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paradroid
Asked: 2011-09-10 10:53:43 +0800 CST

How do I have an Apache site in a subdirectory, when the root is ProxyPassed to something else?

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I have shellinabox running on a subdomain through HTTPS and using HTTP Basic Access Authentication using the vhosts file below:

<VirtualHost xx.xx.xx.xx:80>
        ServerName              host.bananas.net
        Redirect                301 / https://host.bananas.net
        CustomLog               ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
        ErrorLog                ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
</VirtualHost.net>

<VirtualHost xx.xx.xx.xx:443>
        ServerName              host.bananas.net
        SSLEngine               On
        SSLCertificateFile      /etc/apache2/ssl/bananas.net.crt
        SSLCertificateKeyFile   /etc/apache2/ssl/bananas.net.key
        SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/apache2/ssl/sub.class1.server.ca.pem
        SSLCACertificateFile    /etc/apache2/ssl/ca.pem
        SetEnvIf                User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
        ProxyRequests           Off
        ProxyPass               / http://localhost:4200/
        ProxyPassReverse        / http://localhost:4200/
        <Location />
                AuthUserFile    /etc/apache2/.htpasswd-secure
                AuthName        "Go Away!"
                AuthType        Basic
                Require         valid-user
                Order           Deny,Allow
                Allow           from all
        </Location>
        SetEnvIf                Request_URI "^/u" dontlog
        HostnameLookups         Double
        CustomLog               ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/ssl_request.log "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
        ErrorLog                ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
</VirtualHost>

I currently have another site on another subdomain, using this vhosts file:

<VirtualHost xx.xx.xx.xx:80>
        ServerName              files.bananas.net
        DocumentRoot            /var/www/files.bananas.net/

        CustomLog               ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
        ErrorLog                ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
</VirtualHost>

I would prefer to have the second site available at https://host.bananas.net/files instead of http://files.bananas.net.

The main reason for this is so that I can use the same SSL certificate, but there are other reasons as well.

How do I move the second site to be a subdirectory of the first site?

apache-2.2 virtualhost

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Exempt /files from the proxying:

    ProxyPass /files !

    Put it above the root's ProxyPass. Looks like you'll also need to adjust your DocumentRoots or file structure as needed to serve the content from the SSL vhost.

    An example configuration:

    <Proxy *>
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
</Proxy>

ProxyRequests           Off
ProxyPreserveHost       On
<Location "/">
        ProxyPass               http://localhost:8080/
</Location>
<Location "/files">
        ProxyPass               !
</Location>
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