Lighttpd proxy module - use with hostname

Question

I have to proxy a site which is hosted on an external webspace through my lighty on example.org. My config so far:

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/webmail" {
    proxy.server =  ("/webmail/" => (
        # this entry should link to example2.org
        ("host" => "1.2.3.4", "port" => 80)
    ))
}

The webspace provider has configured my domain as vhost. So if i access http://1.2.3.4/webmail/ lighttpd will only deliver the main site of the webspace provider which says "Site example.org was not found on our server."

Any suggestions how i have to configure lighty to proxy sites that are only hosted as vhost (and do not have an ip on their own)?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 21 '11 at 13:45

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I believe this can be fixed with mod_setenv:

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/webmail" {
    # add host header
    setenv.add-request-header ( "Host" => "example2.org" )

    proxy.server =  ("/webmail/" => (
        # this entry should link to example2.org
        ("host" => "1.2.3.4", "port" => 80)
    ))
}

answered Sep 21 '11 at 13:45

Vladimir Blaskov

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unfortunately that doesn't work. add-request-header just ADDs a header, so the request will contain "example.org, example2.org" as host header. There's an patch that enables set-request-header. That's not an option, I want to continue using the maintainers lighty version. Otherwise I'll have to patch my build by hand every time a security update gets released. – gorootde Sep 21 '11 at 17:30
Which version of Lighty do you use? – Vladimir Blaskov Sep 21 '11 at 20:19
I'am using Version 1.4.29 – gorootde Oct 04 '11 at 11:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '18 at 17:02

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You need to get your hosting provider to support the X-Forwarded-Host header. Maybe it already works, try it. This can be readily added with built-in lighttpd capabilities.

proxy.forwarded = ( "host" => 1 )

enables it in your proxying server.

answered Aug 30 '18 at 17:02

Zdenek

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Lighttpd proxy module - use with hostname

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