If you want to redirect webpages on your website to a new (permanent) URL, your best option is to configure a 301 redirect.

In this tutorial you will learn how to properly configure 301 redirects for websites running on Google Cloud Platform.

Before starting this tutorial, you should have already deployed a website on Google Cloud Platform.

1. Connect to VM Instance

2. Open Apache Config File

In this example I am going to redirect eborchids.com/post1 to eborchids.com/post2.

For most web projects, run the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

For Bitnami web projects, run the following command:

sudo nano /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-app.conf

3. Edit Apache Config File

To redirect eborchids.com/post1 to eborchids.com/post2

Redirect 301 /post1 https://eborchids.com/post2

4. Restart Apache

For changes to take effect, restart your Apache server.

For most web projects, run the following command:

sudo service apache2 graceful

For Bitnami web projects, run the following command:

sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

Did it Work?

Make sure to test your 301 redirect to ensure that they’re configured properly.

If you have any questions or comments, please post them below!

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