hello Andy,
one possible solution to your problem will be
an additional VirtualHost on port 80 for server-status.
Christian
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 03:45:06PM +0200, Andreas Ley wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a configuration (apache 2.2, soon 2.4) which basically is
>
> <VirtualHost 10.1.2.3:80>
> DocumentRoot /var/www
> <Location /server-status>
> SetHandler server-status
> </Location>
> <Directory /var/www/>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI}
> </Directory>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> (of course there is another VirtualHost on port 443)
>
> I want to redirect all requests for _filesystem_ objects to a secure
> connection, but the non-filesystem object served via a handler should
> be available unencrypted. (FYI: I use the server-status for health
> check by a loadbalancer, but the documents are protected by shibboleth)
>
> However, also requests for /server-status get redirected :( Documentation
> says "Enclose a group of directives that apply only to the named file-system
> directory, sub-directories, and their contents." Cleary /server-status is
> not within /var/www ...
>
> My naive imagination would be that apache performs a url-to-filesystem-
> path conversion, and only if the outcome really is a directory or a file,
> then applies the corresponding directives. Either this is not the case,
> or I'm missing something completly :(
>
> There is a hidden hint in the docs for RewriteCond:
> "REQUEST_FILENAME The full local filesystem path to the file or script
> matching the request, if this has already been determined by the server
> at the time REQUEST_FILENAME is referenced. Otherwise, such as when used
> in virtual host context, the same value as REQUEST_URI. Depending on the
> value of AcceptPathInfo, the server may have only used some leading
> components of the REQUEST_URI to map the request to a file."
>
> After reading this, I tried
> RewriteCond "%{LA-U:REQUEST_FILENAME}" "/var/www/.*"
> with no effect :(
>
> Is there anybody familiar enough with how apache's working to explain
> what's happening here? Or better yet, does somebody have any idea how
> to accomplish what I'm seeking to do, i.e. redirecting all filesystem
> objects while leaving alone all "virtual" URLs?
>
> TIA, Andy
>
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