Hi, can anyone comment on this? /anil.
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:25 AM, Anil Jangam <anilj.mail...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to understand how can I setup a Apache httpd instance with > proxy functionality addition to an integration of a Application Server. > > I am looking for is that Proxy should be able to forward the HTTP Requests > and Response messages coming from client to this Application Server. At the > same time, any HTTP Responses coming from Origin server should also be able > to route to Application Server if any processing is required. The network > diagram looks like below. > > +-------+ > | Orig | > | Server| > +-------+ > | | > | | > +-------+ +-------+ > |Proxy |------>|App | > |Server |<------|Server | > +-------+ +-------+ > | | > | | > +-------+ > |Client | > | | > +-------+ > > Technically speaking, I can as well implement the App Server logic in the > httpd as another module, but I do not want to do that. I want to leverage > the flexibility of Java, and this App Server is essentially is a Tomcat > instance. > > What I learned so far is we can use mod_proxy, mod_jk, mod_proxy_ajp etc. > However, these combinations are either providing the functionality of a > load balancer or reverse proxy functionality. > > As stated above, my requirement is to intercept both the HTTP traffic > path, and have them processed by App Server via Proxy. Can you please > provide me the solution options for this requirement? > > Please also point me to any references/tutorials/how-to guides if > available. > > Thanks, > /anil. > > >
