AWS: How to create a reverse proxy based on URLs?

Question

I am trying to configure a Reverse Proxy in my AWS account:

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The Reverse proxy should forward request to internal servers based on their URL structure, e.g.:

example.com/question/*   ->  192.168.0.1
example.com/answer/*     ->  192.168.0.2
example.com              ->  192.168.0.3

I can implement a Reverse Proxy using Apache's mod_proxy, and I wonder if AWS has a built-in solution for that.

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 21 '14 at 09:55

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As far as I know, AWS does not have a built-in implementation for reverse proxy, even for ELBs. You can use Apache, Nginx or HAProxy for a reverse proxy implementation, though.

answered Sep 21 '14 at 09:55

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '18 at 14:40

I realize this is an old question, but in case it helps anyone else: AWS now supports this use case natively using their version 2 ELBs, specifically the Application Load Balancer which was introduced in 2016.

I confirmed with their support that it provides equivalent functionality to running a mod_proxy-based Apache reverse proxy.

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AWS: How to create a reverse proxy based on URLs?

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