RE: [users@httpd] working with a reverse proxy
> > > > > > > What would a best practice of 'informing' the proxyhost about that > it is > > being proxied and it should send the defaulthost hostname? > > > > can try > > > https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypreservehost > > Proxy only works when I am having ProxyPreserveHost Off, I can't > change that. > > > What happens when you use ProxyPreserveHost, exactly? I am getting a 'Content Encoding Error'. I think this proxied web application by default is doing some routing based on host names.
Re: [users@httpd] working with a reverse proxy
On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 9:49 PM Marc wrote: > > Should I for instance set headers, and in the proxied website should I check > on such headers? (Btw this is php). Or are there other things available like > HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR mod_proxy should add the "X-Forwarded-Host" header (i.e. HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST in cgi/php) with the value of defaulthost, when forwarding the request to proxyhost. This is the default behaviour, unless "ProxyAddHeaders off". Regards; Yann. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
RE: [users@httpd] working with a reverse proxy
> > Should I for instance set headers, and in the proxied website should I > check on such headers? (Btw this is php). Or are there other things > available like HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR > > mod_proxy should add the "X-Forwarded-Host" header (i.e. > HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST in cgi/php) with the value of defaulthost, when > forwarding the request to proxyhost. This is the default behaviour, > unless "ProxyAddHeaders off". > Thanks Yann! I was looking indeed at the wrong headers, these two are having the correct value. [HTTP_X_FORWARDED_SERVER] [HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org