Hi With Apache 2.0 you can do
ProxyPass /images ! to indicate you do not want to reverse proxy that location. With Apache 1.3 you can use mod_rewrite to simulate the same On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 04:09:51PM -0400, Mike Collins wrote: > Tim, > > I joined this list a few weeks ago. I am not a mod developer but I was > inquiring on something in the same ballpark. > > I was looking for a proxy command to filter out resource files like images > and style sheets. > > So the following works great. But performance suffers with images. > > <VirtualHost *> > ServerName apacheapp1:8080 > DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/app1" > ProxyPass / http://localhost:8500/ > ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8500/ > </VirtualHost> > > What I would like to do is > > <ProxyMatch [^/images/]> > ProxyPass http://localhost:8000/ > ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8000/ > </ProxyMatch> > > so all requests for files in the images directory would not get proxied and > get served from the web server doc root. > > If you find a solution let us know. > > Thanks, > Mike > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:01 AM > Subject: Suggestions for mod_proxy > > > Greetings mod_proxy developers: > > Normally, I would not bother a developer list, but certain requirements > in a recent project sparked my desire to post a suggestion for mod_proxy. > > The directive: ProxyBlock has very broad or very narrow application. > > For example: > > ProxyBlock * > > Effectively disables Apache as a proxy. > > Opposite is: > > ProxyBlock .playboy.com .hustler.com .wired.com > > which is a very grandular approach. > > There is not an "in-between". Specifically, I was handed requirements to > set up a "kiosk-like" box that served local content, but could go to > Mapquest if desired. So my initial idea was to set Apache up as a proxy > that would block traffic to all websites /except/ Mapquest. > > Now, I know that other, probably more efficent IP layer methods exist, > but the client does not wish to, or want to, play with their routers. > > So I tried, after a number of creative suggestions on the Apache User > list, to get this to work (block all traffic to websites other than > Mapquest). All to no avail. > > mod_proxy does not appear, by design it seems, to allow negated domains, > or for example: > > ProxyBlock * !.mapquest.com > > I'm currently working on some rather creative solutions to fix this (it > appears that no workaround in mod_proxy exists). One such workaround is > to write domains to a text file and periodically restart Apache to > "source" in a new ProxyBlock list (otherwise the sheer amount of upfront > work of entering by hand the global list of domain names is daungting > indeed). > > If the developers are open to suggestions, this seems to me to be a near > perfect one. > > I thank each of you for your time and for the most excellent HTTPD on > the Internet (I refuse to use anything else!) :) > > Tim > -- Teach Yourself Apache 2 -- http://apacheworld.org/ty24/
