Have you actually read the mod_proxy documentation or you are just working with some example you found somewhere? If you read it you will find that you can use ! in the ProxyPass to exclude a path from the proxy. On Mar 29, 2012 11:39 PM, "Ron Van den Branden" <ron.vandenbran...@kantl.be> wrote:
> Hi, > > I am setting up a reverse proxy configuration that will proxy all requests > starting with /apps/ to a Tomcat server running on a closed port. I have > set up following configuration in httpd.conf: > > ProxyRequests off > ProxyPass */apps/* http://localhost:8082/ > <http://localhost:8080/> > ProxyPassReverse */*apps/ http://localhost:8082/ > <http://localhost:8080/> > ProxyPassReverseCookiePath */apps/* / > > This generally works, even for internal redirections inside the Tomcat > apps I'm addressing. Suppose my Tomcat app is internally accessible at > <http://localhost:8082/my_app/> <http://localhost:8082/my_app/>, and this > request is internally redirected to > <http://localhost:8082/my_app/index.htm><http://localhost:8082/my_app/index.htm>, > a request for <http://mydomain/apps/my_app/><http://mydomain/apps/my_app/>is > correctly redirected to > <http://mydomain/apps/my_app/index.htm><http://mydomain/apps/my_app/index.htm> > . > > Yet, there's a webstart application inside a Tomcat app that needs the > *original* URL, instead of the proxied 'localhost:8082' URL. Hence, I tried > by adding: > > ProxyPreserveHost on > > But this does not work 100%: > -internal redirects inside the Tomcat app omit the /apps/ part from > the redirected URL. For example, a request for > <http://mydomain/apps/my_app/> <http://mydomain/apps/my_app/> now ends up > at <http://mydomain/my_app/index.htm> <http://mydomain/my_app/index.htm>. > -also (and probably related): the webstart application inside the > Tomcat app doesn't preserve the /app/ part of the original request, and > fails. > > All does work perfectly, however, with ProxyPreserveHost switched on, when > the entire URL space is proxied: "ProxyPass / > http://localhost:8082/"; etc. But I explicitly want to limit the proxying > to just one URL pattern, starting with '/apps/'. How can the '/apps/' part > of the original request be passed on to the proxied URL (as apparently was > the case with ProxyPreserveHost switched off)? (Note: proxying to > http://localhost:8082/apps/ is not an option, as there is no physical > /apps/ folder there). > > I hope this sketches my problem. I have the feeling I'm almost there; any > help much appreciated! > > Ron >
