /prod and kept the rest of the URL. Related document: Rewriting & redirecting