Especially with this request, as it has been asked multiple times in the past, and the maintainers have continually said that this is beyond the scope of what pound is intended to do. As such, I don't think your feature request is likely to be implemented anytime soon.
Simple reason is pound doesn't manipulate requests or responses. It doesn't rewrite URLs, nor does it read and interpret the content the backend returns. Pound load balances between backends, and that's about it. Which means it can be very fast and have a small memory footprint. It is very likely in your situation that URL rewriting would not be sufficient. You would also need content rewriting to handle any absolute links that the backend might send inline, plus it would need to rewrite redirects (which pound DOES do, at least if the hostname is different), and it would need to possibly make decisions based on the referrer as well. Apache mod_rewrite and mod_proxy do all these things, and they're complicated to maintain and configure, specifically because of the difficulty of coercing a web app to another URL without ever notifying the App. 9 times out of 10 that I've tried to do something like this, I've given up before getting the right set of magic rules in place to make the site usable, even using the correct tools for the job. (Apache + mod_proxy + mod_rewrite) Not trying to speak for Robert here, but based on past responses, I'm about 99% sure Pound will never be that type of proxy. It's a load balancer, but not a content rewriter. Unless, of course, you want to write a patch. :) But it's unlikely to make it into the main product. Joe Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail transmission may contain confidential and legally privileged information that is intended only for the individual named in the e-mail address. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance upon the contents of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please reply to the sender, so that proper delivery can be arranged, and please delete the message from your mail box. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Steinberg [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 9:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Pound Mailing List] stripping URL when forwarding > > On 5/24/2010 2:29 AM, Jean-Pierre van Melis wrote: > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > Although I used to be a programmer and am now picking that up again > > with shell scripting, I'm still too unfamiliar with C. I don't know > > the reason why you are inviting me to do it myself. If you don't have > > time right now, I can wait until you do. Or is it something you don't > > want to implement in the distributed program? > > I suggest you do it merely b/c you have the need, and it is my > philosophy to scratch one's own itch (or at least try, and then ask for > help). I'm not the maintainer of pound, just a list participant, but > in > my experience patches tend to get things done a lot faster than feature > requests. > > Regards, > -- > Dave Steinberg > http://www.geekisp.com/ > http://www.steinbergcomputing.com/ > > -- > To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to > [email protected]. > Please contact [email protected] for questions. -- To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to [email protected]. Please contact [email protected] for questions.
