James, Thanks, but the system is locked down, and pre-provisioned by another group, i.e., we don't get to do yum, so we had to basically work with what was there. Thanks again, Jim --- On Thu, 2/10/11, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Problem solved was Re: [users@httpd] Problem configuring proxy (forbidden error locally) > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 3:28 PM > There should be a mod_ssl RPM > available for the Apache RPM which enables mod_ssl. > > [root@myhost ~]# yum search apache | grep ssl > mod_ssl.i386 : SSL/TLS module for the Apache HTTP server > > > >---- Original Message ---- > >From: o haya <ohaya@xxxxxxxxx> > >To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Sent: Thu, Feb 10, 2011, 3:24 PM > >Subject: Problem solved was Re: > Problem configuring proxy (forbidden error > locally) > > > >Hi, > > > >We figured out the problem. > > > >As mentioned earlier, we were using the Redhat Apache > 2.0.52 (httpd) RPM. > > > >Apparently, that doesn't come with mod_ssl support > (either built-in or DSO), but we had the > ProxyPass/ProxyPassReverse directives pointing to SSO/https > URLs, i.e., the Apache2 had no support for SSL at all. > > > >We modified the ProxyPass/ProxyPassReverse directives > to point to non-SSL URLs, and that eliminated the > 403/Forbidden errors. > > > >So, the bottom line was that pointing the > ProxyPass/ProxyPassReverse to SSL URLs, when the Apache > didn't have SSL support, causes Apache2 to respond with > 403/Forbidden responses... > > > >Thanks, > >Jim > > > > > > > > > >--- On Wed, 2/9/11, o haya <ohaya@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> From: o haya <ohaya@xxxxxxxxx> > >> Subject: Re: Problem configuring > proxy (forbidden error locally) > >> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 11:09 PM > >> Hi, > >> > >> BTW, to help guide me on what to look for, my > understanding > >> is that there are basically two things that can > cause Apache > >> to provide the 403/Forbidden response: > >> > >> - Linux permissions > >> - Something in the Apache .conf files that sets a > "deny" > >> > >> For the former, and assuming the we don't have any > local > >> resources in the <VirtualHost>s (i.e., no > >> <DocumentRoot>), and only a bunch of > >> ProxyPass/ProxyPassReverse directives, I think > that the > >> <VirtualHost> would "inherit" the > <DocumentRoot> > >> from the server configuration, so what we'd have > to do is to > >> look at where the <DocumentRoot> is pointing > to, and > >> confirm that the user and group specified in the > User and > >> Group directives in the Apache .conf files have > >> read/write/execute perms on that and all of its > parent > >> directories. > >> > >> Is that correct? > >> > >> For the latter, we need to look for all "deny", > and check > >> that none of them apply to the <Location> > directives > >> in the <VirtualHost> sections. > >> > >> Is that correct? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Jim > >> > >> > >> --- On Wed, 2/9/11, o haya <ohaya@xxxxxxxxx> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > From: o haya <ohaya@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > Subject: Re: Problem > configuring proxy > >> (forbidden error locally) > >> > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 10:23 PM > >> > Eric, > >> > > >> > Sorry for that. The system is at work, so > I'll have > >> > to get that tomorrow. > >> > > >> > Jim > >> > > >> > > >> > --- On Wed, 2/9/11, Eric Covener <covener@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > From: Eric Covener <covener@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > > Subject: Re: Problem > configuring > >> proxy > >> > (forbidden error locally) > >> > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > > Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 9:58 > PM > >> > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:26 PM, o > >> > > haya <ohaya@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > Hi Eric and Igor, > >> > > > The Apache proxy logs show "403" > errors. > >> > > > >> > > Don't paraphrase the logs. 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