<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} ^off$
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/groups
    RewriteRule ^/groups(.*)$ https://my-server-address.com/groups$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

As usual, note that I haven’t tested this or anything, but I believe this should be what you want. Naturally, you’ll have to put this in the appropriate configuration file for your set up. See also the Apache mod_rewrite manual page, as well as Apple’s WikiServer discussion list for more help.

Is there a redirect rule we can set up so that the only way to get to the groups or user blog pages is through the https site?

I discovered recently that in order for the Workgroup Manager application to allow you to select a web site in the “Enable the following services for this group on” drop down menu, you have to create your groups in an LDAP-exported directory. That is to say your server needs to be either an Open Directory Master or an Open Directory Replica or else you’ll never be given an option other than “(None)” in that drop down.

This seems silly to me as I don’t understand why that should be the case, but it clearly is.

Hope that helps!

If you still want to get the “www” hostname to respond to web queries you need to set up name resolution (probably DNS) as well as a proper Apache VirtualHost. Both of these tasks can be accomplished within the Server Admin application. Check Apple’s Mac OS X Server Documentation for details.

I have to give the url as http://blair.com.au and not http://www.blair.com.au

Any idea how I can get the www alias to work?

In our case, the wiki and blog activation doesn’t work in the Services and Groups panel.

I’ve not encountered an issue with a setting “not sticking.” Are you sure you’ve hit “Save” at the bottom of the window? Apple’s Server Admin and Workgroup Manager are notorious for not applying saves like the rest of the GUI tools.

Going in the workgroup manager the sites with the wikis allowed doesn’t appaers in the enable the following services …

You have to ensure that both the Web Service in Server Admin and the appropriate groups in Workgroup Manager have the wiki “turned on.” You can get a step-by-step guide to doing this (which first requires setting up your Mac OS X Server a regular web server) in the Web Technologies Administration manual I linked in my post.

Hope this helps.

It doesn’t seem that Apple is promoting Leopard server quite heavily or is so in the US ?

Just a technical question …

In our case, the wiki and blog activation doesn’t work in the Services and Groups panel. We are able to check it there but if you try to set a group there it doesn’t stay (after a while it clears up).
Going in the workgroup manager the sites with the wikis allowed doesn’t appaers in the enable the following services …

Didi you allready came accross something similar ?

Thanks for the (possible) answer !

Didier