On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Andrew Green wrote: > I'm using a typical dual-server combination for mod_perl content on a > selection of sites. Requests go to the vanilla Apache and a > mod_rewrite/mod_proxy combo forward them on to the mod_perl Apache. > > As part of this, I'm trying to allow a prefix to the URL path to set an > environment variable I can then use in my mod_perl programs to determine > databases, templates etc. > > The vanilla httpd.conf features a line thus: > > RewriteRule ^/(test|access|ewok)/(.*)$ > http://spare.article7.co.uk:8080/page/$2 [P,E=A7_FRAMEWORK:$1,L] > > (ignoring the wrapping). I also set PerlPassEnv A7_FRAMEWORK in my > mod_perl httpd.conf -- but that environment variable always remains > undef. The order of the P,E,L flags doesn't seem to make a difference. > > I appreciate that this is perhaps more of a mod_proxy issue than a > mod_perl one, but I suspect I'm not alone in having tried something > similar. I haven't found anything in the guide that deals with this > specifically (I really don't want to append the information as a query > string), but if I've overlooked anything, I'd be very happy to be > corrected.
You set A7_FRAMEWORK in vanilla Apache so mod_perl Apache does not receive it. You can try my mod_accel module. It send original URL to backend in X-URL header. Also you do not need to use mod_rewrite if you want to exclude some URL from proxing. Igor Sysoev
