[EMAIL PROTECTED] do not proxy static files

2006-12-13 Thread Xavier Noria 
I am using mod_proxy_balancer to balance Mongrels in localhost. I am  
putting lines like


  ProxyPass /images/ !

to let Apache serve static files, but that couples the config with  
the application layout. I would prefer to be able to simply say:


  if file exists
let Apache send it
  otherwise
ProxyPass to Mongrel
ProxyPassReverse
  end

Is that possible?

-- fxn


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Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] do not proxy static files

2006-12-14 Thread Joshua Slive 

On 12/13/06, Xavier Noria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I am using mod_proxy_balancer to balance Mongrels in localhost. I am
putting lines like

   ProxyPass /images/ !

to let Apache serve static files, but that couples the config with
the application layout. I would prefer to be able to simply say:

   if file exists
 let Apache send it
   otherwise
 ProxyPass to Mongrel
 ProxyPassReverse
   end

Is that possible?


Yes, with mod_rewrite.  Something like
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond /your/docroot/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule  ^(.+)  http://mongrel/$1  [P,L]
ProxyPassReverse / http://mongrel/

Use the RewriteLog to debug.

But I wouldn't really recommend this.  It can be a fragile
configuration, and it will require local filesystem access on every
request, which will be slow for a busy server.

Joshua.

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