[CentOS] redirecting web requests from localhost

Thu Aug 29 00:55:41 UTC 2013
Markus Falb <wnefal at gmail.com>

On 28.Aug.2013, at 21:49, Miguel González wrote:

>    So, how can I redirect for instance 443 traffic to a specific IP to 
> the local IP address of the local server? I have tried this:
> 
>     iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX -p tcp --dport 80 
> -j DNAT --to YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY

I think you has to do POSTROUTING
anyway, check the port, it is wrong at least in your post - 80 vs. 443

or

dummy interface, in ifcfg-dummy, something similar to this:

DEVICE=dummy
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
NETMASK=255.255.255.255
IPADDR=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

-- 
Markus