Apache Reverse Proxy with Localhost

apache-2.2PROXYreverse-proxy

ProxyPass /foo http://localhost:8080/bar
ProxyPassReverse /foo http://localhost:8080/bar

Is localhost with respect to the client or the server?

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Localhost is in respect of the server or rather the machine which is asking the question. When a system does a name service lookup for localhost it will (most likely) get 127.0.0.1 or ::1 back as the address. This is the address of the loopback interface on the local machine.

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My solution is to install another module to apache ( http://apache.webthing.com/mod_proxy_html/ ) and let it do this rewriting. Please have a look at the projects website for some tutorials and documentation.

(My experience only comes from internal websites without a lot of traffic, so this might not always be the correct solution).

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</VirtualHost>

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