A reverse proxy is a type of proxy server that fetches resources from a specific defined set of servers for a client. It is used in cases when there is an advantage to not exposing the web server with the content directly whether it be for security reasons or because of a lack of available public IP ...
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Setup trac 1.0.1 with nginx reverse proxy
I'm trying to setup trac 1.0.1 behind an nginx reverse proxy. Trac is listening on port 8000 internally, and nginx should listen to port 80 on < ipadress >/trac.
I managed to setup nginx such that ...
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Proxying while preserving URI with mod_security2
I'm using a proxy: action in mod_security2. I'd like to preserve the full URL of the original request, however, and it seems to be rewriting that to the url in my proxy: action.
So a request to ...
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Apache reverse proxy before redirect
I'm trying to setup a redirect to https on a specific ServerName but before it does the redirect I'd like it to match a Location path and reverse proxy to a separate server rather than redirect to the ...
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proxy to SSL third party site and masquerade url
To improve search engine optimization I need to have my SSL-enabled site https://www.company.com/support proxy to our SSL enabled third party support site https://company.custhelp.com, while at the ...
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What are the security implications of STARTING a reverse proxied origin server as an unprivileged user?
A common recommendation as part of web server security is to run the server daemon as an unprivileged user (e.g.: nobody) so that exploits executing arbitrary code may have less unwanted effects. ...
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Problems setting a cookie from a machine proxied by nginx
For a project of mine, I need to wire up a long chain of machines that are essentially proxying the HTTP requests for each other. It goes like this:
Web client - A - B/C - D
When a request is made ...
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Apache reverse proxy converts links in page to https
I have set up a reverse proxy and on the resulting page the http links show as https, so they cannot be loaded as this is a pure http page.
Could this be caused by a bad reverse proxy configuration?
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Internal server error trying to overwrite response host name using ARR IIS module
I have atlassian jira version 5 bug tracker server in my private network with domain name bt01.private.com. I want to publish this server to internet using application request routing iis module. I ...
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Apache as a Reverse Proxy Exposes internal server strings
I'm using Apache mod_proxy as a reverse proxy to internal servers, with mod_security to rename the apache server string to something different, however the server string of the internal servers get ...
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Proxy pass NGINX to NodeJS via UNIX socket instead of ip+port
I'm wondering if proxy_pass-ing NGINX to NodeJS via UNIX sockets is possible.
I know that I can start up a nodejs application and start listening on a random port on 127.0.0.1 and then proxy_pass ...
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Permanent Redirect on Apache is not working
I have an Apache 2.4 server on Windows 2008 that has been working great as a reverse proxy. It is serving content from a LifeRay 6.0 installation running on Glassfish 3.0. Originally, when we ...
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Setup Apache2 SSL as a Reverse Proxy
I have a web application that handles potentially sensitive information that needs to be exposed more publicly. Unfortunately it has it's own proprietary webserver built in that doesn't support SSL. ...
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Nginx subdomain proxypass
I want to redirect non-ssl traffic to ssl for all subdomains. I want to keep the subdomain the same. I want to specify a different proxy_pass for staging.foo.com. I only have 3 things going right now ...
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Stunnel + Varnish + Apache questions
I am currently running Varnish in front of apache for all http traffic. I added stunnel so as to take advantage of the cache for https connections as well. So, for https, stunnel talks to varnish ...
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Nginx Proxy not working due to expiration rule
I have setup nginx proxying and it only works if the second location block (the one that catches the static content) is missing from the config.
location /about {
rewrite /about/(.*) /$1 break;
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Configure nginx to forward external port to same internal port
I'm running TileMill, which is listening to port 20008 and 20009, from localhost. I want 20009 to be only accessed through nginx on port 80 (with simple auth). I want 20008 to be accessible "directly" ...
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Apache reverse proxy from one virtual host to two Tomcats
Does anyone have some tips or an example for how to configure this sort of reverse proxy arrangement on Apache Http Server 2.2? I support a Java web application that we develop in multiple ...
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How should I use a proxy server to access the internet - with custom Python plugins for request processing? [closed]
We're trying to understand how to set up a proxy server for our Web application. We need several processes to access the Internet through a proxy server in the internal network. Ideally, we could ...
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Nginx reverse proxying Drupal content served with Apache
I'm new to Nginx but was interested in trying it out.
I now have Nginx listening to port 80 and serving static html content from /srv/www for a main "promo site". I've also set up apache2 to the ...
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caching images with apache reverse proxy
I'm trying to set up an apache2 reverse proxy to cache images. (Apache, not nginx required)
There appear to be headers being cached, but not images,css etc.
My config:
CacheEnable disk /
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Apache Tomcat 7 + Nginx - IsTomcat Native needed?
this is my 1st question.
If i make mistake, simply point it out & i'll improve it next time.
I'm a Java Dev & new to Linux.
I deploy my Spring MVC app on a VPS with Tomcat 7 and use nginx as ...
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Apache reverse proxy causing ~40 second delay on first access after idle
I have a simple Apache 2.2 reverse proxy setup on OSX with three virtual hosts all providing SSL and Open Directory authentication before forwarding everything to their respective back end servers.
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Squid as fully transparent reverse proxy
I have got a few web servers running on my server and I want all of them to be accessible via port 80. I set up squid as a reverse proxy and it works fine. I, however, need the source ip address to be ...
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suggestions for tools to use proxy / reverse proxy setup [closed]
I am looking for some suggestions as to what tools / setup I would need for a reverse proxy configuration.
First off, this is what I am trying to achieve.
I want people to access www.example.com ...
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Apache2 mod_proxy modifies content-type for some reason
I am using a local proxy using apache2 to do some development work (OSX 10.8):
SSLProxyEngine on
ProxyPass /app https://my.server.org/app
ProxyPass /web https://my.server.org/web
Everything works ...
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Apache reverse proxy: Should I see name of server I'm redirected to in the browser?
It could be that my expectations are incorrect, but I assumed I'd see the following behavior after configuring an instance of Apache as a reverse proxy:
I hit server1:9089 which runs a reverse proxy ...
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what kind of ssl cert do i need for multiple subdomains of multiple domains hosted on a reverse proxy
i have an nginx reverse proxy that has multiple sub domains of mutliple domains. there is some content manipulation happening on my server, hence the need for the reverse proxy. they are all hosted on ...
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Apache through privoxy (connect to the internet via http proxy)
I feel like this should be simple but I've searched all day.
I want to set up a apache reverse proxy to mirror a Tor Hidden Service .onion address on the public Internet. Everything is set up except ...
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Apache as reverse proxy more resources
I'm moving a big directory of images from an HTTP server to another and I cannot change any configuration.
I would like my user don't even suppose that a moving in progress. So I thought to add an ...
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Squid proxy refusing to revalidate cache when Vary header present
squid.conf
cache_effective_user squid
http_access allow all
# Squid normally listens to port 3128
http_port 3128 accel defaultsite=localhost no-vhost ignore-cc
cache_peer localhost parent 80 0 ...
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How to configure apache as a reverse proxy with the remote server specified in a query string parameter
Problem:
I'm trying to configure apache as a reverse proxy where the remove server is specified in a query string parameter.
Let's say I'm serving a site at mywebapp.com. If you navigated to ...
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Squid proxy not caching anything
squid.conf:
http_access allow all
# Squid normally listens to port 3128
http_port 3128 accel defaultsite=localhost no-vhost
cache_peer localhost parent 80 0 no-query originserver name=myAccel
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Looking for a programmable reverse proxy [closed]
I'm looking for a reverse proxy that provides an external api.
What i'm looking to do is:
Set up new applications programmatically (without restarting the proxy).
Measure outgoing incoming ...
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Using Nginx as reverse proxy of ANOTHER server with Apache and Wordpress
Here's my problem:
I have a VPS on DreamHost that run all my 10 websites (all are Wordpress blogs), but one of my sites are getting some heavy traffic and I'm feeling that Apache is having some ...
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Reverse mod_proxy allow only some IP addresses
I realize this question is similar to this one, but I can't seem to make this work properly for me.
I'm trying to setup a reverse proxy server so some external contractors can reach one of our ...
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squid reverse proxy with multiple ports
I have a reverse proxy in front of my virtual machines. All DNS records point to the public IP where squid3 lives and squid redirects the traffic on the port 80.
Now, I would like to enable other ...
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In nginx reverse proxy, how to set the secure flag for cookies?
I'm using nginx as a reverse proxy to serve a https-only site. So I want the cookies for this site flagged as secure. But the backend server is an http one so it won't set the secure flag to its ...
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Trailing slash and tomcat http connector
I'm configuring tomcat to forward visitors to a different domain and different port using the tomcat http connector, and proxy settings in the apache site config (as explained here).
A more specific ...
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SSH Through Reverse Proxy
Ok I have an odd but hopefully simple one. I have looked up SSH Tunneling already and I am familiar with the "ssh -r" command. But this situation is different.
Here's the setup. I have 1 gateway ...
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Using an existing varnish service for another server
In this case, having a server that runs a couple of websites with a varnish service configured as well.
Now, on another server I run 2 wp multisites in a LAMP environment + W3TC Cache + APC, and now ...
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Access internally hosted IIS with Windows authentication from Internet
I have .NET web application running on IIS behind the firewall.
Application is using Windows authentication (NTLM) to authenticate users.
I need to make this application accessible from Internet so ...
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How to restrict particular URL using Apache ajp Reverse Proxy
I'm using Apache Reverse Proxy, following is some of Apache Virtual Host configuration
ProxyRequests Off
<Proxy *>
AddDefaultCharset off
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
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Setting up a reverse proxy to cache images
I wrote a quick Python server to serve resampled images. For example, a URL might look something like http://images.domain.com/resample/100x100/9f362e1994264321.jpg. Being that resampling images is ...
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Nginx reverse proxy, satisfy any causing all clients to be permitted [duplicate]
I am having a problem with satisfy any in a server or location block causing all clients to be permitted access, which afaik is not the expected behavior.
server {
listen 80;
server_name ...
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Is this how a reverse proxy works? [closed]
I'm building a home server soon and I want to have the IP that apache appears to be serving files from to be different from my home network.
If I have a server running nginx can I use it as a reverse ...
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Apache mod_ldap / mod_authnz_ldap not caching?
I have an Ubnutu 12.04 server running Apache2 that is configured as a reverse proxy. Apache has been further configured for basic authentication via LDAP. Everything is working fine, except the ...
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How to reverse proxy specific ports to a different server behind a firewall using Apache mod_proxy
I have two Web severs, one Apache 2 and the other IIS 8, and both are on a LAN behind a firewall. I have ports 80, 443, and 8080-8088 open on the firewall. I have an externally hosted DNS A record ...
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How to configure Squid reverse proxy with mirrored parents as cache peers?
So I'm trying to configure Squid as a reverse proxy, listening on port 80, in front of two web servers. One web server runs on the localhost and listens on port 81 and contains a subset of all ...
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Open Proxy Spam Traffic
I have an apache server that was misconfigured and left as an open proxy for a week. A bunch of requests for forwarding pay-per-click advertising started streaming in and using our server.
This ...
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what is simplier to deploy as reverse proxy server: nginx, lighthttpd or mongrel? [closed]
I have node.js (storage) and ruby (RoR, backend) applications, and I want them running behind a reverse proxy. What is the simpliest solution for it (I have not enough time now to fight with the ...
