Topic: Setup Reverse Proxy and SSL Questions

[jhwatts2010]

I have several questions here.


My system consist of Ubuntu 14.04 server running LAMP. I am running Apache 2. On the same machine I am running Shiny server and running my apps through port 4949.

http://www.rstudio.com/products/shiny/download-server/

I also am running an additional Shiny server copy on a virtual box through port 3838. All is running very good. I have an html web page running on Apache 2. I can view it and all my apps running on both Shiny servers from any place on the web.

My concern, however is security. I have port 3838, 4949, and 80 open. How can I set up Apache to run as a reverse proxy for my both of my Shiny servers (ports 4949, and 3838) and also continue to host my web page securely.

I have also attempted to set up a self-signed certificate using the following procedure but it is not working. I used the following instructions and followed them verbatim.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-a-ssl-certificate-on-apache-for-ubuntu-14-04

Can anybody offer troubleshooting tips for me here, or how to set up a reverse proxy for my Shiny servers?

[James Blond]

you need

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so

inside a ssl vhost you can have


ProxyPass / http://localhost:3838/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:3838/

and in another vhost you can have

ProxyPass / http://localhost:4949/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:4949/

[jhwatts2010]

I need more detail. I open a shell and typed

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so .

It yelled at me.

[James Blond]

If I remember correctly there is a folder with mod-available and mod-enabled in in /etc/apache or /etc/apache2 folder

However remove that line and run