Hi Ted, You might be looking for mod_proxy_html http://apache.webthing.com/mod_proxy_html/ See if that helps. On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Ted Byers <r.ted.byers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This ought to be a FAQ, but I haven't found it yet. > > Please be patient with my as I am out of my element (I develop software, and > I don't normally administer servers of any sort). I need a simple set up so > I can write and test code that handles the VIA HTTP header. > > If I've understood the documentation I've found so far, this would be a > reverse proxy. > > The server on which this would be most useful is running IndigoPerl. Alas, > the examples I found so far for configuring a proxy refer to modules not > shipped in the Indigoperl distribution. I do not have a set up where I can > build Apache, and don't want to build it if I can avoid it. It has several > proxy modules (mod_proxy.so, mod_proxy_ftp.so, mod_proxy_http.so, &c.) but > apparently not the ones that rewrite links to pages on the httpd server that > is hidden from the outside world by the firewall. > > I have two machines with non-routable IP addresses behind a firewall. The > router is configured to send requests on port 80 to one of the two machines. > I have a fixed IP address from my ISP, but I do not have a domain name. > > Let's say my two machines have the IP addresses 192.168.2.1 and 192.168.2.2, > and the latter has my fixed IP address: x1.x2.x3.x4. How do I tell the > apache server on the latter that requests come in to x1.x2.x3.x4 are to be > served from the local htdocs directory and that those coming in on > x1.x2.x3.x4/the_other_website are to be obtained from 192.168.2.1? That is > x1.x2.x3.x4/the_other_website/cgi-bin maps to 192.168.2.1/cgi-bin (and that > any links on any page on either machine of the form http://192.168.2.1/yyyy > are handled correctly rather than giving the user an error message). > > I have found that a link like 192.168.2.1/cgi-bin on a page in > 192.168.2.2/htdocs works fine when logged on to 192.168.2.2, but it gives an > error from a machine outside the LAN indicating the page doesn't exist (and > I know that is because there is no such IP address in the LAN that includes > the machine I used to test this). > > Can you please provide me with an URL that tells me the absolute minimum, in > terms of modules and directives in the configuration file, to get this > working so I can get on with writing the code to process the VIA HTTP > headers? Or failing that, tell me the bare minimum I need in modules and > directives, to get this working? > > Thanks > > Ted > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-configure-Apache-2.2.8-to-act-as-reverse-proxy--tp25899379p25899379.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 > > -- "The secret impresses no-one, the trick you use it for is everything" - Alfred Borden (The Prestiege) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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