proxying a server in a subdirectory?
 

hi,

is it possible to "show up" a whole webserver in a subdirectory of another server with apache?
e.g. server http://foo.com --> http://bar.com/foo

thanks,

toby

for simple implementations, yes. check out mod_proxy and the proxypass and proxypassreverse directives.

I tried this:

on the server www.bar.com
but calling http://www.bar.com/foo results in a 404 not found message.
what did i do wrong?

thanks.

can you show us the full config please? I assume you reloaded the apache config after this?

yes, i did, but no success....

--> apache 1.3.34

the directory directive is a local unix path, i.e. a directory called "proxy" in your root partition. Generally mod_proxy directives go in ta virtualhost or default host definition.

oh i see.. so what if i used the "location" directive instead?

you wouldn't use any directive. just add it after your ServerName or ServerAlias directive for the host / virtualhost you want this to work under.

It now looks like this:

but still:

The requested URL /proxy was not found on this server.

I need to place the ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse in the "IfModule"-directive, outside it gives me an error and I cannot load the module separately as it seems mod_proxy is compiled into the apache-binary in the debian package?

Well think about it then... if it doesn't work if it's outside then clearly that MUST mean that mod proxy is not built / enabled in the first place, as all you're doing is a condidtional check on mod_proxy being available - i.e. it's *not* available therefore the commands are not run. Again, those directives should be in the virtualhost definitions or equivalent.