Re: [users@httpd] https redirect not being resolved as expected

[Irene Hall]

Thanks for this. I tried the PT flag and it didn't make any difference. 
The disadvantage of not using mod_jk is that by using the http port of 
my app server in a rewrite it forces an external redirect and the URL is 
exposed to the browser which is not what I want....  Do I gather from 
what you're saying about the order that Apache tackles this that it is a 
no go ?
Cheers,
Irene

Krist van Besien wrote:
On 3/5/07, Irene Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 Please can somebody explain why this is not working.

 In my inc file I have a redirect on the secure port for  
my.secure.domain

     RewriteRule ^/aaaa/(.*).pdf
/bbbb/cccc?param1=xyz&param2=$1.pdf [L]

 I have a JKMount for

     JKMount /bbbb/* worker2

 I am deliberately doing an "internal redirect" as I do not want the 
new URL
going to the browser.
 I eventually turned on the RewriteLog to see what on earth was going 
on and
it turns out that the redirect does this:

 init rewrite engine with requested uri /aaaa/abcd.pdf


 (3) applying pattern '^/aaaa/(.*).pdf' to uri '/aaaa/abcd.pdf'


 (2) rewrite /aaaa/abcd.pdf -> /bbbb/cccc?param1=xyz&param2=abcd.pdf

 (3) split uri=/bbbb/cccc?param1=xyz&param2=abcd.pdf -> uri=/bbbb/cccc,
args=param1=xyz&param2=abcd.pdf        #Fine until here
 (2) local path result: /bbbb/cccc


 (2) prefixed with document_root to
/usr/local/apache/htdocs/the.document.root/bbbb/cccc
               # why does it prefix it with the document root and not
my.secure.domain ?
 (1) go-ahead with
/usr/local/apache/htdocs/shared.standardlife.com/bbbb/cccc
[OK]

 edir#1] (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /404.html


 What can I do to prevent it looking in the DocumentRoot and force it to
look in the domain itself ?


Your problem is due to the way mod rewrite works. mod-rewrite uses a
hook in the "url to filename" translation, which probably is after
mod_jk had a look at it.

What you could try is add the "PT" (pass through) flag to your rule.
Otherwise you can do what we do on our servers: Forget about mod_jk
and use rewrite rules to just proxy to the http port on your
application server.

Krist


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