Host a directory on a different server/domain

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I own a domain with a Apache server running Wordpress (example.com), whose configuration I can probably tweak (if I can propose a good solution).

I have a GitHub Pages hosting (example.github.io), whose server configuration I of course cannot touch (except some basics: http://bit.ly/1LZdhBT).

I want a specific directory of my domain (example.com/documentation) to point to my github.io site, without the user noticing (the point is the keep exiting URLs valid).

Is this possible?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '15 at 08:47

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create a virtual host with proxy pass of the sub directory pointing to the github pages... should work seamlessly..

<VirtualHost example.com:80>
    ProxyPass /subdir http://example.github.io

</VirtualHost>

Rest place your directory directive and everything as is within the virtual host... should work fine.

answered Oct 27 '15 at 08:47

Arpit Agrawal

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This looks promising! Thanks! Are there known limitations? Drawbacks? Also, how would it behave under SSL? – nute Oct 27 '15 at 09:57
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if you use ssl you need `SSLProxyEngine On` – Froggiz Oct 27 '15 at 11:46

Host a directory on a different server/domain

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