Proxy all requests for subdomain to an ip via htaccess/apache

.htaccessapache-2.2ipPROXYsubdomain

Let's say I have the following subdomain with its own document root etc:

monad2.mysite.com

I want that all requests are proxied to an IP (for instance 193.159.3.129) but they must pass through the server at mysite.com (assuming monad2 is on this same server).

I have the following (htaccess) config which works up to the subdomain, but fails to proxy any other request…

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://193.159.3.129/$1 [P]

My problem is that while it does work for http://monad2.mysite.com/a.php (url remains the same), it doesn't work with requests like http://monad2.mysite.com/a/b (url is converted to http://193.159.3.129/a/b). Note that the latter address shows a directory listing of the proxied server, which is correct, except that the subdomain changed to an ip.

Also, I presume this system will definitely not work for HTTPS requests, correct?

Edit: After some more troubleshooting, I've found exactly when the problem is being caused.
Whenever I try to access a directory without the final slash, the proxy fails, and I end up with an IP. Some example:

Original                        | Result
--------------------------------+--------------------------------
http://monad2.mysite.com        | http://monad2.mysite.com
http://monad2.mysite.com/a/     | http://monad2.mysite.com/a/
http://monad2.mysite.com/a      | http://193.159.3.129/a/           <- !
http://monad2.mysite.com/a.php  | http://monad2.mysite.com/a.php

Best Answer

You need ProxyPassReverse - it catches Location fields in response headers and alters them so that the client will continue talking to the proxy, instead of the backend server.

ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse cannot be in an .htaccess file - so replace your current rewrite rule with this, which should go inside your <VirtualHost> block for the subdomain:

ProxyPass / http://193.159.3.129/
ProxyPassReverse / http://193.159.3.129/

As an aside: do not use .htaccess when you can avoid it. Review the Apache documentation on the matter.

In general, you should only use .htaccess files when you don't have access to the main server configuration file.

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