On 10/17/2012 7:32 AM, Eric Covener wrote: > Sometimes headers have a URL in them. If your backend puts its own URL > in a header, Apache can replace it with the frontend URL.
Exactly - ProxyPassReverse fixes Location headers sent by a backend during a redirect. It replaces the part matched with the value of your server name (note UseCanonicalName comes into play in this case). For a bit more elaboration, consider this configuration snippet: ProxyPass /context http://backend.com/context #ProxyPassReverse /context http://backend.com/context Request: GET /context HTTP/1.1 host: frontend.com connection:close Response: HTTP/1.1 302 Found Location: http://backend.com/context/ With ProxyPassReverse line enabled (uncommented), this will instead happen: Request: GET /context HTTP/1.1 host: frontend.com connection:close Response: HTTP/1.1 302 Found Location: http://frontend.com/context/ It will replace all occurrences of the second argument with a self-constructed URL of the server. The first argument is used to translate the path if needed. -- Daniel Ruggeri --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
