Apache (with Nginx) redirects on directory listing

Question

I have setup Nginx as a reverse proxy in front of Apache. Everything seems to be working fine, although:

When i try to access an index-file (say index.php) but without specifying the file itself, and leaving out the trailing slash of the folder, Apache will redirect.

Example:

http://127.0.0.1/directory

I expect to see index.php - instead Apache will redirect to: http://127.0.0.1:8080/directory ... and show a "page not found" error.

Bonus info

Nginx listens on port 80 Apache listens on port 8080

Answer 1

Okay, I stumbled upopn the answer:

A "trailing slash" redirect is issued when the server receives a request for a URL http://servername/foo/dirname where dirname is a directory. Directories require a trailing slash, so mod_dir issues a redirect to http://servername/foo/dirname/

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_dir.html