Change Favicon without dirty web server-hack

[anon28691334]

Infos:

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• Used Zammad version: 2.6.x
• Used Zammad installation source: (source, package, …) DEB
• Operating system: Ubuntu 16.04
• Browser + version: Chrome 68.0.3440.106

Expected behavior:

• Change Favicon

Actual behavior:

• My CEO wants to see our Logo as favicon but I don’t see any way to change it without a dirty webserver-hack. Does anybody know where to change it in source-code?

[MrGeneration]

Hey,

first of all:
Any change to source code or Zammad related files are not Update-safe!

Personally, I would’nt bother touching Zammad files and would prefer the “dirty” webserver “hack”.
Because: nginx and apache2 both support URL redirections - so all you have to do is edit the webserver config:

nginx

  location = /favicon.ico {
    access_log off; log_not_found off;
  }

simply gets

  location = /favicon.ico {
    access_log off; log_not_found off;
    alias /var/www/media/images/favicon.X.ico;
  }

where “alias /var/www/media/images/favicon.X.ico;” is where ever your icon is located (and nginx can read it).

apache2

Below line “DocumentRoot “/opt/zammad/public”” simply add the following (hint: You need mod_rewrite being enabled here!)

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule /favicon.ico https://whereeveritmight.lay [L, R=301]

Another hint for apache: You can also server the favicon locally, but would need to work the config a bit further.

Please note that none of the above has been tested by me, it “should” work.

I hope that this suites your needs.

[anon28691334]

Hi @MrGeneration thanks for your tip.

as our favicon is stored centralized on our server, I ended in adding a rewrite-rule for our nginx:

location  /favicon.ico {
    access_log off; log_not_found off;
    rewrite ^/favicon.ico <STORAGE.SERVER.URL>/favicon.ico last;
}

this as hint for everybody who is in the same situation.

[MrGeneration]

Perfect, thanks for letting the community know