Topic: Apache Reverse Proxy: Backend Redirect Issue

[flyingmonkey]

Hi All,
I've setup a secure reverse proxy to a backend portal server, but am having issues handling backend redirects. I believe the backend portal server uses J2EE. The login page loads, it catches and warns if the password is incorrect, but if the password is correct it does not redirect correctly.

Here's a "diagram" of my environment:
Client --SSL--> Reverse Proxy (domain.com) --NonSSL--> Portal Server (internal.com)

The client accesses https://www.domain.com/internal/abc/xyz/ which serves http://www.internal.com:50500/abc/xyz/. www.internal.com will be protected by SSL in the future.

The goal is to have the reverse proxy rewrite all www.internal.com links to the www.domain.com:50500/internal format, so the client does not know about www.internal.com.

When Portal Server redirects, it redirects the client from http://www.domain.com/internal/abc/xyz/ to just http://abc/xyz/. It's missing the www.domain.com/internal part.

How do I keep the client at www.domain.com/internal and not expose www.internal.com without modifying the www.internal.com site? Is there something I need to change in my configuration?

This is what I currently have configured in the Apache conf:

[flyingmonkey]

I got it! The application redirected temporary to some middle page at http://www.internal.com:50500/hij/ during the login proccess which was not caught by the reverse proxy.