Hellow;
I am very new to webserver setup,i have done configuration of webserver and i want it to pick some information from application server,but i don want people to see that application server,please can someone tell me in detail on how to setup squid reverse proxy server so that each time people want to access my servers they can just see one server,i mean one server must act as a loadbalancer to other servers,let say a sum of up to three servers.I am using redhat 5 servers with apache 2,and squid version that i have is 2.6.
Thank you all in advance for your help.

You're explicitly asking for details *from scratch*?? why would you think that that was a reasonable thing to ask when there are so many existing documents out there? Also this is a *public* forum, why would anyone email you the answer? You'll just get spammed by publising your email, nothign more.

Personally I would suggest using Apache for this, not squid. It's very simple to install a basic apache instance, and put a ProxyPass / ProxyReversePass directive in a vhost and get it running. just have a search for "apache proxypass" and you'll get plenty of hits.

Hello and Welcome to LinuxQuestions,

First thing: If you're not a fan of receiving spam then please remove your email from your post. Second, there are heaps of howto guides on the internet that you can use to set up Squid to function as a reverse proxy which will suit your needs. You'll not find a lot of LQ users, who are all volunteers putting in their free time, willing to hold your hand and providing step by step what can easily be found on the internet. This one for example will get you started in no time. And this one from HowtoForge.com goes a bit more into detail and is almost a copy/paste guide. When you have trouble or questions following either of those guides then don't hesitate to post your questions here, providing as much information as possible.

Looking forward to your participation in the forums. Have fun with Linux.

Kind regards,

Eric

Yes acide_kewpie I know that i am asking too much,the issue is i read from different forums about it,i tried to do all the setup but it didnt work for me thats why i asked you experts to help me on how to do it...Thanx for the advice and now am going to try to on apache though at the end i will be supposed to to all the settings on squid...Thanx for the advice acid_kewpie,but if you can assist me on squid i will be more grateful

Hi,

You state to have tried setting up Squid but that it didn't work. It would help us to help you if you could indicate what was failing and what errors you got.

Kind regards,

Eric

Hellow friends,I decided to drop squid reverse proxy as adviced by acid_kewpie,the reverse proxy is working fine with one link and when i try to link it to another application something strange comes up...When i try to do reverse proxying with application server where there is onscreen login keyboard,the keyboard is not displayed by the reverse proxy server...


ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPass / http://192.168.x.y:5009/AKN/Log.jsp/
ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.x.y:5009/AKN/Log.jsp/

May please anyone tell me what to do so that onscreen keyboard can display as when i directly type http://192.168.x.y:5009/AKN/Log.jsp/ the keyboard displays and that is very important for security reasons.
Thanx inadvance