Virtual host? Alias? Linux/Windows/Apache dev servers prob..

Sorry, relatively new to Linux. Using Redhat 9, I can "locate" mod_proxy.so
and mod_proxy_http.so I'm assuming they're installed by default with httpd

uncomment a few lines in Redhat's auto-generated httpd.conf <snip>
<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
ProxyRequests On
ProxyPass /win/ <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.netscape.com" target="_blank">http://www.netscape.com</a>
</IfModule>

restart httpd

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/win" target="_blank">http://localhost/win</a> results in "requested URL /win was not found on this
server"

Shouldn't this work?

"Richard Antony Burton" <richardaburton-NOSPAM-.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in
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 > "D" <darkohrgovic.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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  > > I'm maintaining a bunch of websites in ASP/PHP/ColdFusion, etc. (I love
 > the
  > > syntactic punishment . I have two dev servers: an XP/IIS box for
  > > ASP/ColdFusion, and a Redhat/Apache box for PHP, both behind a router
  > > sharing files. Currently I must port forward my router manually to
either
  > > the XP or Linux box (hassle). Can I forward a /win folder from the
Apache
  > > server to the XP/IIS server? Tried numerous times to configure Virtual
 > Hosts
  > > under Apache and failed miserably. Alias /win/ "//winserver/winshare/"
  > > failed (last-ditch attempt to set up a virtual directory like under
IIS).
 >
 > Try adding mod_proxy and mod_proxy_http modules, and this line to your
 > config:
 >
<font color=purple> > ProxyPass /win/ <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://winserver/</font" target="_blank">http://winserver/</font</a>>
 >
 > You can add this to it's own virtual host if you like, then you can use it
 > under /, rather than /win.
 >
 > Richard.
 >
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 > uncomment a few lines in Redhat's auto-generated httpd.conf <snip>
 > <IfModule mod_proxy.c>
 > ProxyRequests On
<font color=purple> > ProxyPass /win/ <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.netscape.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.netscape.com</font</a>>
 > </IfModule>

Did you uncomment the load module statments for these two modules? Try
removing the <IfModule> tags. Then you will know the modules have been
loaded, because if they haven't it will barf on the proxy config directives.

Next, remove ProxyRequests directive, else you have probably just made
yourself an open proxy (bad plan).

 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/win" target="_blank">http://localhost/win</a> results in "requested URL /win was not found on this
 > server"

All you need is that one ProxyPass line and you should be fine. You may need
to specify <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/win/" target="_blank">http://localhost/win/</a> (note the trailing slash) in order to get
it to match the ProxyPass directive.


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Thanks for all your help, Richard. Yes, duh, open proxy bad.

httpd conf did barf on the proxy directive, so at the top of the httpd.conf
I added these two lines and it doesn't barf anymore (I've read that these
directives can go in a separate conf file, but does it matter?):
loadmodule proxy_module /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so
loadmodule proxy_module /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_http.so

Now when I <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/win/" target="_blank">http://localhost/win/</a> I get
Error 403
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /win/ on this server.

Do you think it's working, except for permissions? If so, what's the safest
way to set proxy permissions? If not, see anything wrong with the new
config?

Again, thanks much,

D

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 > "D" <darkohrgovic RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 >
  > > uncomment a few lines in Redhat's auto-generated httpd.conf <snip>
  > > <IfModule mod_proxy.c>
  > > ProxyRequests On
<font color=green>  > > ProxyPass /win/ <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.netscape.com</font" target="_blank">http://www.netscape.com</font</a>>
  > > </IfModule>
 >
 > Did you uncomment the load module statments for these two modules? Try
 > removing the <IfModule> tags. Then you will know the modules have been
 > loaded, because if they haven't it will barf on the proxy config
directives.
 >
 > Next, remove ProxyRequests directive, else you have probably just made
 > yourself an open proxy (bad plan).
 >
  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/win" target="_blank">http://localhost/win</a> results in "requested URL /win was not found on
this
  > > server"
 >
 > All you need is that one ProxyPass line and you should be fine. You may
need
 > to specify <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/win/" target="_blank">http://localhost/win/</a> (note the trailing slash) in order to get
 > it to match the ProxyPass directive.
 >
 >
 > Richard.
 >
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 > I've read that these
 > directives can go in a separate conf file, but does it matter?

No, there really isn't much point in putting these separate.

 > loadmodule proxy_module /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so
 > loadmodule proxy_module /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_http.so

That second one should be:
LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so

 > Now when I <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/win/" target="_blank">http://localhost/win/</a> I get
 > Error 403
 > Forbidden
 > You don't have permission to access /win/ on this server.

Check your logs, maybe more of a clue. Or maybe it is that http requests are
not allowed as there is no http handler module installed (i.e. check the
LoadModule mentioned line above).

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Thanks again, Richard. I discoverd the proxy_http_module syntax a few hours
ago. So now it's working except for a major stumbling block:

The linux box now recieves http requests. I've set it to proxy /win/ to
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://192.168.1.xxx" target="_blank">http://192.168.1.xxx</a> (my XP/IIS box on the lan). Relative paths on the
XP/IIS pages cease to work eg. "images/back.gif" can't be found. If I
redirect to netscape, it works fine because they use absolute paths.

What I need is for Apache to hand over everything to the XP/IIS box.
Possible?

D



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 > "D" <darkohrgovic.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 > news:aU4%b.71013$Hy3.38572@edtnps89...
  > > I've read that these
  > > directives can go in a separate conf file, but does it matter?
 >
 > No, there really isn't much point in putting these separate.
 >
  > > loadmodule proxy_module /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so
  > > loadmodule proxy_module /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_http.so
 >
 > That second one should be:
 > LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
 >
  > > Now when I <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/win/" target="_blank">http://localhost/win/</a> I get
  > > Error 403
  > > Forbidden
  > > You don't have permission to access /win/ on this server.
 >
 > Check your logs, maybe more of a clue. Or maybe it is that http requests
are
 > not allowed as there is no http handler module installed (i.e. check the
 > LoadModule mentioned line above).
 >
 > Richard.
 >
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What a wild goose chase: just solved the problem by simply setting IIS on
port 8080 and having the router port forward external 80 requests to
internal 8080.

Thanks for all the help anyway,

D


"D" <darkohrgovic RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > I'm maintaining a bunch of websites in ASP/PHP/ColdFusion, etc. (I love
the
 > syntactic punishment . I have two dev servers: an XP/IIS box for
 > ASP/ColdFusion, and a Redhat/Apache box for PHP, both behind a router
 > sharing files. Currently I must port forward my router manually to either
 > the XP or Linux box (hassle). Can I forward a /win folder from the Apache
 > server to the XP/IIS server? Tried numerous times to configure Virtual
Hosts
 > under Apache and failed miserably. Alias /win/ "//winserver/winshare/"
 > failed (last-ditch attempt to set up a virtual directory like under IIS).
 >
 > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 >
 >
 >
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 > What a wild goose chase: just solved the problem by simply setting IIS on
 > port 8080 and having the router port forward external 80 requests to
 > internal 8080.

Doesn't that still only leave one server available at a time - which ever
one you have forwarded you external port 80 too? Now you have external port
80 going to IIS on 8080, how do you get to apache?

Anyway, just using two ports is probably the easiest way to do this, for
some reaosn I assumed this wasn't an option for you, (e.g. because you
wanted to use both servers together transparently, so only on port 80).

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"Richard Antony Burton" <richardaburton-NOSPAM-.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in
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 > "D" <darkohrgovic.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 > news:zle%b.41172$D_5.23224@edtnps84...
  > > What a wild goose chase: just solved the problem by simply setting IIS
on
  > > port 8080 and having the router port forward external 80 requests to
  > > internal 8080.
 >
 > Doesn't that still only leave one server available at a time - which ever
 > one you have forwarded you external port 80 too? Now you have external
port
 > 80 going to IIS on 8080, how do you get to apache?
 >
 > Anyway, just using two ports is probably the easiest way to do this, for
 > some reaosn I assumed this wasn't an option for you, (e.g. because you
 > wanted to use both servers together transparently, so only on port 80).
 >
 > Richard.
 >
 >
Sorry, I mispoke: 8080 requests are forwarded to IIS

Not pretty, but <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.whatever.com:8080/myiisdevfolder" target="_blank">http://www.whatever.com:8080/myiisdevfolder</a> points to a
directory on IIS, wherease <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.whatever.com/mylinuxdevfolder" target="_blank">www.whatever.com/mylinuxdevfolder</a> points to
Apache. For any audience members, you can't leave out the <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://" target="_blank">http://</a> for the
8080 request.

These are only test servers, so I'm not concerned with friendly URL's. Now
that I understand the proxy process a bit better, I'll experiment with the
more subtle alternative that you've been helping me with.

Thanks again,

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