On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Jake Vang <vangj...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I want to connect two Apache HTTP servers in the same way that I would > connect Apache to Tomcat with mod_jk. > > Right now I have two Apache servers, apache1 and apache2, accessed at > http://apache1 and http://apache2, correspondingly. Apache1 and Apache2 each > has a website, accessed by http://apache1/website1 and > http://apache2/website2, respectively. My problem is that I want to use > apache1 as a front end for both servers (since it is the only server that is > accessible to the outside world). How do I set up apache1 so that if users > access http://apache1/website2, the request will be sent to > http://apache2/website2, but still, the URL will be http://apache1/website2? > > This set up is similar to the possibility with Apache + Tomcat via mod_jk. > In this situation, if Tomcat is running on port 8080 with AJP, then I can > access Tomcat with http://tomcat:8080/tomcat-site. I can set up Apache as a > frontend (to the outside world) so that when users type in > http://apache/tomcat-site, mod_jk will connect to Tomcat. Is there a similar > connector for Apache-to-Apache?
Sure. It's called mod_proxy, and you can read all about it here: http://www.apachetutor.org/admin/reverseproxies Just read this, and if you have trouble implementing it you can always ask here. Krist -- krist.vanbes...@gmail.com kr...@vanbesien.org Bremgarten b. Bern, Switzerland -- A: It reverses the normal flow of conversation. Q: What's wrong with top-posting? A: Top-posting. Q: What's the biggest scourge on plain text email discussions? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
