Redirect Strapi admin index to admin login - redirect

Question

I am currently looking for way to create a permanent 301 redirect from the default Strapi admin index route (ie strapidomain.com) to the configured admin route (ie strapidomain.com/admin).
I have explored utilizing a custom middleware by configuring the admin package:
Path: ./admin/middlewares/redirect/index.js
const path = require('path');
module.exports = strapi => {
return {
initialize: function(cb) {
strapi.router.get('/', (ctx) => {
ctx.redirect(strapi.config.get('server.admin.url', '/admin'))
});
}
};
};
I then activated the custom middleware with:
Path: ./admin/config/middleware.js
module.exports = {
settings: {
redirect: {
enabled: true
}
}
}
Unfortunately I can still hit the admin panel route without being redirected. Based on everything I have read, this should be possible however I have not been able to get this working.
Thoughts?

Answer 1

for newer version v4+
src/middlewares/redirector.js
module.exports = (config, {strapi}) => {
return async (ctx, next) => {
if (ctx.path === '/') {
ctx.redirect(strapi.config.get('server.admin.url', '/admin'));
return
}
await next()
};
};
config/middlewares.js
module.exports = [
{name: 'global::redirector'},
//...
]

Answer 2

The only issue here is that you just placed the redirect middleware within a admin folder which was absolutely not required. The middlewares folder should directly reside at the root of your project.
Correct the path from:
./admin/middlewares/redirect/index.js
To this:
./middlewares/redirect/index.js
I can show you what I've tried personally, below:
My implementation:
1. Create a directory in the root of your project
$ mkdir -p ./middlewares/redirector/
2. Create a index.js file in ./middlewares/redirector/ with the content as:
module.exports = () => {
return {
initialize() {
strapi.router.get('/', (ctx) => {
ctx.redirect(strapi.config.get('server.admin.url', '/admin'));
});
},
};
};
3. Finally enable the redirector middleware in the config/middleware.js file:
module.exports = {
settings: {
redirector: {
enabled: true,
},
},
};