Implement 301 subdomain redirect with Cloudflare

Website, Application, Performance
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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.yourdomain\.com$
RewriteRule ^wp\-content\/uploads\/?(.*)$ "http\:\/\/subdomain\.yourdomain\.com\/$1" [R=301,L]

Any way I can implement this on Cloudflare?

Thanks!

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Page rules

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Can I do this only for images? I want to host my images on media.site.com, but not redirect everyone there.

Thanks!

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Page rule

Match:

*yourdomain/wp-content/uploads/*

Redirect to:

https://subdomain.yourdomain/$2
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Yes, you can, you simply need to place the right pattern as your URL match.

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Thank you!

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Actually, since the source is making use of two wildcards *, the target should end with $2 instead of $1.

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Thanks. Fixed.

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Would you recommend doing this server side or via Cloudflare?

I am using that guide and it’s only temporary to prevent loss of search engine image traffic.

Thank you!

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If you plan to use exclusively Cloudflare it is probably performance-wise a tad better to do it on Cloudflare straight away.

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Do it at both server side and Cloudflare so if you are using CF, request doesn’t reach your server and if you some day remove CF, your website will not break.

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Okay, thank you! I doubt I’d remove Cloudflare as i am now using it as an image cdn.

Plus in a few weeks I’ll probably remove the redirect after google reindexes.

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