Arjun Datta wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Simple question, > > I was reading the documentation for mod_proxy module in version 2.2 on the > apache.org website and I was a little confused by the difference between > forward and reverse proxies. > > My understanding: > Forward returns the addresses and reverse (default) returns the content. Is > this true ? > > Regards, > Arjun > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joshua > Slive > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 9:36 AM > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dynamic RewriteRule based on the URL > > > On 9/7/06, Norman Khine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> [1] <VirtualHost *:80> >> >> [2] ServerName domain.tld >> [3] RewriteEngine on >> [4] RewriteCond %{*HTTP_HOST*} *[^.]+*\.domain\.tld$ >> [5] RewriteRule ^(.+) %{HTTP_HOST}$1 >> > [C] > >> [6] RewriteRule *([^.]+)*\.domain\.tld(.*) >> > http://localhost:9080/*$1*$2 [P] > >> [7] RequestHeader set X-Base-Path %{*HTTP_HOST*} >> >> [8] ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/all-error_log >> [9] CustomLog /var/log/apache2/all-access_log common >> >> [0] </VirtualHost> >> >> >> I don't understand line [2], as the server gets the request >> > http://folder.domain.tld as this points to an A record IP address Apache > will return the default page and it stops, how do I inject the > %{*HTTP_HOST*} value or is there some magic I am missing and don't see? > >> Assuming that there is, Apache then switches the RewriteEngine on [3] and >> > takes everything before domain.tld - what is the meaning of [^.]+ ? then the > [C] means continue to the next RewriteRule which in my case needs to rewrite > to an internal server and Proxy this i.e. [P], but this does not work for me > either ;'( > >> Line [7] I need to set the X-Base-Path to the folder name. >> >> I would like to avoid using vhost.map or any scripting but I am open to >> > suggestions if there is no other way ;) > >> By the way, I don't have the www.'folder'.domain.tld in my URL - maybe >> > this is the problem, but don't see why? > > I don't understand that last line. But here is something that should be > closer: > <VirtualHost *:80> > ServerName domain.tld > ServerAlias *.domain.tld > RewriteEngine on > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([a-zA-Z_]+\.domain\.tld)$ > RewriteRule (.+) http://localhost:9080/%1$1 [P,E=THEHOST:%1] > > RequestHeader set X-Base-Path %{THEHOST}e > ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/all-error_log > CustomLog /var/log/apache2/all-access_log common > </VirtualHost> > > I don't know if this will work, but it is closer than what you have. > A few notes: > 1. My regex matching the HOST is more strict to avoid clients playing > funny games with their host header and causing security problems. It > accepts only hostnames containing letters and the underscore > character. > 2. In the RewriteRule %1 matches the regex from the RewriteCond and $1 > matches the regex from the RewriteRule. > 3. The funky stuff with THEHOST is necessary because the RequestHeader > directive cannot access mod_rewrite variables. So I instead have > mod_rewrite shove HTTP_HOST in an environment variable. > > One more note: I'm not actually sure whether RequestHeader can use env > variables at all. You'd need to check the code to be sure. > > Joshua. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, here is a good explanation of the differences.
http://apache.active-venture.com/mod/mod_proxy2.html Cheers Norman --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
