Thanks for the note. When I use the P flag with the RewriteRule, ProxyPass fails, since I do not have an SSLProxy. What I have is this: (Apache web server) <-----> Tomcat servlet container What I need is to: - require all requests for ^/secure/... to be made thru https - terminate SSL on Apache - after SSL termination, forward all requests for ^/secure/ to http://localhost:8080/secure I do not want to proxy SSL onto omcat from Apache. Am I headed in the right direction with regards to the configuration? Thanx! /U Eric Covener wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:20 PM, /U<uma_rk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Apache: 2.2.0 >> >> I need to >> a) require SSL on requests to /secure (i.e., http://server/secure -> >> https://server/secure) >> b) and as the second step, offload (proxy) https://server/secure to >> http://server:8080/secure >> >> I thought I could accomplish (a) using mod_rewrite and (b) using Proxy >> pass >> as follows: >> >> RewriteEngine On >> RewriteLog "/tmp/http.log" >> RewriteLogLevel 9 >> RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT}!443$ >> RewriteRule ^/secure(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}:443/secure$1 [R=301,L] >> >> <Proxy balancer://clusterx> >> BalancerMember http://localhost:8080/ >> </Proxy> >> ProxyPass /secure balancer://clusterx/ >> >> However, this does not work. A request http://server/secure is directly >> forwarded to >> http://server:8080/secure >> >> >> Is there anyway to force Rewrite before proxy pass? > > Use the "P" flag in rewrite instead of ProxyPass, and you can control > the flow directly. > > > > -- > Eric Covener > covener@xxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Forcing-URL-Rewrite-before-Proxy-pass-tp24764763p24765222.html Sent from the Apache HTTP Server - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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