Topic: Tips on tomcat->internal proxy->external proxy

[bryank]

Hi,

I am running a tomcat application (Jira), behind an intranet proxy. The intranet proxy is using mod_proxy, and I am using Apache 2.2.

Anyway, I am trying to set up an external proxy to enable some external users access to my Jira application. I was planning to have my external proxy talk to the internal proxy, as opposed to directly talking to the tomcat. The proxies are on different physical hosts, and so is the tomcat.

Right now, I have my external url like so:

https://foobar.foo.net/jira

The internal proxy url is like so:

http://webserver123.foo.net/jira --> this points via mod proxy to something like:

http://tomcatserver123.foo.net:8080/jira

The tomcat server has '/jira' in the context. Currently the connector section is not being used.

Anyway, when I try to hit the external proxy, the internal proxy url pops up all over the place -- and I get URL mismatch errors (https vs http).

So -- I need general tips on how get the external url to resolve correctly, and 2. to have the https hop over to http internally.

Hope that made sense. I can provide more info if necessary.

[cbj4074]

I have no experience with proxying, but proxy-related issues are discussed frequently on the Apache HTTPd Users mailing list. There are a number of proxy experts on that list, so perhaps try there next.

[James Blond]

You can setup two reverse proxies. Since the path is the same it should work fine.

Can you please post the exact error message?