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cvs commit: httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod mod_proxy.xml mod_proxy.html.en
slive 02/05/27 18:36:44
Modified: docs/manual/mod mod_proxy.xml mod_proxy.html.en
Log:
Update the proxy docs a little bit. Still lots of work needed.
Revision Changes Path
1.4 +127 -14 httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
Index: mod_proxy.xml
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--- mod_proxy.xml 23 May 2002 14:50:11 -0000 1.3
+++ mod_proxy.xml 28 May 2002 01:36:44 -0000 1.4
@@ -99,24 +99,18 @@
<section id="access"><title>Controlling access to your proxy</title>
-<!-- XXX: This is completely wrong... There is a proxy block
-in 2.0 -->
-
-<p>You can control who can access your proxy via the normal <directive module="core" type="section">Directory</directive>
+<p>You can control who can access your proxy via the
+<directive module="mod_proxy" type="section">Proxy</directive>
control block using the following example:</p>
<example>
-<Directory proxy:*><br />
+<Proxy *><br />
Order Deny,Allow<br />
Deny from all<br />
Allow from 192.168.0<br />
-</Directory>
+</Proxy>
</example>
-<p>A <directive module="core" type="section">Files</directive> block
-will also work, and is the only method known to work for all possible
-URLs in Apache versions earlier than 1.2b10.</p>
-
<p>When configuring a reverse proxy, access control takes on the
attributes of the normal server <directive module="core"
type="section">directory</directive> configuration.</p>
@@ -264,8 +258,65 @@
</section>
+<directivesynopsis type="section">
+<name>Proxy</name>
+<syntax><Proxy <em>wildcard-url</em>> ...</Proxy></syntax>
+<description>Container for directives applied to proxied
+resources</description>
+<contextlist><context>server config</context>
+<context>virtual host</context></contextlist>
+
+<usage>
+<p>Directives placed in <directive type="section">Proxy</directive>
+sections apply only to matching proxied content. Shell-style
+wildcards are allowed.</p>
+
+<p>For example, the following will allow only hosts in
+<code>yournetwork.example.com</code> to access content via your
+proxy server:</p>
+
+<example>
+<Proxy *><br />
+ Order Deny,Allow<br />
+ Deny from all<br />
+ Allow from yournetwork.example.com<br />
+<Proxy>
+</example>
+
+<p>The following example will process all files in the
+<code>foo</code> directory of <code>example.com</code> through the
+<code>INCLUDES</code> filter when they are sent through the proxy
+server:</p>
+<example>
+<Proxy http://example.com/foo/*><br />
+ SetOutputFilter INCLUDES<br />
+<Proxy>
+</example>
+</usage>
+</directivesynopsis>
+
+
+<directivesynopsis type="section">
+<name>ProxyMatch</name>
+<syntax><Proxy <em>regex</em>> ...</Proxy></syntax>
+<description>Container for directives applied to regular-expression-matched
+proxied resources</description>
+<contextlist><context>server config</context>
+<context>virtual host</context></contextlist>
+
+<usage>
+<p>The <directive type="section">ProxyMatch</directive> directive is
+identical to the <directive module="mod_proxy"
+type="section">Proxy</directive> directive, except it matches URLs
+using regular expressions.</p>
+</usage>
+</directivesynopsis>
+
+
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyPreserveHost</name>
+<description>Use incoming Host HTTP request header for
+proxy request</description>
<syntax>ProxyPreserveHost on|off</syntax>
<default>ProxyPreserveHost Off</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
@@ -285,6 +336,7 @@
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyRequests</name>
+<description>Enables forward (standard) proxy requests</description>
<syntax>ProxyRequests on|off</syntax>
<default>ProxyRequests Off</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
@@ -309,6 +361,7 @@
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyRemote</name>
+<description>Remote proxy used to handle certain requests</description>
<syntax>ProxyRemote <em>match remote-server</em></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context>
@@ -347,15 +400,32 @@
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis>
+<name>ProxyRemoteMatch</name>
+<description>Remote proxy used to handle requests
+matched by regular expressions</description>
+<syntax>ProxyRemote <em>regex remote-server</em></syntax>
+<contextlist><context>server config</context>
+<context>virtual host</context>
+</contextlist>
+
+<usage>
+<p>The <directive>ProxyRemoteMatch</directive> is identical
+to the <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyRemote</directive>
+directive, except the first argument is a regular expression
+match against the requested URL.</p>
+</usage>
+</directivesynopsis>
+
+<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyPass</name>
+<description>Maps remote servers into the local server
+URL-space</description>
<syntax>ProxyPass [<em>path</em>] !|<em>url</em></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>
<usage>
-<!-- XXX: Need to document that the path is not used when placed in
-a location section -->
<p>This directive allows remote servers to be mapped into the space of
the local server; the local server does not act as a proxy in the
conventional sense, but appears to be a mirror of the remote
@@ -381,19 +451,25 @@
<p>will proxy all requests to /mirror/foo to foo.com EXCEPT requests made to /mirror/foo/i</p>
<note>NB: order is important. you need to put the exclusions BEFORE the general proxypass directive</note>
+
+<p>When used inside a <directive type="section"
+module="core">Location</directive> section, the first argument is
+ommitted and the local directory is obtained from the <directive
+type="section" module="core">Location</directive>.</p>
</usage>
+
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyPassReverse</name>
+<description>Adjusts the URL in HTTP response headers sent from
+a reverse proxied server</description>
<syntax>ProxyPassReverse [<em>path</em>] <em>url</em></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>
<usage>
-<!-- XXX: Need to document that the path is not used when placed in
-a location section -->
<p>This directive lets Apache adjust the URL in the <code>Location</code>,
<code>Content-Location</code> and <code>URI</code> headers on
HTTP redirect responses. This is essential when Apache is used as
@@ -426,11 +502,19 @@
<module>mod_rewrite</module> because its doesn't depend on a
corresponding <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyPass</directive>
directive.</p>
+
+<p>When used inside a <directive type="section"
+module="core">Location</directive> section, the first argument is
+ommitted and the local directory is obtained from the <directive
+type="section" module="core">Location</directive>.</p>
+
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis>
<name>AllowCONNECT</name>
+<description>Ports that are allowed to <code>CONNECT</code> through
+the proxy</description>
<syntax>AllowCONNECT <em>port</em> [<em>port</em>] ...</syntax>
<default>AllowCONNECT 443 563</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
@@ -451,6 +535,8 @@
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyBlock</name>
+<description>Words, hosts, or domains that are banned from being
+proxied</description>
<syntax>ProxyBlock *|<em>word|host|domain</em>
[<em>word|host|domain</em>] ...</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
@@ -489,6 +575,8 @@
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyReceiveBufferSize</name>
+<description>Network buffer size for outgoing HTTP and FTP
+connections</description>
<syntax>ProxyReceiveBufferSize <em>bytes</em></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context>
@@ -507,7 +595,23 @@
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis>
+<name>ProxyIOBufferSize</name>
+<description>IO buffer size for outgoing HTTP and FTP
+connections</description>
+<syntax>ProxyIOBufferSize <em>bytes</em></syntax>
+<contextlist><context>server config</context>
+<context>virtual host</context>
+</contextlist>
+
+<usage>
+<!-- XXX: content needed -->
+</usage>
+</directivesynopsis>
+
+<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyMaxForwards</name>
+<description>Maximium number of proxies that a request can be forwarded
+through</description>
<syntax>ProxyMaxForwards <em>number</em></syntax>
<default>ProxyMaxForwards 10</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
@@ -528,6 +632,8 @@
<directivesynopsis>
<name>NoProxy</name>
+<description>Hosts, domains, or networks that will be connected
+to directly</description>
<syntax>NoProxy
<em>Domain</em>|
<em>SubNet</em>|
@@ -643,6 +749,7 @@
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyTimeout</name>
+<description>Network timeout for proxied requests</description>
<syntax>ProxyTimeout <em>seconds</em></syntax>
<default>ProxyTimeout 300</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
@@ -662,6 +769,7 @@
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyDomain</name>
+<description>Default domain name for proxied requests</description>
<syntax>ProxyDomain <em>Domain</em></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context>
@@ -685,6 +793,8 @@
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyVia</name>
+<description>Information provided in the <code>Via</code> HTTP response
+header for proxied requests</description>
<syntax>ProxyVia on|off|full|block</syntax>
<default>ProxyVia off</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
@@ -719,6 +829,7 @@
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyErrorOverride</name>
+<description>Override error pages for proxied content</description>
<syntax>ProxyErrorOverride On|Off</syntax>
<default>ProxyErrorOverride Off</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
@@ -735,4 +846,6 @@
Error message).</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>
+
+
</modulesynopsis>
1.2 +75 -25 httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.html.en
Index: mod_proxy.html.en
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RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.html.en,v
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--- mod_proxy.html.en 23 May 2002 14:23:51 -0000 1.1
+++ mod_proxy.html.en 28 May 2002 01:36:44 -0000 1.2
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
dangerous both to your network and to the Internet at large.</p></td></tr></table></blockquote>
-<h2>Directives</h2><ul><li><a href="#allowconnect">AllowCONNECT</a></li><li><a href="#noproxy">NoProxy</a></li><li><a href="#proxyblock">ProxyBlock</a></li><li><a href="#proxydomain">ProxyDomain</a></li><li><a href="#proxyerroroverride">ProxyErrorOverride</a></li><li><a href="#proxymaxforwards">ProxyMaxForwards</a></li><li><a href="#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></li><li><a href="#proxypassreverse">ProxyPassReverse</a></li><li><a href="#proxypreservehost">ProxyPreserveHost</a></li><li><a href="#proxyreceivebuffersize">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</a></li><li><a href="#proxyremote">ProxyRemote</a></li><li><a href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a></li><li><a href="#proxytimeout">ProxyTimeout</a></li><li><a href="#proxyvia">ProxyVia</a></li></ul><h2><a name="configs">Common configuration topics</a></h2>
+<h2>Directives</h2><ul><li><a href="#allowconnect">AllowCONNECT</a></li><li><a href="#noproxy">NoProxy</a></li><li><a href="#proxy">Proxy</a></li><li><a href="#proxyblock">ProxyBlock</a></li><li><a href="#proxydomain">ProxyDomain</a></li><li><a href="#proxyerroroverride">ProxyErrorOverride</a></li><li><a href="#proxyiobuffersize">ProxyIOBufferSize</a></li><li><a href="#proxymatch">ProxyMatch</a></li><li><a href="#proxymaxforwards">ProxyMaxForwards</a></li><li><a href="#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></li><li><a href="#proxypassreverse">ProxyPassReverse</a></li><li><a href="#proxypreservehost">ProxyPreserveHost</a></li><li><a href="#proxyreceivebuffersize">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</a></li><li><a href="#proxyremote">ProxyRemote</a></li><li><a href="#proxyremotematch">ProxyRemoteMatch</a></li><li><a href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a></li><li><a href="#proxytimeout">ProxyTimeout</a></li><li><a href="#proxyvia">ProxyVia</a></li></ul><h2><a name="configs">Common configuration topics</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#forwardreverse">Forward and Reverse Proxies</a></li>
@@ -88,23 +88,18 @@
<h3><a name="access">Controlling access to your proxy</a></h3>
-
-
-<p>You can control who can access your proxy via the normal <a href="core.html#directory" class="directive"><code class="directive"><Directory></code></a>
+<p>You can control who can access your proxy via the
+<a href="#proxy" class="directive"><code class="directive"><Proxy></code></a>
control block using the following example:</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
-<Directory proxy:*><br>
+<Proxy *><br>
Order Deny,Allow<br>
Deny from all<br>
Allow from 192.168.0<br>
-</Directory>
+</Proxy>
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
-<p>A <a href="core.html#files" class="directive"><code class="directive"><Files></code></a> block
-will also work, and is the only method known to work for all possible
-URLs in Apache versions earlier than 1.2b10.</p>
-
<p>When configuring a reverse proxy, access control takes on the
attributes of the normal server <a href="core.html#directory" class="directive"><code class="directive"><directory></code></a> configuration.</p>
@@ -226,7 +221,8 @@
since the user's bookmark files will then contain fully qualified hosts.</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="AllowCONNECT">AllowCONNECT</a> <a name="allowconnect">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>AllowCONNECT <em>port</em> [<em>port</em>] ...</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>AllowCONNECT 443 563</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="AllowCONNECT">AllowCONNECT</a> <a name="allowconnect">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Ports that are allowed to CONNECT through
+the proxy</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>AllowCONNECT <em>port</em> [<em>port</em>] ...</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>AllowCONNECT 443 563</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>The <code class="directive">AllowCONNECT</code> directive specifies a list
of port numbers to which the proxy <code>CONNECT</code> method may
connect. Today's browsers use this method when a <em>https</em>
@@ -235,7 +231,8 @@
default snews port (563) are enabled. Use the
<code class="directive">AllowCONNECT</code> directive to overrride this default and
allow connections to the listed ports only.</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="NoProxy">NoProxy</a> <a name="noproxy">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>NoProxy
+<hr/><h2><a name="NoProxy">NoProxy</a> <a name="noproxy">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Hosts, domains, or networks that will be connected
+to directly</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>NoProxy
<em>Domain</em>|
<em>SubNet</em>|
<em>IpAddr</em>|
@@ -337,7 +334,35 @@
and <code>www.mydomain.com.</code> (note the trailing period) are
considered equal.</dd>
</dl>
-<p><strong>See also </strong></p><ul><li><a href="../dns-caveats.html">DNS Issues</a></li></ul><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyBlock">ProxyBlock</a> <a name="proxyblock">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyBlock *|<em>word|host|domain</em>
+<p><strong>See also </strong></p><ul><li><a href="../dns-caveats.html">DNS Issues</a></li></ul><hr/><h2><a name="Proxy"><Proxy></a> <a name="proxy">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Container for directives applied to proxied
+resources</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><Proxy <em>wildcard-url</em>> ...</Proxy></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<p>Directives placed in <code class="directive"><Proxy></code>
+sections apply only to matching proxied content. Shell-style
+wildcards are allowed.</p>
+
+<p>For example, the following will allow only hosts in
+<code>yournetwork.example.com</code> to access content via your
+proxy server:</p>
+
+<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
+<Proxy *><br>
+ Order Deny,Allow<br>
+ Deny from all<br>
+ Allow from yournetwork.example.com<br>
+<Proxy>
+</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
+
+<p>The following example will process all files in the
+<code>foo</code> directory of <code>example.com</code> through the
+<code>INCLUDES</code> filter when they are sent through the proxy
+server:</p>
+<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
+<Proxy http://example.com/foo/*><br>
+ SetOutputFilter INCLUDES<br>
+<Proxy>
+</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyBlock">ProxyBlock</a> <a name="proxyblock">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Words, hosts, or domains that are banned from being
+proxied</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyBlock *|<em>word|host|domain</em>
[<em>word|host|domain</em>] ...</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ProxyBlock</code> directive specifies a list of
words, hosts and/or domains, separated by spaces. HTTP, HTTPS, and
@@ -365,7 +390,7 @@
<p>blocks connections to all sites.</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyDomain">ProxyDomain</a> <a name="proxydomain">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyDomain <em>Domain</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyDomain">ProxyDomain</a> <a name="proxydomain">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Default domain name for proxied requests</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyDomain <em>Domain</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>This directive is only useful for Apache proxy servers within
intranets. The <code class="directive">ProxyDomain</code> directive specifies
the default domain which the apache proxy server will belong to. If a
@@ -378,14 +403,23 @@
NoProxy .mycompany.com 192.168.112.0/21<br>
ProxyDomain .mycompany.com
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyErrorOverride">ProxyErrorOverride</a> <a name="proxyerroroverride">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyErrorOverride On|Off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyErrorOverride Off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in version 2.0 and later</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyErrorOverride">ProxyErrorOverride</a> <a name="proxyerroroverride">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Override error pages for proxied content</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyErrorOverride On|Off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyErrorOverride Off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in version 2.0 and later</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>This directive is useful for reverse-proxy setups, where you want to
have a common look and feel on the error pages seen by the end user.
This also allows for included files (via mod_include's SSI) to get
the error code and act accordingly (default behavior would display
the error page of the proxied server, turning this on shows the SSI
Error message).</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyMaxForwards">ProxyMaxForwards</a> <a name="proxymaxforwards">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyMaxForwards <em>number</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyMaxForwards 10</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in Apache 2.0 and later</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyIOBufferSize">ProxyIOBufferSize</a> <a name="proxyiobuffersize">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>IO buffer size for outgoing HTTP and FTP
+connections</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyIOBufferSize <em>bytes</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyMatch"><ProxyMatch></a> <a name="proxymatch">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Container for directives applied to regular-expression-matched
+proxied resources</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><Proxy <em>regex</em>> ...</Proxy></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<p>The <code class="directive"><ProxyMatch></code> directive is
+identical to the <a href="#proxy" class="directive"><code class="directive"><Proxy></code></a> directive, except it matches URLs
+using regular expressions.</p>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyMaxForwards">ProxyMaxForwards</a> <a name="proxymaxforwards">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Maximium number of proxies that a request can be forwarded
+through</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyMaxForwards <em>number</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyMaxForwards 10</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in Apache 2.0 and later</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ProxyMaxForwards</code> directive specifies the
maximum number of proxies through which a request may pass. This is
set to prevent infinite proxy loops, or a DoS attack.</p>
@@ -393,8 +427,8 @@
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Example</strong></p><code>
ProxyMaxForwards 10
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyPass">ProxyPass</a> <a name="proxypass">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyPass [<em>path</em>] !|<em>url</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
-
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyPass">ProxyPass</a> <a name="proxypass">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Maps remote servers into the local server
+URL-space</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyPass [<em>path</em>] !|<em>url</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>This directive allows remote servers to be mapped into the space of
the local server; the local server does not act as a proxy in the
conventional sense, but appears to be a mirror of the remote
@@ -420,8 +454,11 @@
<p>will proxy all requests to /mirror/foo to foo.com EXCEPT requests made to /mirror/foo/i</p>
<blockquote><table><tr><td bgcolor="#e0e5f5">NB: order is important. you need to put the exclusions BEFORE the general proxypass directive</td></tr></table></blockquote>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyPassReverse">ProxyPassReverse</a> <a name="proxypassreverse">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyPassReverse [<em>path</em>] <em>url</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<p>When used inside a <a href="core.html#location" class="directive"><code class="directive"><Location></code></a> section, the first argument is
+ommitted and the local directory is obtained from the <a href="core.html#location" class="directive"><code class="directive"><Location></code></a>.</p>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyPassReverse">ProxyPassReverse</a> <a name="proxypassreverse">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Adjusts the URL in HTTP response headers sent from
+a reverse proxied server</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyPassReverse [<em>path</em>] <em>url</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>This directive lets Apache adjust the URL in the <code>Location</code>,
<code>Content-Location</code> and <code>URI</code> headers on
HTTP redirect responses. This is essential when Apache is used as
@@ -454,14 +491,20 @@
<code><a href="mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> because its doesn't depend on a
corresponding <a href="#proxypass" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyPass</code></a>
directive.</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyPreserveHost">ProxyPreserveHost</a> <a name="proxypreservehost">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyPreserveHost on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyPreserveHost Off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in
+
+<p>When used inside a <a href="core.html#location" class="directive"><code class="directive"><Location></code></a> section, the first argument is
+ommitted and the local directory is obtained from the <a href="core.html#location" class="directive"><code class="directive"><Location></code></a>.</p>
+
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyPreserveHost">ProxyPreserveHost</a> <a name="proxypreservehost">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Use incoming Host HTTP request header for
+proxy request</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyPreserveHost on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyPreserveHost Off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in
Apache 2.0.31 and later.</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>When enabled, this option will pass the Host: line from the
incoming request to the proxied host, instead of the hostname
specified in the proxypass line.
</p>
<p>This option should normally be turned 'off'.</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyReceiveBufferSize">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</a> <a name="proxyreceivebuffersize">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyReceiveBufferSize <em>bytes</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyReceiveBufferSize">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</a> <a name="proxyreceivebuffersize">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Network buffer size for outgoing HTTP and FTP
+connections</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyReceiveBufferSize <em>bytes</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</code> directive
specifies an explicit network buffer size for outgoing HTTP and FTP
connections, for increased throughput. It has to be greater than 512
@@ -470,7 +513,7 @@
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Example</strong></p><code>
ProxyReceiveBufferSize 2048
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyRemote">ProxyRemote</a> <a name="proxyremote">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyRemote <em>match remote-server</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyRemote">ProxyRemote</a> <a name="proxyremote">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Remote proxy used to handle certain requests</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyRemote <em>match remote-server</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>This defines remote proxies to this proxy. <em>match</em> is either the
name of a URL-scheme that the remote server supports, or a partial URL
for which the remote server should be used, or '*' to indicate the
@@ -499,7 +542,13 @@
<p>This option also supports reverse proxy configuration - a backend
webserver can be embedded within a virtualhost URL space even if that
server is hidden by another forward proxy.</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyRequests">ProxyRequests</a> <a name="proxyrequests">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyRequests on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyRequests Off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyRemoteMatch">ProxyRemoteMatch</a> <a name="proxyremotematch">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Remote proxy used to handle requests
+matched by regular expressions</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyRemote <em>regex remote-server</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<p>The <code class="directive">ProxyRemoteMatch</code> is identical
+to the <a href="#proxyremote" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyRemote</code></a>
+directive, except the first argument is a regular expression
+match against the requested URL.</p>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyRequests">ProxyRequests</a> <a name="proxyrequests">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Enables forward (standard) proxy requests</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyRequests on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyRequests Off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>This allows or prevents Apache from functioning as a forward proxy
server. (Setting ProxyRequests to 'off' does not disable use of the
<a href="#proxypass" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyPass</code></a> directive.)</p>
@@ -511,14 +560,15 @@
<a href="#access">secured your server</a>. Open proxy servers are
dangerous both to your network and to the Internet at large.</p></td></tr></table></blockquote>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyTimeout">ProxyTimeout</a> <a name="proxytimeout">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyTimeout <em>seconds</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyTimeout 300</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyTimeout">ProxyTimeout</a> <a name="proxytimeout">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Network timeout for proxied requests</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyTimeout <em>seconds</em></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyTimeout 300</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in
Apache 2.0.31 and later</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>This directive allows a user to specifiy a timeout on proxy requests.
This is usefull when you have a slow/buggy appserver which hangs,
and you would rather just return a timeout and fail gracefully instead
of waiting however long it takes the server to return
</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyVia">ProxyVia</a> <a name="proxyvia">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyVia on|off|full|block</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyVia off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ProxyVia">ProxyVia</a> <a name="proxyvia">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Information provided in the Via HTTP response
+header for proxied requests</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ProxyVia on|off|full|block</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyVia off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>This directive controls the use of the <code>Via:</code> HTTP
header by the proxy. Its intended use is to control the flow of of
proxy requests along a chain of proxy servers. See RFC2068 (HTTP/1.1)