RE: [users@httpd] Redirecting URL

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> -----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
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> 
> 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
> >>
> >>
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