Apache FQDN Reverse Proxy
Hi,
I am going to use Apache httpd for the first time to act as a FQDN Reverse Proxy. I have three web sites all pointing to the same IP and so I need Apache to act as a reverse proxy and forward requests based on the incoming FQDN to the appropriate server.
I am really new to all this and so I looking for a good tutorial or guide that explains how this is done in a Windows environment, preferably one which provides some explanation of what the settings are doing so that I can learn something from the process rather than just blindly following instructions
The server I am using is W2K8 R2 Standard
I am going to use Apache httpd for the first time to act as a FQDN Reverse Proxy. I have three web sites all pointing to the same IP and so I need Apache to act as a reverse proxy and forward requests based on the incoming FQDN to the appropriate server.
I am really new to all this and so I looking for a good tutorial or guide that explains how this is done in a Windows environment, preferably one which provides some explanation of what the settings are doing so that I can learn something from the process rather than just blindly following instructions
The server I am using is W2K8 R2 Standard
ASKER
OK time for some more detail I think
I have two sites (fake names)
https://example1.myco.com
https://example2.myco.com
both of these have public DNS entries pointing to the same IP say 12.1.1.1
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server on 12.1.1.1 with Apache 2.4 installed which is to be the reverse proxy.
Based on the incoming FQDN I want to redirect incoming calls to appropriate internal host server
Note: I need to use SSL and I do have a wildcard domain cert *.myco.com and the associated key
I have two sites (fake names)
https://example1.myco.com
https://example2.myco.com
both of these have public DNS entries pointing to the same IP say 12.1.1.1
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server on 12.1.1.1 with Apache 2.4 installed which is to be the reverse proxy.
Based on the incoming FQDN I want to redirect incoming calls to appropriate internal host server
Note: I need to use SSL and I do have a wildcard domain cert *.myco.com and the associated key
You just use 2 <VirtualHost *:80> sections with appropriate host names/host aliases/proxy backends.
You can have unlimited amount of them.
You can have unlimited amount of them.
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There is one small problem - you NEVER even mentioned SSL
You just dropped some random page off the net which in part of functionality used is equivalent to solution provided.
And you do not use any directives from mod_proxy_html and mod_xml2enc, so with SSL optimal solution would be SSLProxyEngine.
You just dropped some random page off the net which in part of functionality used is equivalent to solution provided.
And you do not use any directives from mod_proxy_html and mod_xml2enc, so with SSL optimal solution would be SSLProxyEngine.
ASKER
@gheist
My original post did not list https but my second stated
Your solution provided no detail and no explanations which was specifically requested in the original post. I came to my answer after hours of reading many different sources and trying different configs, which still did not result in my getting a good understanding of the subject but did result in a working solution.
My original post did not list https but my second stated
Note: I need to use SSL and I do have a wildcard domain cert *.myco.com and the associated key
Your solution provided no detail and no explanations which was specifically requested in the original post. I came to my answer after hours of reading many different sources and trying different configs, which still did not result in my getting a good understanding of the subject but did result in a working solution.
ASKER
I ended up finding the solution myself
Reverse Proxy is handled by mod_proxy_* with ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse parameters
e.g:
Listen 80
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName FQDN.example
# ServerAliases www.fwdn.local www.fqdn.example
# CustomLog /var/log/httpd/FQDN_access
# ErrorLog /vqar/log/httpd/FQDN_error
# ProxyPreserveHost on
<Location />
ProxyPass http://backendip:8080 ttl=3600 retry=1 timeout=1800
ProxyPassReverse http://backendip:8080
</Location>
</VirtualHost>