Redirectly - Redirect server with dynamic URL and hostname support

Redirectly is a simple URL redirect server that uses a simple INI file for defining dynamic redirects.

$ gem install redirectly

Redirectly is also available as a docker image:

# Pull the image
$ docker pull dannyben/redirectly

# Run the redirectly command line
$ docker run --rm -it dannyben/redirectly --help

# Start the server with your local configuration file
$ docker run --rm -it \
    -p 3000:3000 \
    -v $PWD/redirects.ini:/app/redirects.ini \
    dannyben/redirectly 

# docker-compose.yml
services:
  redirectly:
    image: dannyben/redirectly
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
    volumes:
      - ./redirects.ini:/app/redirects.ini

$ alias redirectly='docker run --rm -it -p 3000:3000 -v $PWD/redirects.ini:/app/redirects.ini dannyben/redirectly'

# In an empty directory, create a sample configuration file
$ redirectly --init

# Start the server
$ redirectly

# In another terminal, access the server using one of the configured rules
$ curl -v something.localhost:3000

You should receive a redirect header:

# ...
< HTTP/1.1 302 Found
< Location: http://it-works.com/something
# ...

Redirectly requires a simple INI file with redirect configuration details.

You can create a sample configuration file by running:

$ redirectly --init

This will create a sample redirects.ini file:

example.com = https://other-site.com/
*.mygoogle.com/:anything = https://google.com/?q=%{anything}
example.org/* = https://other-site.com/
*.old-site.com = !https://permanent.redirect.com
:sub.app.localhost/* = http://it-works.com/%{sub}
(*)old-domain.com/*rest = http://new-domain.com/%{rest}

For additional server options, see:

$ redirectly --help

The configuration file is built of pattern = target pairs, where:

• pattern - is any URL pattern that is supported by Mustermann.
• target - is the target URL to redirect to.

Notes:

• If target starts with an exclamation mark, it will be a permanent redirect (301), otherwise it will be a temporary redirect (302).
• If pattern includes named arguments (e.g. example.com/:something), they will be available to the target as Ruby string substitution variables (e.g. %{something}).

If you experience any issue, have a question or a suggestion, or if you wish to contribute, feel free to open an issue.