.htaccess RewriteRule问题

Question

I have a domain at OVH that links to my EC2 instance like this: www.mysite.com --> 12.34.56.78/folder/ So everytime I type "www.mysite.com" in my address bar I end up on my website but the URL has been replaced to "12.34.56.78/folder/".

I'm currently trying to tweak a .htaccess file at the root of my server but it doesn't seem to work... Here is the content of the file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.mysite.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/ [L]

Maybe I'm not looking at the right solution... Anyway if you can help me, I'll be grateful! Cheers,

Answer 1

You are missing a couple of things that I added below

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mysite\.com$ 
#$1 will include the original URI in the redirect, 301 for permanent
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$1 [L,R=301]