Re: Apache Forward Proxy with App Server Integration.

[Igor Cicimov <icicimov@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Anil J <anilj.mailing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Jim,

Note that Proxy will also be communicating with Origin Server (OS) where the content is going to come from. At AS, I am just expecting to process the content received from OS. So in this context, I am looking at this AS as an extension of Proxy server. 

Mind to explain what exactly this Origin Server is? Another apache or something else? On the same box with the proxy or a different one? What kind of application are we talking about here?
 

On other words, theoretically I can implement a module and put all the logic in the AS, but I can't do that. So I offloading the task to AS. So I need this module in between which will talk to the AS (HTTP Servlet on the Tomcat). 

Once the message is processed by AS, I can then send it either to OS or to Client depending on the type of message. I am not sure  how does mod_proxy and mod_proxy_http works in this scenario. 

What do you mean by message? Is it a http client request or something else? Maybe explaining in details what are you trying to build will make it possible for someone to give you more specific help.

 

I am new to the Apache HTTP architecture. So having all the basic doubts.