Alternatively you can also use mod_macro (http://www.cri.ensmp.fr/~coelho/mod_macro/) Personally I'm quite fond of this little module! <Macro AppProxy $path $backend> ProxyPass $path/ $backend ProxyPassReverse $path/ $backend RewriteRule ^$path$ /$path/ [R] </Macro> AppProxy /pippo http://192.168.1.1/ AppProxy /pluto http://192.168.1.2/ AppProxy /paperino http://192.168.1.3/ ~Jorge On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Michele Mase' <michele.mase@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So if app1 app2 and appn are pippo pluto paperino, the rules will be: > > ProxyPassMatch /(pippo|pluto|paperino) http://192.168.1.1/$1 > RewriteRule ^/(pippo|pluto|paperino)$ /$1/ [R] > ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.1.1/ > > Correct? > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Rich Bowen <rbowen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Sep 22, 2011, at 2:23 AM, Michele Mase' wrote: >> >> > Hi folks, I'using a lazy rule on my site: >> > ... >> > ProxyPass /app1/ http://192.168.1.1/app1/ >> > ProxyPassReverse /app1/ http://192.168.1.1/app1/ >> > RewriteRule ^/app1$ /app1/ [R] >> > ProxyPass /app2/ http://192.168.1.1/app2/ >> > ProxyPassReverse /app2/ http://192.168.1.1/app2/ >> > RewriteRule ^/app2$ /app2/ [R] >> > .... >> > ProxyPass /appn/ http://192.168.1.1/appn/ >> > ProxyPassReverse /appn/ http://192.168.1.1/appn/ >> > RewriteRule ^/appn$ /appn/ [R] >> > ... >> > The list is from app1 till app60 >> > >> > I have almost 60 rules and the conf file becomes difficult to read and edit (error prone) >> > How could I use a smarter one? >> >> ProxyPassMatch /app(\d+) http://192.168.1.1/app$1 >> RewriteRule ^/app(\d+)$ /app$1/ [R] >> ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.1.1/ >> >> That'll do all 180 rules you have above. >> >> -- >> Rich Bowen >> rbowen@xxxxxxxxxxx >> rbowen@xxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx