Editing the 'default front page' base URL

Question

I rebuilt a new server from another server's image. And I want to use it for a new domain, but I'm finding that the new server continues to redirect to the original server's domain.

Going to the new server's drupal admin console, I see that the domain (ie, https://mysite.com/) is uneditable under Configuration > System > Site Information > Front Page > Default Front Page.

I tried setting the 'base_url' in /etc/drupal/7/sites/default/settings.php to my new domain and flushed the cache, but that didn't resolve the problem (and the old domain still persists in the console).

Answer 1

Have you tried the below changes in your settings.php and .htaccess?

 /sites/default/settings.php

$base_url = 'http://www.example.com'; // NO trailing slash!

and

.htaccess

  # Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory and
  # RewriteBase /drupal

Try using this.

Answer 2

Have a closer look at settings.php the value may be hardcoded there

In particular: $conf['site_frontpage'] or $base_url

You may also just need to flush all caches at Admin > Config > Performance

Answer 3

This could be set in a lot of places.

You should try searching all your code for mention of the previous domain and go from there.

grep -irn "example.com" .

Where example.com is the old domain.

This will list all matches of example.com. At the beginning you'll see the files. Then the line numbers. Then the string that it matched.