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 Topic: just rewrite (to proxy) if external ressource exists |
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DrSarez
Joined: 23 Oct 2012
Posts: 3
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 Posted: Mon 29 Oct '12 16:20 Post subject: just rewrite (to proxy) if external ressource exists |
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Hello everybody,
I use Apache as a reverse proxy. There is no web content on the dedicated server itself. If a client requests a resource on the local Apache server, Apache should determine on which remote (proxied) server the resource exists and do a proxy rewrite to that server. A snippet should (that currently does not work) should demonstrate, what i would do:
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RewriteCond http://200.202.204.11:3000%{REQUEST_URI} -U
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://200.202.204.11:3000$1 [P]
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I spared out the rest of my configuration (ProxyPass, ProxyPassReverse, other RewriteCond,...) to focus on my problem:
How could I check if an external resource exists / is available before rewriting? The -U option for RewriteCond returns alwas true. The -F option returns alwas false. Is there a working solution for my intent? |
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7368
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Tue 30 Oct '12 18:21 Post subject: |
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A pure reverse proxy would just be
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ProxyPass / http://200.202.204.11:3000/
ProxyPassReverse / http://200.202.204.11:3000/
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I wonder why you also need to rewrite the urls.
With a pure reverse proxy you will get a 503 error if the backend server is not available. That page you could customise.
Else you might want several backend machines and run apache as a loadbalancer. |
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DrSarez
Joined: 23 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Tue 30 Oct '12 21:36 Post subject: |
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Thank you for your help James.
The reason I use rewriting is the backend server breaks out the subdirectory.
For a backend server like '<ip>/subdir1' the directive 'ProxyPass /subdir1 <ip>/subdir1' works pretty well. But for a backend server like '<ip>' the directive 'ProxyPass /subdir2 <ip>' does not work.
The problem becomes more clear if you take a look at the TCP traffic:
Gitlab in a subdir
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B224NXXd_k9URVdmVVR2YUFHV2c
Proxmox in a subdir
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B224NXXd_k9UNmRNTmNpcnk4TEU
Here is the full config that should handle this problem. It would, if the -U option would work:
| Code: | ProxyRequests Off
SSLProxyEngine On
<Proxy *>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Proxy>
# Reverse-Proxys
<Location /ajaxplorer>
ProxyPass http://200.201.202.8/ajaxplorer
ProxyPassReverse http://200.201.202.8/ajaxplorer
</Location>
<Location /gitlab>
ProxyPass http://200.201.202.11:3000
ProxyPassReverse http://200.201.202.11:3000
ProxyPassReverse http://thomassteinbach.homeip.net
</Location>
<Location /proxmox>
ProxyPass https://200.201.202.2:8006
ProxyPassReverse https://200.201.202.2.8006
</Location>
# try to find rest of reverse resources
RewriteEngine on
## GITLAB
# check if url already points to a proxied service
RewriteCond %{IS_SUBREQ} =false
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/ajaxplorer
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/gitlab
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/proxmox
## if resource doesn't exist locally, proxy to gitlab
RewriteCond http://200.201.202.11:3000%{REQUEST_URI} -U
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://200.201.202.11:3000$1 [P]
## PROXMOX
# check if url already points to a proxied service
RewriteCond %{IS_SUBREQ} =false
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/ajaxplorer
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/gitlab
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/proxmox
## if resource doesn't exist locally, proxy to proxmox
RewriteCond https://200.201.202.2:8006%{REQUEST_URI} -U
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://200.201.202.2:8006$1 [P]
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7368
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Tue 30 Oct '12 22:39 Post subject: |
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| DrSarez wrote: |
The reason I use rewriting is the backend server breaks out the subdirectory.
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Did you try mod_proxy_html? |
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DrSarez
Joined: 23 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Thu 08 Nov '12 15:18 Post subject: |
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Yes I tried, but that did not work for URIs coming from scripts.
After searching for weeks to get the solution I come to the conclusion: there is no reliable RewriteRule if an external ressource exists.
You go much better if you address your service behind an reverse proxy via subdomains. E.g. 'gitlab.youdomain.net' if you want to address a ressource on your gitlab server behind your reverse proxy. So the reverse proxy does not become confused if the ressource is lying in the root directory '/' of the gitlab server. |
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