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Asked: 2013-09-19 08:15:14 +0800 CST

Apache reverse proxy for Cloud9 using ServerName

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I am trying to setup a reverse proxy to a Cloud9 instance running locally on my server using Apache. I have the following setup:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ProxyPreserveHost On
  ProxyPass / http://localhost:3131/
  ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:3131/
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  ServerName cloud9.mydomain.org
</VirtualHost>

I have also tried re-ordering the directives so the ServerAdmin and ServerName came first. So far, if I hit http://cloud9.mydomain.org, I get a browser error saying it could not connect. There is nothing logged in Apache's access.log or error.log either. I am thinking that I am missing some piece, but I am not sure as to what that missing piece might be yet. I also don't know if I am looking in the right place for logs. The Cloud9 process was started, and appears to be running on the 3131 port.

I don't plan to run Cloud9 wide open. The end-game I am shooting for is to eventually get Cloud9 hosted through SSL using some auth, maybe basic auth, but I figured before I started adding SSL and auth into the mix, I should probably get the basics working first.

Update Output of apachectl -S:

# apachectl -S
VirtualHost configuration:
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
*:80                   is a NameVirtualHost
         default server www.mydomain.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default:1)
         port 80 namevhost www.mydomain.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default:1)
         port 80 namevhost wp.mydomain.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/001-wordpress:1)
         port 80 namevhost blog.mydomain.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/001-wordpress:22)
         port 80 namevhost cloud9.mydomain.org (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/003-cloud9:1)
Syntax OK

Output of curl -I cloud9.mydomain.org:

curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'cloud9.mydomain.org'

Output of curl -I localhost:3131:

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Length: 9
Set-Cookie: cloud9.sid.3131=bqk4zxV4ETq9rrO79E4mkJn9.YW7gMDRCsOO95utQJy1mYm8LfTfZC%2F7Fx59DeFRFDpU; path=/; expires=Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:07:41 GMT; httpOnly
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22

When I try to hit the site externally using Chrome, I get:

Oops! Google Chrome could not find cloud9.mydomain.org

Did you mean: mydomain.org

Which is the default page Chrome displays when it cannot connect. Again, I don't see any errors in the access.log or error.log, unless for some reason it's not logging in the same place. I am going into /var/log/apache2 and doing an ls -lart to make sure I am seeing the latest log file.

apache-2.2

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    <VirtualHost *.80> - change that to <VirtualHost *:80>.

    That might be all that's needed, but if not, can you provide the output of apachectl -S?

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  2. Not pretty, but this works for both HTTP and SSL wo/ changes to Cloud9.

    Necessary Apache module: mod_proxy_wstunnel (available in Apache 2.4 I think, and tutorials to build for Apache 2.2.x are available, e.g. http://www.amoss.me.uk/2013/06/apache-2-2-websocket-proxying-ubuntu-mod_proxy_wstunnel/).

    ProxyPreserveHost On

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} transport=polling
RewriteRule ^(.*)smith.io(.*) /polling [P]

<Location />
   ProxyPass http://localhost:3131/
   ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:3131/
</Location>
<Location /smith.io>
   ProxyPass ws://localhost:3131/smith.io
   ProxyPassReverse ws://localhost:3131/smith.io
</Location>
<Location /polling>
   ProxyPass http://localhost:3131/smith.io/server
   ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:3131/smith.io/server
</Location>
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