You could 'lie' to the apache server by overriding DNS with an entry in /etc/hosts. This is how one rev proxies for Exchange2000 OWA.
-----Original Message----- From: Manon Goo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: HTTP Hostname for reverse proxy --On Mittwoch, 12. Februar 2003 18:37 Uhr +0200 Graham Leggett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Manon Goo wrote: > >> Is there any possibility to tell the realserver whct the hostname is >> ? > > What do you mean by "real server" and "hostname"? I want that reverse proxy connects to "real server" and sends: GET /bla/bla HTTP/1.1 HOST: hostname I would like to configure modproxy that it does nots send the host part of the url in the ProxyPass line but someting different. > >> I want to use ProxyPass /x http://10.1.1.1/ >> >> but I want to send "backendserver" in the HTTP Header to the host > > Use the "Header" directive to add arbitrary headers in the response to > the browser. > > If you want the backend server to know the IP address of the browser, > look for the X-Forwarded-For header. > > Regards, > Graham > -- > ----------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There's a moon > over Bourbon Street > tonight..." > ---------------------------------------- Robin P. Blanchard Systems Integration Specialist Georgia Center for Continuing Education fon: 706.542.2404 <|> fax: 706.542.6546 ----------------------------------------
