Set up a reverse proxy for local domains

Question

My web server (apache2) is accessible on my LAN with its host name, let's say, jarvis (url: http://jarvis/).

I have a Gitea instance running in my local network which is accessible via http://jarvis:3000. It obviously runs on the same machine as the webserver does and runs inside a Docker container (just as the webserver does) with container name, let's say, gitea. They share the same docker network so the web server can access the gitea instance through http://gitea:3000.

In my Pi-hole, I've set up a local DNS entry http://git.home/ which routes to the IP address of my web server jarvis on 192.168.154.x. Now, what I want is to configure apache2 to route access via this domain to http://gitea:3000.

So, I decided to alter my 000-default.conf as follows:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  #...
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost git.home:80>
  ServerName git.home

  ProxyPass / http://gitea:3000/
  ProxyPassReverse / http://gitea:3000/
</VirtualHost>

Now, when browsing to http://git.home/ I keep getting to the web server root page instead of the Gitea instance.

What did I do wrong with the reverse proxy configuration? Is there anything I should keep in mind when creating reverse proxies for local domains?

Set up a reverse proxy for local domains

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