# Configure Apache Proxy

By

Paul Tomoiu

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In 

Apache, 

http, 

proxy, 

configuration

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Published 2022-12-03

Configure an Apache Server to act as a Proxy (Configure Apache Proxy). My example is done on a Linux machine

If you want to make a configuration change for the Apache Server (a free HTTP Server) you have to change the httpd.conf file (the main configuration file of an Apache Server). This file is located at $APACHE_HOME/conf directory.

Here is an example (this code was added to the end of the httpd.conf file):

<VirtualHost *:80>

ProxyRequests On
ProxyPreserveHost On

ServerName servername1

#ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
#CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel error

<Location /console>
ProxyPass "http://192.168.10.122:7001/console/"
ProxyPassReverse "http://192.168.10.122:7001/console/"
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Location>

<Location /MyApp1>
ProxyPass "http://192.168.10.122:7009/MyApp1/"
ProxyPassReverse "http://192.168.10.122:7009/MyApp1/"
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Location>

<Location /MyApp1/login>
ProxyPass "http://192.168.10.122:7009/MyApp1/login"
ProxyPassReverse "http://192.168.10.122:7009/MyApp1/login"
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Location>

</VirtualHost>

In this case (supposing your HTTP Apache Server is installed on a host named MyApplications):

• the requests on MyApplications:80 you will get the "index" page of that HTTP Server. This is a normal behaviour.

• the requests on MyApplications:80/console you will get the page from the http://192.168.10.122:7001/console/ (in my case this is a link to the WebLogic Administration Console)

• the requests on MyApplications:80/MyApp1 you will get the page from the http://192.168.10.122:7009/MyApp1 (in my case this is a link to an application running on an WebLogic Administration Console)

Using the ProxyPassReverse & ProxyPass, in the browser you will not see a URL rewrite, so you will still see your first URL (MyApplications:80/console for instance), but the content will be from the http://192.168.10.122:7001/console

In this case, the Apache HTTP Server will act as a Proxy for the URL requests.