On closer examination, I don't think this will solve your problem - this helps when you want to proxy something that's been included via mod_include.
Tom On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 09:32:54AM -0700, Tom Lancaster wrote: > I think I had a similar problem. It's a while since I tackled it, so I might > be wrong. In any case, I was having problems doing proxy with a rewritemap. > My reason for wanting to do this was so I could use the weighting feature of > rewritemaps to do weighted load balancing between frontend and backend > apaches. > > I mailed Engelschall, but I hear he gets so much mail about mod_rewrite that > it takes him years to respond. > > In any case, I have a patch to mod_rewrite that fixed the problem for me. > The breakdown of the issue was that mod_rewrite wouldn't do a proxy on a > subrequest. > > Be warned: I think this patch causes problems with the automatic adding of > trailing /'s on URLs. > > Tom > > > > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 12:19:44PM -0400, Perrin Harkins wrote: > > mire wrote: > > > I have code like this: > > > > > > RewriteEngine On > > > > > > RewriteLog "/var/site/rewrite.log" > > > RewriteMap lb prg:/tmp/lb > > > > > > RewriteRule ^/trta$ http://${lb:prvi|drugi} [proxy,last] > > > > > > and a perl script (a copy from mod_proxy manual) but it doesn't work, it seems > > > like perl script is waiting indeffinetly for input. > > > > Sorry, this is not a mod_perl problem. You should try the general > > Apache user mailing lists, or see if there's a list or newsgroup for > > mod_rewrite. > > > > - Perrin > > -- > Tom Lancaster Red Hat, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (510)-986-8770 x 354 > This patch is necessary to allow rewriterules to be applied to subrequests when > they are meant to be proxied. We need this to allow mod_include to get >/apps/include/pane.html from the app servers by proxy. > > --- apache_1.3.19/src/modules/standard/mod_rewrite.c.proxy-subreq Wed Jan 31 >20:12:26 2001 > +++ apache_1.3.19/src/modules/standard/mod_rewrite.c Wed May 23 16:39:47 2001 > @@ -1604,10 +1604,10 @@ > /* > * Ignore this rule on subrequests if we are explicitly > - * asked to do so or this is a proxy-throughput or a > + * asked to do so or if this is a > * forced redirect rule. > */ > if (r->main != NULL && > (p->flags & RULEFLAG_IGNOREONSUBREQ || > - p->flags & RULEFLAG_PROXY || > + /* p->flags & RULEFLAG_PROXY || */ > p->flags & RULEFLAG_FORCEREDIRECT )) { > continue; -- Tom Lancaster Red Hat, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (510)-986-8770 x 354
