> -----Original Message----- > From: Dougie [mailto:dougie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:10 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Redirecting URL > > Thanks Boyle! > > A proxy is exactly what I want to do! I'll try it and > see what I can > come up with (is there any good examples of doing this?). Check this out http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > Dougie > > Boyle Owen wrote: > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Dougie [mailto:dougie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >>Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 7:11 PM > >>To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>Subject: [users@httpd] Redirecting URL > >> > >>Hi all, > >> > >> Fairly new to Apache. Trying to do something pretty > simple, but > >>have no clue what to do. > >> > >> I have a java server (that is using Jetty, internally) on my > >>machine. The server name is located on port 9090. I would > have just > >>installed Apache on this same machine at port 80. If I type > >>in the url, > >>http://localhost:80, I get the message that the Apache > works (a page > >>saying It works! is shown). If I type in the url, > >>http://localhost:9090, I get the webpage for my java > >>server... which is > >>correct. > >> > >> I would like it, if I typed in http://localhost:80/, I > would be > >>redirected to http://localhost:9090. > >> > >> How can I do this? > > > > > > The simple answer is to redirect it (see > > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#redirect). > Something > > like: > > > > Redirect / http://localhost:9090 > > > > However, I'm not so sure that's really what you want. I suspect you > > might want a proxy... To explain the difference, consider > the following > > analogy: > > > > A man walks into a baker's. > > Man: I'd like a steak please. > > Baker: Then you'll have to go next door to the butcher's. > > Man: OK > > (man walks out shop and into the butcher's). > > > > That's redirecting. > > > > Alternatively; > > > > A man walks into a baker's. > > Man: I'd like a steak please. > > Baker: Certainly sir. > > (Baker goes out the back door, goes into the butcher's, > gets a steak and > > comes back) > > Baker: There you are sir. > > Man. Thank you... > > > > That's proxying. > > > > The difference is that with a redirect you inform the > client of the new > > address and then the client makes a new request. With a proxy, the > > front-end server makes a request to the back-end on behalf > of the client > > and the client is none the wiser. > > > > Typically, you use a redirect when you just want to point someone to > > another URL that you know they should be able to access, eg when > > updating a site, you might redirect old URLs to new ones. You use a > > proxy when the back-end is inaccessible to the client (eg, > it's on your > > intranet, like an application server) or when you want to hide the > > source of the data from the client. > > > > Rgds, > > Owen Boyle > > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > > > > > > > > >>Any help is greatly appreciated > >>Doug > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > >>The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > >>Server Project. > >>See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > > > > > > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may > contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged > information. 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