Apache – Redirect Subdomains to a Different Port on the Same Server

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I have some subdomains I want to redirect to specific ports on the same server.
Say I have

dev.mydomain.com

I want dev.mydomain.com to transparently redirect to mydomain.com:8080 and I want to preserve the original sub-domain name the url of the browser.

How do I do this with Apache 2.2? I have Apache 2.2 running on default port 80. I can't figure out the write configuration to get this to happen.

I have already set up dev.mydomain.com to resolve in DNS to mydomain.com.

This is for an intranet development server that has a non-routable ip
address so I am not so concerned about exploits and security that
would compromise a publicly facing server.

Best Answer

Solution

Here is what I finally came up with after being set in the right direction by Miles Erickson. I wanted the address bar to reflect the original subdomain/domain of the request and not the redirected server and port, but he put me on the right path to Google up a solution using VirtualHost and I finally found a solution that included the use of mod_proxy.

First, make sure mod_proxy is enabled:

sudo a2enmod proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_http
sudo a2enmod proxy_balancer
sudo a2enmod lbmethod_byrequests
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Next, add the following to your site config (e.g., /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf):

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin me@mydomain.com
    ServerName dev.mydomain.com
    ProxyPreserveHost On

    # setup the proxy
    <Proxy *>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Proxy>
    ProxyPass / http://localhost:8888/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8888/
</VirtualHost>
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