I'm running apache v2.2.0, built from scratch, on an FC6 box. I have a
Tomcat based portal server running from port 8080 on the same box. The
portal itself, upon initial request, redirects the client a couple of
times before it finally rests at a default home page. I'd like to
accomplish a couple of things.
First, any request that arrives to the apache server
http://myserver/portal I'd like forwarded to http://localhost:8080
without the user ever noticing the are leaving http://myserver/portal.
This sounded like a job for reverse proxy.
I can get it working just fine if I use this construct:
<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/
</IfModule>
However I don't want to proxy every request to http://myserver, just
requests to http://myserver/portal. When I try this:
<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass /portal/ http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse /portal/ http://localhost:8080/
</IfModule>
It fails. I have a feeling it has to do with the multiple redirects the
portal does prior to presenting its initial home page, but I'm not sure
since it works fine pointing to /.
Another thing I would like to try and accomplish is to replace
http://localhost:8080 with a virtual domain. So instead the proxy
example above would 'redirect' to http://virtualdomain:8080. This would
still be invisible to the user as they would see the traffic directed to
http://myserver/portal. The virtualdomain's name would be resolved
locally using an entry in /etc/hosts.
I'd really like to get the first one working. The second is more
esoteric but also valuable.
Can anyone offer any advice? Please let me know if there is anything
that needs clarification.
Thanks - Tod
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