mod_proxy: ProxyPreserveHost omits start of proxied path

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Hi,

I am setting up a reverse proxy configuration that will proxy all requests starting with /apps/ to a Tomcat server running on a closed port. I have set up following configuration in httpd.conf:
  ProxyRequests	off
  ProxyPass            /apps/    http://localhost:8082/
  ProxyPassReverse    /apps/    http://localhost:8082/
  ProxyPassReverseCookiePath /apps/ /
This generally works, even for internal redirections inside the Tomcat apps I'm addressing. Suppose my Tomcat app is internally accessible at <http://localhost:8082/my_app/>, and this request is internally redirected to <http://localhost:8082/my_app/index.htm>, a request for  <http://mydomain/apps/my_app/> is correctly redirected to <http://mydomain/apps/my_app/index.htm>.

Yet, there's a webstart application inside a Tomcat app that needs the *original* URL, instead of the proxied 'localhost:8082' URL. Hence, I tried by adding:
  ProxyPreserveHost	on
But this does not work 100%:
    -internal redirects inside the Tomcat app omit the /apps/ part from the redirected URL. For example, a request for <http://mydomain/apps/my_app/> now ends up at <http://mydomain/my_app/index.htm>.
    -also (and probably related): the webstart application inside the Tomcat app doesn't preserve the /app/ part of the original request, and fails.

All does work perfectly, however, with ProxyPreserveHost switched on, when the entire URL space is proxied: "ProxyPass     /    http://localhost:8082/" etc. But I explicitly want to limit the proxying to just one URL pattern, starting with '/apps/'. How can the '/apps/' part of the original request be passed on to the proxied URL (as apparently was the case with ProxyPreserveHost switched off)? (Note: proxying to http://localhost:8082/apps/ is not an option, as there is no physical /apps/ folder there).

I hope this sketches my problem.  I have the feeling I'm almost there; any help much appreciated!

Ron

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