Community, Is this issue that I'm struggling with really that large of a challenge? If it is, that's fine, I'm trying to judge if it's something that I should abandon or if it can be done at all..
Thanks, HB On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 9:23 PM, Herb Burnswell <herbert.burnsw...@gmail.com > wrote: > Thanks again Yann. > > > I'm not sure to understand, you want the request to be without > > "/frontpage" suffix between the browsers and the proxy (i.e. > > https://vanity.example.com) and with the suffix added between proxy > > and the backend (i.e. https://vanity.example.com/frontpage), right? > > You are correct, this is exactly the behavior I'm looking to configure, > the backend application needs the /frontpage path but we don't want users > to need to add it. However, I wish I could say I'm making progress but I'm > really not other than I have a better understanding of why it's failing. > > It does not matter if I append the /frontpage path to the end of the > ProxyPath directive or the BalancerMember declarations. Here is what > happens: > > Without any Rewrite directive, the request is directed to the backend per > the ProxyPath declaration as: > > https://app(1|2|3).example.com:8443/frontpage > <https://app1.example.com:8443/frontpage> using https://vanity.example.com > > The backend then sends a request for 'GET /frontpage/login.jsp' using the > vanity URL and it again hits the proxy. However, the proxy just goes back > through the same direction and again appends the request using ProxyPass. > It ends up looking like: > > https://vanity.example.com/frontpage/frontpage/login.jsp instead of the > desired https://vanity.example.com/frontpage/login.jsp > > So, using the rewrite rule: > > RewriteRule "^/frontpage(.+)" "$1" [R,L] > > The initial page load works fine (it ends up being: > https://vanity.example.com/login.jsp). But any subsequent requests fail > as they all begin with '/frontpage' as in: > > GET /frontpage/path/to/file > > And the rewrite rule again strips the '/frontpage' from the GET request > and causes it to fail. > > I have to imagine there is a rewrite condition or conditions that will > allow for the desired behavior to work but I'm just not experienced enough > yet. > > I hope I have not completely confused the situation, any guidance is > greatly appreciated as always.. > > HB > > > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Yann Ylavic <ylavic....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi HB, >> >> On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Herb Burnswell >> <herbert.burnsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > I need the proxy to work as: https://vanity.example.com >> > >> > I'm thinking this may require use of RewriteCond directives, however I >> may >> > be going about this wrong. >> > >> > Is there a way to define an 'active' request to avoid looping through >> the >> > same ProxyPass or ProxyPassMatch needed for an initial request? >> >> I'm not sure to understand, you want the request to be without >> "/frontpage" suffix between the browsers and the proxy (i.e. >> https://vanity.example.com) and with the suffix added between proxy >> and the backend (i.e. https://vanity.example.com/frontpage), right? >> >> If this is the case, maybe something like this then (the opposite >> rewrite of what I've told you so far :p ): >> ProxyPass / balancer://applicationcluster/frontpage/ ... >> ProxyPassReverse / balancer://applicationcluster/frontpage/ >> You would then remove the "/frontpage" suffix from the BalancerMember >> declarations. >> >> Since ProxyPass would do the rewrite from "/" => "/frontpage/", you >> don't need mod_rewrite here. >> There is no case where "/frontpage" (without the trailing '/') can >> arrive on the backend side since ProxyPass will always start the >> forwarded path with "/frontpage/", but I suppose "/frontpage" and >> "/frontpage/" work equally on the backend no? >> >> Hope that helps.. >> >> Regards, >> Yann. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org >> >> >
