Re: [users@httpd] Apache Forward Proxy with App Server Integration.

2013-03-09 Thread Anil J
Hello, After some more search, I found this reference to ICAP protocol, which exactly is the use case I am trying to solve. Please see: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3507#section-3.2 In my case, I can not use ICAP client as the server I've to interact with does not support ICAP; it is HTTP based

Re: [users@httpd] Apache Forward Proxy with App Server Integration.

2013-03-07 Thread Anil J
Thanks Jim, I did listen to some of the videos ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNuuoQLw0tA) available on the net before writing to the list. However, I was not completely sure if it the solution to my problem. I have given some more elaboration to my problem on the list (its another email). Can

Re: [users@httpd] Apache Forward Proxy with App Server Integration.

2013-03-07 Thread Jim Jagielski
There are a number of webinars and preso's on the reverse proxy capability of Apache... I would suggest you review those to get a basic understanding, at which point we'd be better able to answer your questions. On Mar 6, 2013, at 10:16 PM, Igor Cicimov wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1

Re: [users@httpd] Apache Forward Proxy with App Server Integration.

2013-03-06 Thread Anil J
Thanks Igor. I have provided comments inline. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Igor Cicimov wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Anil J wrote: > >> Hello Jim, >> >> Note that Proxy will also be communicating with Origin Server (OS) where >> the content is going to come from. At AS, I

Re: [users@httpd] Apache Forward Proxy with App Server Integration.

2013-03-06 Thread Igor Cicimov
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Anil J wrote: > Hello Jim, > > Note that Proxy will also be communicating with Origin Server (OS) where > the content is going to come from. At AS, I am just expecting to process > the content received from OS. So in this context, I am looking at this AS > as an e

Re: [users@httpd] Apache Forward Proxy with App Server Integration.

2013-03-06 Thread Anil J
Hello Jim, Note that Proxy will also be communicating with Origin Server (OS) where the content is going to come from. At AS, I am just expecting to process the content received from OS. So in this context, I am looking at this AS as an extension of Proxy server. On other words, theoretically I c

Re: [users@httpd] Apache Forward Proxy with App Server Integration.

2013-03-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
> Hello Nick, > > Thanks for your reply. I am trying to understand what could be the interface > between Proxy Server (PS) and App Server (AS) given that App Server is a > Tomcat based HTTP Servlet. Proxy Server is going to be a mod_xxx written in > C. > > So my question is, what interface wi

[users@httpd] Apache Forward Proxy with App Server Integration.

2013-03-05 Thread Anil Jangam
Hi, I am trying to understand how can I setup a Apache httpd instance with proxy functionality addition to an integration of a Application Server. I am looking for is that Proxy should be able to forward the HTTP Requests and Response messages coming from client to this Application Server. At the