Apache config for all Location except specific URI

Question

I need to apply some configuration for a Location Directive.

These configurations must be applied for all location, except some URIs (e.g. I don't wanna change configs for /products, so bellow configuration must be applied for all locations, except /products )

<Location />
 # desired configurations
</Location>

Answer 1

This can be done in several ways:

1. Using regex

Use regex in Location Directive to match all URIs, except your pattern

e.g.:

<Location ~ "^((?!/product).)*$">
# desired configurations
</Location>

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2. Using < If> directive: e.g.:

use If inside your directory:

<If "%{Request_URI} =! '.*/product.*'">

or

<If "%{Request_URI} =! '^((?!/product).)*$'">

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3. By setting variables and using If and IfDefine

Set a variable at start of configurations, and then use directive

SetEnvIf Request_URI ".*/product.*" isProd=1
...
<IfDefine isProd>
...

or you can use expr in If directive for comparing strings and variables.

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