Configure remote php-fpm server with SetHandler (Apache Users)

Hi there,

I have an httpd-2.4.10 server (ip 5.39.81.177:80) with htdocs files located in /var/www/.

I have a remote php-fpm server (ip 91.121.180.140:9000) with htdocs files mounted in /htdocs/5-39-81-177/.

The httpd server currently passes php execution to the remote php-fpm server with the following configuration :

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so
ProxyPassMatch \.php$ fcgi://91.121.180.140:9000/htdocs/5-39-81-188/

It works fine.

Now that I'm done fooling around with ProxyPassMatch, I'd like to play around with SetHandler.

I tried the following configuration :
LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so
<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://91.121.180.140:9000/htdocs/5-39-81-188/"
</FilesMatch>

But I get a 404: Not Found.

I read in the logs the following :
mod_proxy_fcgi.c(786): [client 127.0.0.1:41289] AH01076: url: fcgi://91.121.180.140:9000/htdocs/5-39-81-188//var/www/info.php proxyname: (null) proxyport: 0

So the error makes sense because the file on the fpm server is /htdocs/5-39-81-188/info.php and not /htdocs/5-39-81-188/var/www/info.php.

My question: How can I tell the directive to skip the /var/www/ part when proxying the request?

Let's be clear on my purpose here. I'm strictly playing with SetHandler and yes my fpm server is on a different machine.

You might think "it's wrong practice"... I don't care.

You might want to say "stick to ProxyPassMatch if it works"... NO I want to play with SetHandler.

You might want to offer an alternative... Fine, do it. But I don't care, my toy IS SetHandler.

Thanks you all for your help.

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Santiago DIEZ
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Quark Systems & CAOBA
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