redirecting to multiple hosts based on url

wolfipa · 08-06-2008, 06:01 AM

Hi

i need to redirect to multiple hosts/ports based on the entered url.

e.g.

Code:

redirect http://server1/a/ --> to http://server1:port1/
redirect http://server1/b/ --> to http://server1:port2/
redirect http://server1/c/ --> to http://server1:port3/
...

but without changing the actual url in the browser.

Note that the /a/ , /b/ , and so on isn't available on the remote server. I want to build some kind of management interface for multiple applications on one http server.

Is this possible? Or any other suggestions?

Thanks for any response in advance.

carlmarshall · 08-06-2008, 08:04 AM

Hi,

Do you mean redirect via Apache or by HTML?

Carl.

wolfipa · 08-06-2008, 09:19 AM

hi,

sorry, but forgot to mention. I want to use apache (version 2.0).

carlmarshall · 08-06-2008, 09:36 AM

In that case, make sure you have the mod_alias module installed and use the redirect directive e.g.

Redirect [status] /a http://server1:port1/
Redirect [status] /b http://server1:port2/

etc

in your httpd.conf file.

The status is optional and will default to "temp", but can be "permanent".

Carl.

wolfipa · 08-11-2008, 09:24 AM

Hi,

sorry for late reply but I've tested using redirect and it's working not that way I wanted.

When I add the configuration item

Code:

redirect 302 /a http://server1:port1/

my browser changes the url to the above and tries to connect directly.

I want to have kind of proxy server in between so connections from outside are only going to apache, and based on the URL the content is retrieved from the redirected server.

is this possible?