Thanks for the replies. I managed it finally with ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse
What has caused all the headache was the fact that the backend server (application server that ran the forum) had a html meta refresh tag in it's /index.html and that did not get translated by the proxypass directives. I don't know whether this is normal behaviour or a bug. The request always came back with the refresh address of the backend server which could not be resolved or accessd by the client. -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku_at_kukulies.org > >response back to the client. > > That's not the way I understand the reverse proxy... the request *is > handled by the backend server, the front end server is used to route the > request. Some folks use mod_rewrite with mod_proxy to integrate the > namespace so the backend server appears transparent, but what is really > happening is that the URL's are rewritten on the fly. > > Peter > > Christoph P. Kukulies wrote: > >I know this may not be the correct mailing list but maybe > >I can find an expert here - I didn't get an answer yet > >in any apache forum I knew of: > > > >I have an apache2 and a Tomcat running (in Tomcat I have OpenCMS > >running as a content management system) > > > >Furthermore I have an application server in my intranet which can be > >accessed > >by a firewall rule also from my webserver through the internet. > > > >I'm trying to put some statements in my sites Virtual host section > >to map request going to > > > >http://www.mycompany.com/forum to http://forum.mycompany.com/ > > > >doing it by > > > >ProxyPass /forum/ http://forum.mycompany.com/ > >ProxyPassReverse /forum/ http://forum.mycompany.com > > > >I have barred the server http://forum.mycompany.com to the Internet > >and only a request coming directly from www.mycompany.com is being let > >through. > > > >What happens is that when I access the site from the outside (INternet) > >and enter http://www.mycompany.com/forum/ in the browser > >I'm seeing that the client (browser, lower left corner in Firefox) > >tries to connect directly to forum.mycompany.com which it shouldn't. > > > > From my understanding the site server should do the request and pass the > >response back to the client. > > > >Please help. > > > > > >-- > >Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku_at_kukulies.org > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
