Friday, May 29, 2009

Proxy server in Apache

Apache can act as a proxy server with installation of mod_proxy module

It connects one apache to web servers or application servers


Simple Configuration enabling apache act as reverse proxy


1 .vi /etc/hosts ( we have to define target address in hosts file)

192.168.1.2 www.urname.com (This can be a application server or websever)

2. vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ( Redhat/Fedora)

ProxyPass / http://192.168.1.2:80
ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.1.2:80

Restart httpd service in apache

Check the config by typing the web site name .
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