Subdomain Redirect per CNAME instead of HTTP code

[smat]

Hello,

 

I thought that instead of redirecting with HTTP redirect codes (which requires the client to open a connection to the http server), a (sub-)domain redirect could be done instead on name-server basis (using CNAME), which would yield better performance results.

 

I would suggest adding a "CNAME" option to the redirect-code dropdown-list for (sub-)domains, but only if the redirect target is a host without special path requirements (as a CNAME entry would just "replace" the host in a URI, preserving the browser-requested path)

 

I was not sure I should open a new feature-request in redmine, so at first wanted to post here.

I would be able to implement the changes and push them to git, but would need some time first to look into the code.

[d00p]

That would only make sense for people that use their own nameserver and this is a really really small group. Also, "performance" for a redirect? Come on...

[smat]

Thank you for your reply.

 

Really? The people who activate the "Nameserver" settings in froxlor are a small group? I would have thought that most of the users also use a nameserver, to coordinate all dns queries and subdomains etc ...

 

About the performance, imageine the following: a few websites with a lot of images, all on a subdomain cdn.domain.com for aestethic reasons, but the images are really hosted on cloudfront or amazonaws or the like. so we have 2 choices: a.) setup a http 302-redirect, or b.) configure the nameserver acordingly with a cname.

 

a.) would mean that for all of those pics from all sites, the clients would create (or reuse) a http connection, sending a request and receiving the redirect, then again opening, requesting and receiving the real file (1 pic = 2 http connections to 2 different hosts here)

b.) would mean that already on lookup for cdn.domain.com the client gets the real domain (cloudfront or amazonaws) and can directly open a connection to the right server (1 pic = 1 http connection)

 

I have seen other requests here for cname configuration in froxlor ... Is there anything being worked on? If direct dns zone configuration would be possible, then there would be no need for this "cname redirect" option anyways.

 

Interested in your opinion.

[d00p]

We do not have a complex DNS management built in, this may change in the future but no guarantee.

[smat]

... and there is really no interest to the small addition of "CNAME" redirect to the redirect-dropdown in the (sub-)domain settings?

If I would make changes, they would not be integrated into the codebase?

 

Just to clarify!

Thank you anyways.

[d00p]

Pull-requests are always welcome sure...