Topic: Using Apache for host mapping

[NogNeetMachinaal]

Hi Everyone,

Is there a way to use Apache for 2-way host mapping of a website running as a virtual host?

For example a translation from:

http://morpheus.dnsalias.net:15700/

Into (i.e. internal):

http://somehost.local.net/

And v.v.

What I'm trying to accomplish:
The first one is the external host portion of a certain website. The goal is to have this translated to the internal host portion of the URL.
This allows me to troubleshoot site issues remotely for websites which are normally only available via the internal network.

Sofar, I have tried NAT translation on the router.
The router is a D-Link model DIR-868L (rev. B) and runs DD-WRT. However, NAT translation doesn't seem to work on "the way back". Meaning that the landing page is displayed after which the host portion is reverted back to the internal host name.

The Apache server is part of Ubuntu server 14.04.4-LTS and is updated to the latest version.
The websites are running on virtual hosts where each host has a separate IP address.

If somebody has a better way of doing this (other then a VPN), then please, do feel free to share.


Thank you - Will

[James Blond]

In short

Listen 15700

<VirtualHost *:15700>
ServerName morpheus.dnsalias.net
<Location />
http://somehost.local.net/
ProxyPassReverse / http://somehost.local.net/
</Location>
</VirtualHost>

For sure that vhost can be also on port 80 or 443.