[DRILL-7580] Broken links in apache drill documentation to https://drill.apache.org/docs/starting-the-web-console/

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Done
• Fix Version/s: 1.18.0
• Component/s: Documentation
• Labels: ready-to-commit
• Assignee: Dobes Vandermeer
• Reporter: Dobes Vandermeer
• Reviewer: Vova Vysotskyi
• Created: 12/Feb/20 19:03
• Updated: 28/Feb/20 08:39
• Resolved: 28/Feb/20 08:39

Description

On https://drill.apache.org/docs/rest-api-introduction/ there is a link with anchor text "Web UI" that links to a 404 page at https://drill.apache.org/docs/starting-the-web-console/

 

If you search google for:

 

"site:drill.apache.org" "link:https://drill.apache.org/docs/starting-the-web-console/"

 

You can find other links to the same page.  I have recently run into another page that is linked to from a couple of places that is now a broken link.

 

I wonder if it would make sense to put a placeholder or redirect at that URL; if an HTTP redirect is possible that would be best, but otherwise a page that says "This page has moved to: [URL]"

 

If someone has setup Google Search Console I believe it has a broken links report you could use to identify other links that have been broken.

 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1979