apache reverse proxy config
 

I have 3 Machines which I am configuring this way to work.

MachineA(https) -> MachineB(reverseproxy) -> MachineC(App)

MachineA - The public facing load balancer where SSL certificate is installed MachineB - Apache http server to which the request from MachineA will be redirected and will be forwarded to Application server using mod_wls MachineC - Weblogic Application server where app is deployed

I have configured my MachineB http config this way:



The requests are coming to access the first webpage from application, but after that the URI is not getting forwarded correctly and giving 400.

Is the configuration of MachineB, correct to handle this ?

You should first check the apache error_log, but most likely it's an error from the backend, so check also logs of the weblogic server.

I'm not familiar with weblogic, but I see that you're using the apache plugin for your server, so I guess you don't need to configure apache as a reverse proxy, but rather use the plugin to serve the requests.

Read the plugin documentation and pay attention to the examples.

Regards

You have a somewhat similar thread FOUR YEARS ago:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ps-4175496400/

Thank you TB0ne. This is not similar to that, else I wouldn't have asked. Here the MachineA(the loadbalancer where ssl certificate is installed) is not in my control and is mapped to a port of MachineB(apache http server) and MachineA works as a secure public gateway.

The connection between MachineB(Apache http) and MachineC(weblogic) is working without any issue.

Problem here is the traffic coming from the MachineA(loadbalancer) is https and response from MachineB(Apache http) is plain http, so the URI is no getting created correctly in browser outside loadbalancer. And for this I had asked the question.

Thank you bathroy. There is no issue with the weblogic plugin, as here connection between MachineB and MachineC is working smoothly. Problem here is the URI creation request and response between MachineB(Plain http server acts as a frontend to weblogic) and MachineA(Simple loadbalancer where SSL cert is installed)

So check the apache logs for the request from the loadbalancer to see if you find anything.

It is similar, because:

• You're asking about redirects/load balancing
• You're asking about Apache
• You've asked about reverse proxies before

So after many years of work with this software, your 'certification', and ostensibly other skills....you cannot diagnose this issue, even though you've worked with it before?

Thank you Guru. There is nothing to do with certifications here as every situations is unique.

Last time it was the issue with https -> Jboss and this time issue was with the reverse response from httpslb -> http -> weblogic.
Here httpslb is a simple LB which doesnt support anything but only port mapping which was messing the URL outside and I proposed to put a http in between to resolve the URL mess . As I always feel strong with the support of forums like linuxquestions from where I started learning linux since when I was a student.

No one knows everything else forum wouldnt have exist. This kind of configs I dealt with only 2 times in so many years, So I had asked the question, if some one might have faced this kind of issue or to get any hint.

By the way this issue is resolved with below simple http configuration and I am pasting the solution which might help others.

Yes, they are; however, when they're VERY SIMILAR, you have years of experience and 'certifications', you should be able to work through such very similar problems, rather than asking others.
And by actually learning and thinking about what you've done in the past, that's how you can solve your own problems. No one is saying you should know everything, but after several years, 'certifications' and experience, making a minor change to something you're familiar with shouldn't involve having others work on it. What prevented you from doing/trying anything, rather than asking us to implement your machine config and TELL YOU if it was right?
Looks similar to what you've done in the past, and what you posted originally. Glad its working