Hi,
I think mod_proxy should be enhanced/fixed in some way:
- If I use ProxyPass & ProxyPassReverse to forward connection from
"proxy" to "back-end", ProxyPassReverse adapts the "Location" header
from "back-end/..." to "proxy/...".
1. Why only the "Location header" ?
2. In case you access your proxy in HTTPS, and your back-end in HTTP,
ProxyPassReverse should also remove the protocol from all headers
3. ProxyPass should do the same for all headers - fixing the protocol,
and possibly the host if "ProxyPreserveHost" was not used
To summarise, this should be done for _all_ headers:
- ProxyPass: change "https://proxy/..."; to "http://back-end/...";
or "http://proxy/..."; if "ProxyPreserveHost" was used
(replace "https" by "protocol1" and http by "protocol2" to be generic)
- ProxyPassReverse: change "http://back-end/..."; to "https://proxy/...";
Does it sound sensible ?
Obviously, you could do it manually with "Header" & "RequestHeader"
(although I have problems to do it with 2.24 - is there a known issue
with mod_proxy), but you have to know every header by advance, and I do
not see any reason to not do it systematically.
Please correct or acknowledge my thought.
Nick
