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I have a web server running at 192.168.1.100 and an Apache 2.2 proxy running at 192.168.1.1

If my web server is listening in on the standard port 80 then I can successfully make an HTTP request

GET http://192.168.1.100/ HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.100

and get back a response. However, if my web server is running on a non-standard port like 12345 then my request to the proxy

GET http://192.168.1.100:12345/ HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.100:12345

fails by returning a 404. I can access this page directly when the web server is running on either port 80 or 12345, I can access it through the proxy when the web server is running on port 80, but I can't access it through the proxy when the web server is running on port 12345.

Is there some kind of Apache configuration I need to set to allow requests to go to web servers on nonstandard ports?

EDIT: I should specify that I need a generic forward proxy that can access any site on the internet in addition to these local sites which run on nonstandard ports, so I can't simply set up a reverse proxy without adding configuration for every internal website.

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Reverse Proxy

ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / http://server.com:12345/
ProxyPassReverse / http://server.com:12345/

-- may work without the / in front but this is how is written into the docs. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html

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  • Unfortunately, I need to access lots of websites rather than just this one, so I need a forward rather than reverse proxy.
    – Eli Courtwright
    Dec 14, 2010 at 19:49
  • not sure I get it - how do you set the forward - from what is written so far you have a proxy - not a reversed proxy and you want the ability to proxy on non standard ports ...
    – silviud
    Dec 15, 2010 at 1:15
  • I have a standard proxy setup via ProxyRequests On and it's important that I be able to get at 192.168.1.100:12345 via a normal proxy request like GET http://192.168.1.100:12345/ HTTP/1.1 which is why using ProxyPass and/or ProxyPassReverse is infeasible. Regardless, thanks for your help so far.
    – Eli Courtwright
    Dec 20, 2010 at 14:22

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