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Nicolas Melay
Asked: 2011-04-15 14:06:13 +0800 CST

Set Timeout for a specific host in an Apache HTTPS reverse-proxy, single VirtualHost, many real hosts configuration

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I'm running Apache as an HTTPS reverse proxy, with many real hosts proxied through a single VirtualHost (single public IP, wildcard certificate), using mod_rewrite and mod_proxy.

Basically, something like:

<VirtualHost *:443>
SSLEngine On
...
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} ^(server1|server2|server3)\.domain\.net$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [P]   # Forward requests for listed servers
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F]                              # Block anything else
</VirtualHost>`

Now I need to set Timeout to a larger value than default, but only for requests going to one of these servers (sync server for mobile devices).

Can this be done without requiring a separate VirtualHost (and thus another public IP) ?

apache-2.2 virtualhost timeout ssl reverse-proxy

1 Answers

  1. Having an extra VirtualHost doesn't demand a new public IP; your wildcard certificate will (I'm assuming?) be valid for the new sync server's listener.

    Apache will gladly throw a warning when you set a NameVirtualHost *:443 directive, but using host headers over an SSL connection will work just fine. Give your existing VirtualHost a wildcard ServerAlias and make sure it loads first.

    You can then make your second VirtualHost attached to the same IP (with a ServerName that gives it the requests for the mobile sync server).

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