Re: [users@httpd]Does mod_maxmiddb take action after mod_rewrite?

[Mike Rumph <mi...@oracle.com>]

Hello Rubén,

I added a subject line to your email to make it easier to track.
For questions related to mod_maxminddb, you are more likely to find help 
on the MaxMind support page:
- https://www.maxmind.com/en/online-support-resources
- https://github.com/maxmind/mod_maxminddb

Thanks,

Mike Rumph

On 5/21/2015 1:42 AM, Rubén Toribio Aldeguer wrote:
> Hi
>
> we are working with a mod_maxminddb and apache 2.410.
>
> mod_maxminddb is configured to set de env variable GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE
>
> The problem is that if we do:
>
>    RequestHeader set GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE %{GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE}e
>
> We see correctly set the header. (is set to "ES", as we expected)
>
> But,in this rewrite rules, GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE seems to don't be seted, 
> and applies the alternative value "en" on the RewirteRule:
>
>    RewriteMap locale-to-pub txt:conf/rewrites/locale_to_pub_b2c_v61.txt
>    RewriteRule ^\/((index|home)(\.php|\.jsp))?$ 
> /${locale-to-pub:%{ENV:GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE}|en}/home.jsp 
> [R=301,NC,L,E=nocache:1]
>
> This are ERROR TRACES from rewrite_mod, where we can see "key=" as void.
>
>     applying pattern '^\\/((index|home)(\\.php|\\.jsp))?$' to uri '/'
>     cache lookup FAILED, forcing new map lookup
>     map lookup FAILED: map=locale-to-pub[txt] key=
>     rewrite '/' -> '/en/home.jsp'
>
>
> After some research, and tests, we know that if we force the variable whit
>
>   SetEnIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE=ES
>
> it works. It is because SetEnIf sets the variable at the begining of 
> the request, before mod_rewrite take acction. In this way, seems like 
> mod_maxmiddb is taking acction after mod_rewrite.
>
> How can we confirm it? How can we workaround it?
>
> -- 
>
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