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Re: [users@httpd] set http header with mod_rewrite

Raphael Bauduin

2008-07-16

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On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Severin Gehwolf
<Severin.Gehwolf@(protected):
> 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
>

Yes, thanks!

Still curious to know if there's a way to set a header with
RewriteRule though ;-)

Raph

Raph

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