Binding
A VTEX storefront configuration that maps an account to host, locale, currency, sales channel, and canonical base address.
Internal Route
A route that rewrites a storefront URL to a Store Framework entity route without returning an HTTP redirect to the browser.
Redirect
A route that returns an HTTP 301 or 302 response from one URL to another URL. Redirects have priority over internal routes during route identification.
Canonical URL
The preferred public URL for a route. Rewriter can enforce lowercase URLs, ending slash rules, and hreflang-related canonical behavior.
Route Locator
The pair of from path and binding identifier used to find redirect and internal route entries.
VBase
VTEX IO key-value storage used by Rewriter to persist redirects, internal routes, reverse indexes, and route-related settings.
Route Index
The indexed representation of persisted routes used by GraphQL list/index operations and route management flows.
Hreflang Alternates
Language and regional alternate links generated from multi-binding route relationships and custom hreflang settings.
Compatibility Route
A route resolved through legacy URL compatibility logic when no redirect or internal route is found directly.
Smartcache
VTEX IO route-level caching configured in node/service.json for public route evaluation endpoints.