Reverse proxy for app that only serves compressed content

[Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am trying to configure httpd to reverse proxy a Dell iDRAC 8.  The
iDRAC will only respond to requests with gzip'ed content; i.e. it
returns a 404 if the request does not include an 'Accept-Encoding: gzip'
header.

> $ curl -v http://10.11.173.239/start.html 2>&1 | grep HTTP
> > GET /start.html HTTP/1.1
> < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

> $ curl -v -H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip' http://10.11.173.239/start.html 2>&1 | grep HTTP
> > GET /start.html HTTP/1.1
> < HTTP/1.1 200 OK

I've found a number of articles about using the proxy to compress
content on its way back to the client, but I can't find anything about
proxying an application that serves up compressed content in the first
place.

I this possible?

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