Re: Reverse Proxy

Mohamed Elashmawy wrote:

> I am sorry but when we are using a reverse proxy, what should be present
> in the httpd.conf?

All you need is this:

ProxyPass / http://backend.example.com/
ProxyPassReverse / http://backend.example.com/

The first line does the actual reverse proxying. The second line makes sure that redirects (in the form of Location: headers) are translated properly so that you don't end up bypassing your proxy.

Remember that your browsers are only going to see the reverse proxy - so make sure your URLs are correct to the proxy, not the backend machine. A general rule to avoid problems is to make sure that your URL on the frontend and the URL on the backend are the same, eg:

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ProxyPass /some/section/ http://backend.example.com/some/section/ ProxyPassReverse /some/section/ http://backend.example.com/some/section/  

Regards,
Graham

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