Exclude the root from a ProxPass directive, but keep everything below the root included

Question

I am running Apache in front of a Tomcat instance. Apache proxies every request that comes through and passes it on to Tomcat. The current configuration is such that Apache puts a ProxyPass on the root (/). There are however, new requirements, which specify that a call to the root of the domain should return a static splash page, and any other call should be proxied.

This means:

www.domain.com -> static page
www.domain.com/username - proxy to Tomcat

Making multiple ProxPass directives is not a good idea, because there are a lot of paths that must be supported by the Tomcat instance, and many of them change.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '13 at 12:44

Redirect any requests for plain www.domain.com to www.domain.com/index.html and then add an proxy exclude before forwarding everything else to Tomcat:

RewriteRule  ^/$                 /index.html
ProxyPass /index.html !
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 11 '13 at 21:47

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Another possible solution:

<LocationMatch "/.+">
     # ProxyPass directives
</LocationMatch>

edited Dec 11 '13 at 21:47

Shane Madden

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Exclude the root from a ProxPass directive, but keep everything below the root included

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