[users@httpd] Re: ProxyPassReverse not changing the protocol part (https to http) of the redirect url

[Amit Singla <am...@gmail.com>]

Any help or pointer on this? Thanks.


On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Amit Singla <am...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I need to proxy http requests to https server in the backend. Everything
> is working except a minor issues in redirects URLs. ProxyPassReverse
> translates the the URL except the protocol i.e. does not translate https
> from backend server to http protocol.
>
> *Version: Apache/2.2.15*
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> *
> Below is the configuration for reverse proxy
>
> <VirtualHost *:8888>
> ServerName frontoffice.example.com
> SSLProxyEngine On
> ProxyPreserveHost On
> ProxyPass /shop https://backend.example.com:9443/shop
> ProxyPassReverse /shop  https://backend.example.com:9443/shop
> </VirtualHost>
>
> e.g.
> http://frontoffice.example.com:8888/shop/cart are proxied to
> https://backend.example.com:9443/shop/cart.  The backend server results
> in redirect (302) to https://backend.example.com:9443/shop/login but
> browser is getting the redirect as
> https://frontoffice.example.com:8888/shop/cart.
>
> So ProxyPassReverse rewrites the URL except the protocol.
>
> Am I missing some configurations here or this is some known issue or
> expected behavior?
>
> I will appreciate any help on this front.
>
> Thanks
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