subdir to other server problem

Zilvermeeuw · 03-02-2009, 10:15 AM

Hi All!

Again a proxy problem. I search the internet for several days with some progress. But still I have some errors.

I have two servers: server1 and server2.

Server1 is reachable from the internet on port 80. Server2 is not. I want to access server2 as it is a subfolder of server1. Meaning: http://server1/server2 should give me server2.

I made a proxy on server1:

Code:

<Location /server2>
        ProxyPass http://server2
        ProxyPassReverse http://server2
</Location>

If I use http://server1/server2, I see the index.html of server2, which is great!

On server2 I have an index.html with:

Code:

<a href="index2.html">index2</a>

If I type: http://server1/server2/, the above link refers to http://server1/server2/index2.html. Which is expected.

Strange behaviour 1:
If I type http://server1/server2 (without the trailing slash), the link refers to http://server1/index2.html, which is wrong.

Strange behaviour 2:
If a slash is added to the link on server 2:

Code:

<a href="/index2.html">index2</a>

The link refers always to: http://server1/index2.html, which is wrong.

I played with the Rewrite module, but I have too few knowledge to get it working.

What am I doing wrong?

chitambira · 03-02-2009, 10:56 AM

try just using:

Quote:

ProxyPass /server2/ http://server2
ProxyPassReverse /server2/ http://server2

carlmarshall · 03-02-2009, 11:07 AM

The old trailing slash problem! Without the trailing slash your server is being asked to retrieve a file or directory called "server2" on the host "server1". You need to do a rewrite rule along the lines of:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /server2/
RewriteRule ^server2$ server2/

See if that helps.

Carl.

Zilvermeeuw · 03-02-2009, 12:20 PM

Thanks! I am a little bit further now.

I understand "Strange behaviour 1" and it is solved.

"Strange behaviour 2" is still there:
On server 2, if there is a slash before the index.html, as in:

Code:

<a href="/index2.html">index2</a>

The link refers always to: http://server1/index2.html, which is wrong.
Without the slash it refers to: http://server1/server2/index2.html, which is correct.

I think another rewrite rule is needed. But it should run after the proxy.

How can I solve this?

carlmarshall · 03-03-2009, 11:10 AM

Not sure how to fix this one. I guess it's happening because the proxy still refers to the chroot directory of server1 when presented with the / character.

Carl.

Zilvermeeuw · 03-03-2009, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carlmarshall

Not sure how to fix this one. I guess it's happening because the proxy still refers to the chroot directory of server1 when presented with the / character.

Carl.

Yeah, I also think so. I think I need a ReWrite of the data from server2 to server1. A ReWriteReverse or so. But I have no idea how to do this one.

Zilvermeeuw · 03-05-2009, 01:05 PM

Solved with a virtualhost with a proxy.