Hi!

> Here are more details:
>
> I have an apache server (front.example.com) configured as a reverse
> proxy, and requests are actually handled by apache servers not
> directly reachable from the outside. Those apache servers
> (back1listening on 10.0.0.1 and back2 on 10.0.0.2) are configured for
> doing virtual hosting.
>
> back1 serves pages for the websites www.example.com and www.test.com
>
> So www.example.com resolves to the IP of front.example.com, which will
> proxy the request to back1. But the Host header should be set as
> back1 also serves www.test.com.
>
> My current solution is to use mod_proxy with ProxyPass,
>     ProxyPass / http://www.example.com/
>     ProxyPassReverse / http://www.example.com/
> and an entry in /etc/hosts:
>    10.0.0.1   www.example.com
>
> I hoped to be able to write something similar to
>   RewriteRule (.*) http://10.0.0.1$1 [P, HEADER:Host=www.example.com]
>
> but no documentation seems to imply there's a way to do this.
>
> I'll be happy to take all advice you might have!

Maybe, you should look at ProxyPreserveHost

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypreservehost

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