Hi can some one help me on this , i am trying to configure Apache as forward proxy so that client can connect to the HTTPS url , below is my configuration , i get 403 when connecting to HTTPS urls , i can connect to http url without any issues if i update below vhost with* <Proxy "http://example.com <http://example.com>"> *my apache version is 2.4
*Vhost configuration* Listen xxx.xx.xxx.x:8082 <VirtualHost xxx.xx.xxx.x:8082> ServerName testnew1.com ProxyRequests On ProxyVia On SSLProxyEngine On *<Proxy "*"> Require all denied </Proxy> <Proxy "https://example.com <https://example.com>"> ProxySet connectiontimeout=5 timeout=30 Require all granted </Proxy> * </VirtualHost> error log [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.305463 2018] [ssl:debug] [pid 28530] ssl_engine_pphrase.c(181): AH02199: SSL not enabled on vhost testnew1.com:80, skipping SSL setup [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.437213 2018] [ssl:debug] [pid 28530] ssl_engine_pphrase.c(181): AH02199: SSL not enabled on vhost testnew1.com:80, skipping SSL setup [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.479295 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28536] proxy_util.c(1843): AH00925: initializing worker https://example.com shared [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.479327 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28536] proxy_util.c(1885): AH00927: initializing worker https://example.com local [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.479394 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28536] proxy_util.c(1936): AH00931: initialized single connection worker in child 28536 for (example.com) [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.479428 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28536] proxy_util.c(1843): AH00925: initializing worker proxy:forward shared [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.479438 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28536] proxy_util.c(1885): AH00927: initializing worker proxy:forward local [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.479477 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28536] proxy_util.c(1936): AH00931: initialized single connection worker in child 28536 for (*) [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.493164 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28537] proxy_util.c(1843): AH00925: initializing worker https://example.com shared [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.493195 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28537] proxy_util.c(1885): AH00927: initializing worker https://example.com local [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.493263 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28537] proxy_util.c(1936): AH00931: initialized single connection worker in child 28537 for (example.com) [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.493298 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28537] proxy_util.c(1843): AH00925: initializing worker proxy:forward shared [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.493309 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28537] proxy_util.c(1885): AH00927: initializing worker proxy:forward local [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.493351 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28537] proxy_util.c(1936): AH00931: initialized single connection worker in child 28537 for (*) [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.496458 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28538] proxy_util.c(1843): AH00925: initializing worker https://example.com shared [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.496488 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28538] proxy_util.c(1885): AH00927: initializing worker https://example.com local [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.496556 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28538] proxy_util.c(1936): AH00931: initialized single connection worker in child 28538 for (example.com) [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.496590 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28538] proxy_util.c(1843): AH00925: initializing worker proxy:forward shared [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.496601 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28538] proxy_util.c(1885): AH00927: initializing worker proxy:forward local [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.496643 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28538] proxy_util.c(1936): AH00931: initialized single connection worker in child 28538 for (*) [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.500193 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28539] proxy_util.c(1843): AH00925: initializing worker https://example.com shared [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.500226 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28539] proxy_util.c(1885): AH00927: initializing worker https://example.com local [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.500296 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28539] proxy_util.c(1936): AH00931: initialized single connection worker in child 28539 for (example.com) [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.500333 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28539] proxy_util.c(1843): AH00925: initializing worker proxy:forward shared [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.500344 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28539] proxy_util.c(1885): AH00927: initializing worker proxy:forward local [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.500400 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28539] proxy_util.c(1936): AH00931: initialized single connection worker in child 28539 for (*) [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.504005 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28535] proxy_util.c(1843): AH00925: initializing worker https://example.com shared [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.504035 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28535] proxy_util.c(1885): AH00927: initializing worker https://example.com local [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.504105 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28535] proxy_util.c(1936): AH00931: initialized single connection worker in child 28535 for (example.com) [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.504141 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28535] proxy_util.c(1843): AH00925: initializing worker proxy:forward shared [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.504152 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28535] proxy_util.c(1885): AH00927: initializing worker proxy:forward local [Tue Mar 13 14:33:10.504191 2018] [proxy:debug] [pid 28535] proxy_util.c(1936): AH00931: initialized single connection worker in child 28535 for (*) [Tue Mar 13 14:33:24.883644 2018] [core:debug] [pid 28536] vhost.c(1170): [client 172.16.135.4:57782] AH02417: Replacing host header 'example.com:443' with host 'example.com:443' given in the request uri [Tue Mar 13 14:33:24.884073 2018] [authz_core:debug] [pid 28536] mod_authz_core.c(809): [client 172.16.135.4:57782] AH01626: authorization result of Require all denied: denied [Tue Mar 13 14:33:24.884090 2018] [authz_core:debug] [pid 28536] mod_authz_core.c(809): [client 172.16.135.4:57782] AH01626: authorization result of <RequireAny>: denied [Tue Mar 13 14:33:24.884099 2018] [authz_core:error] [pid 28536] [client 172.16.135.4:57782] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: proxy: example.com:443 (END) *curl test * * About to connect() to proxy xxx.xx.xxx.x port 8082 (#0) * Trying xxx.xx.xxx.x.. * Connected to xxx.xx.xxx.x (xxx.xx.xxx.x) port 8082 (#0) * Establish HTTP proxy tunnel to example.com:443 > CONNECT example.com:443 HTTP/1.1 > Host: example.com:443 > User-Agent: curl/7.29.0 > Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive > < HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden < Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:51:50 GMT Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:51:50 GMT < Server: Apache/2.4.6 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips Server: Apache/2.4.6 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips < Content-Length: 216 Content-Length: 216 < Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 < * Received HTTP code 403 from proxy after CONNECT * Connection #0 to host xxx.xx.xxx.x left intact curl: (56) Received HTTP code 403 from proxy after CONNECT