Topic: how best to bypass client cert requirement for localhost?

[spiffly]

Hi,
I just setup an intranet wiki running apache2.2 on ubuntu 12.04. The server currently requires two-way certificate authentication (i.e. a server cert AND client certs).

In <VirtualHost *:80>, I'm simply doing a:

Redirect permanent / https://<intranetSite>

Everything works dandy, except now that I'd like to find a way to bypass the client cert check for localhost so that I can run some maintenance scripts via cron on the server. Or perhaps it's possible to bypass SSL entirely, just for localhost?

I'm pretty new with apache configuration; any suggestions or hints on how to best accomplish this or get me moving in the right direction?

Thanks in advance!

[James Blond]

You would need a RewriteRule with [R=301,L] to do that, along with a preceding RewriteCond that tests the HTTP_HOST information.

[spiffly]

Hi James,

I've actually been reading up on RewriteRules thinking that was a good way to handle this, so glad to know I'm on the right track.

Thanks for the tip!