On Jan 12, 10:21 am, Graham Dumpleton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 12, 6:48 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have the following in my apache config > > > <VirtualHost *:80> > > ServerName mdp.cti.depaul.edu > > ServerAlias mdp.cti.depaul.edu > > ServerAliaswww.web2py.com > > ServerAdmin [email protected] > > Alias / /home/user/web2py/applications/ > > <LocationMatch "/(.*)/static/(.*)$"> > > Order deny,allow > > Allow from all > > </LocationMatch> > > <Location "/examples"> > > Order deny,allow > > Allow from all > > ProxyPasshttp://127.0.0.1:8000/examples > > ProxyPassReversehttp://127.0.0.1:8000/ > > </Location> > > </virtualhost> > > > I want the former to take precedence over the latter so that static > > files are served by apache not not by web2py. I cannot find a way to > > do it. Any advice? > > You should read again my comments in: > > http://blog.dscpl.com.au/search/label/web2py > > about the evils of using Location/LocationMatch for access control > plus other stuff in my critique of your original mod_wsgi instructions > as they are also somewhat relevant in regard to aliasing static > directories. Also refer to the cleaned up mod_wsgi configuration in > book 2nd edition. > > So, try using: > > <VirtualHost *:80> > ServerName mdp.cti.depaul.edu > ServerAlias mdp.cti.depaul.edu > ServerAliaswww.web2py.com > ServerAdmin [email protected] > > AliasMatch ^/([^/]+)/static/(.*) /home/user/web2py/applications/$1/ > static/$2 > > <Directory /home/user/web2py/applications/*/static/> > Order Allow,Deny > Allow from all > </Directory> > > ProxyPass /exampleshttp://127.0.0.1:8000/examples > ProxyPassMatch /examples/static !
Whoops, order is important. You also likely don't need a match as only one suburl, thus: ProxyPass /examples/static ! ProxyPass /examples http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples Graham > ProxyPassReverse /exampleshttp://127.0.0.1:8000/examples > > </Virtualhost> > > In other words: > > 1. Move proxy outside of Location directive and explicitly supply > mount point. No access control necessary as mod_proxy ignores it. > > 2. Add a proxy exclusion for the suburl for where static files are. > > 3. Add sub url as final argument to ProxyPassReverse. > > 4. Use properly qualified static file mounts. > > 5. Use Directory directive around giving access to the static > directories. No abuse of Location/LocationMatch directives. > > Graham
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