[geeks] Proxy question

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Thu, 4 May 2006, Nick B. wrote:

> There is a reverse proxy module for apache that should be able to do that.

Indeed.  It works really well.  Here's a snippet of httpd.conf from my
web server (deceit):

   <VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin webmaster at xxxxxxxxx
     DocumentRoot /tmp
     ServerName magnum.celestrion.net
     ServerAlias magnum magnum.celestrion.net
     ErrorLog logs/magnum_error.log
     CustomLog logs/magnum_access.log combined
     ProxyPass        / http://magnum.celestrion.net/
     ProxyPassReverse / http://magnum.celestrion.net/
   </VirtualHost>

Magnum is firewalled off, and its (public) A record points to deceit's
IP address.  Deceit uses the private A record to look up magnum's real
IP address and then proxies the connection.

For what the OP is trying to do:

   <VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin webmaster at xxxxxxxxx
     DocumentRoot /tmp
     ServerName www.bar.net
     ErrorLog logs/bar_net_error.log
     CustomLog logs/bar_net_access.log combined
     ProxyPass        / http://bastion.bar.net:81/
     ProxyPassReverse / http://bastion.bar.net:81/
   </VirtualHost>

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