Apache reverser proxy fails when submitting an HTML form

Question

I folks,

I want to build this scenario: one public server (openSuSE + Apache2 + Zope/Plone) and other private server with web applications (openSuSE + Apache2 + Zope/Plone).

I want users think they are working only with one server (SSO is already configured and works fine).

I installed mod_proxy_html in public server. And now I can 'route' traffic between the servers except only when the application submit an HTML form. In this case the URL changes to the private server.

RewriteRule ^/Intranet/Apps/app1(.*) http://private.dom.com:8080/VirtualHostBase/http/private.dom.com:80/CELLS/VirtualHostRoot/Intranet/Apps/app1/$1 [L,P]
ProxyPassReverse / http://public.dom.com:8080/VirtualHostBase/http/public.dom.com:80/DOM/VirtualHostRoot/

ProxyHTMLDoctype XHTML
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE;proxy-html;INFLATE
ProxyHTMLURLMap http://private.dom.com http://public.dom.com

ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain .private.dom.com .public.dom.com
ProxyPassReverseCookiePath / /

I don't know what I'm doing wrong or what I miss to configure :-(

Thanks in advance, Oscar.

Answer 1

Finally I see the light!

The only I need is this:

RewriteRule ^/Intranet/Apps/app1(.*) http://private.dom.com:8080/VirtualHostBase/http/%{HTTP_HOST}:80/DOM/VirtualHostRoot/Intranet/Apps/app1/$1 [L,P] 
ProxyPassReverse / http://private.dom.com:8080/VirtualHostBase/http/%{HTTP_HOST}:80/DOM/VirtualHostRoot/

And the key of this issue is on adding %{HTTP_HOST} (an Apache2 variable), disable the Apache2 in the private server, and the work will be done by the VirtualHostMonster on the private server.

Thanks for all of your comments and regards! Oscar.