Ok, will give this a shot, although I won't get any support from them for the reverse proxy - but hopefully won't need any. :)
*/Charles/*/* */ On Mon May 07 2018 13:56:56 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Yehuda Katz <[email protected]> wrote: > Your application will still need to run on a Windows server with IIS, > but it can be behind your firewall. Your Apache HTTPD server would go > in your DMZ and would proxy connections between the clients on the > internet and the internal server. (Your firewall would need to allow > those connections.) > > - Y > > On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 1:44 PM Charles Marcus > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Ok, thanks! > > But to be clear - I asked the Support people and was told, and I > quote: > > "The Webvantage, Client Portal and Mobile Server applications are > .Net IIS applications that require Microsoft Windows and IIS." > > So... was that just a typical response from a Windows support > person who doesn't really understand web servers? > > The software in question is described here: > > http://www.gotoadvantage.com/web-based-management-software > > I don't mind doing the work, I'd just rather not go down a rabbit > hole trying to do something that can/will never work. > > Thanks again, > > */Charles/*/* > > > */ > On Mon May 07 2018 13:37:36 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), > Yehuda Katz <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> Certainly. I would start with the Reverse Proxy >> Guide: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/reverse_proxy.html >> Come back here if you have any questions. >> >> - Y >> >> On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 1:32 PM Charles Marcus >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I just want to know if this is even worth my time trying to >> figure out. >> >> We have an Accounting application (.ne/IIS on Windows Server >> 2008R2) on our LAN, but I need to provide a window to this >> through the internet, and I'd really, really like to not put >> a Windows Server on our DMZ facing the internet directly (if >> I have to, it will be a separate/standalone server that >> redirects/proxies to the Accounting server). >> >> first and foremost - is it even possible to setup an Apache >> server to do this? I loathe IIS, and also don't know much >> about it, but I'm also pretty much a noob when it comes to >> web servers in general. I do have some experience a while >> back with Apache, which is why I'm starting here. >> >> If it isn't, so be it, but if it is, is it very involved? >> >> Tia... >> >> */Charles/*/* >> */ >> >
