[CentOS] httpd reverse proxy

Mon May 5 22:08:57 UTC 2008
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

Craig White wrote:
> I am trying to figure this out and I always seem to have trouble
> configuring apache to do more than basic stuff...
> 
> I have a web server that has several cnames assigned to it.
> 
> I want srv1.tobyhouse.com to be served by apache.
> I want to proxy connections to www.tobyhouse.com to cms.tobyhouse.com
> (different system)
> 
> If I do this...
> 
> <VirtualHost www.tobyhouse.com:*>
>   ProxyPass / http://cms.tobyhouse.com
>   ProxyPassReverse / http://cms.tobyhouse.com
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> then I am good but it seemed to not pull the assets like css and
> javascripts from cms.tobyhouse.com

That should work - but I'd put a trailing / on the target.  The files 
that don't appear to work are probably cached in your browser or an 
intermediate cache.  Check the logs to see if a request even came in. 
You can get finer-grained control by using rewriterules with the P flag 
but you shouldn't need it.  Just make sure the links from the backend 
server are all relative and don't mention its real hostname.

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  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com