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Had to setup ProxyPass in Apache2

I did some crazy stuff with ProxyPass in my development environment like:

Setting up a reverse proxy using Apache in Ubuntu:

1. Install reverse_proxy module

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-proxy-html

2. Install libxml if it is not already installed.

apt-get install libxml2-dev

3. Load the modules in apache2.conf file

LoadModule  proxy_module         /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule  proxy_http_module    /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_proxy_http.so
LoadModule  headers_module       /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_headers.so
LoadModule  deflate_module       /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadFile    /usr/lib/libxml2.so

4. Say you want to forward all requests starting with /foo to http://bar.com then add the following to your apache2.conf file

ProxyPass /foo/  http://bar.com/

5. Bounce Apache and you are good to go.

So far this the best I can do when it comes to preserving apache’s dominance of the port. But I haven’t been able to get the  some naming out of the URL, because proxy pass actually wants /something as the ‘gateway’ to the destination.

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