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Johannes Ernst
Asked: 2011-08-27 13:55:10 +0800 CST

Apache mod_rewrite in proxy mode, .htaccess and ProxyPassReverse

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In a .htaccess file, I have something like this to proxy Apache to Tomcat:

   RewriteRule (.*) http://localhost:8080/tomcat-app/$1 [P]

All the redirects as well as internal links in HTML files are going to the Tomcat app directly, rather than to Apache.

So I would use ProxyPassReverse and the like to translate correctly, but apparently I'm not allowed to use that directive in a .htaccess file. I don't really want to put them into the master Apache configuration because that means rebooting Apache every time there is a change. Which is why I like the RewriteRole [P]: unlike ProxyPass, it can be put into .htaccess.

What can I do to simulate ProxyPassReverse in a .htaccess file? Or more specifically, without requiring reboots on any change?

apache-2.2 mod-proxy mod-rewrite proxypass tomcat6

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  1. Best Answer

    Use your main config file - you can do a graceful config reload by sending a USR1 signal to the process - your apache init script should have a reload command to do this. 

    /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
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