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A reverse proxy is a type of proxy server that fetches resources from a specific defined set of servers for a client. It is used in cases when there is an advantage to not exposing the web server with the content directly whether it be for security reasons or because of a lack of available public IP addresses.

A reverse proxy is a type of server. Unlike a traditional "forward proxy" server, a reverse proxy fetches resources from a specific defined set of servers for a client. The Apache HTTPD server's mod_proxy module is a popular example of software that can be used as a reverse proxy.

A reverse proxy can be used in cases when there is an advantage to not exposing the server with the content directly to the Internet, whether it be for security reasons or because of a lack of available public IP addresses.

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sub vcl_recv | Magento + Varnish

I would like to kindly ask someone for help. I browsed a lot of pages containing Varnish tutorials and sample VCL files, but I can't find anything related to configurating Varnish for Magento (at least they don't function right). All manuals I've…
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Nginx Reverse Proxy esotic request

Is possible to proxify external site with nginx like this: server_name www.clientsite.com clientsite.com; ... proxy_pass http://www.externalsite.com/; This is the unique request of my client. He wants to do with caching for external links to your…
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High availability architecture for a small business

We are a small startup. In our current setup we have a dedicated server in a remote location. Our website and applications are hosted in that server. Website and some applications are in PHP and the rest are java applications using Tomcat and JBoss.…
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Simple Apache2 Reverse Proxy config not working

I've installed Apache2 on 2 ubuntu 11.10 VMs and I am trying to get a very basic Reverse Proxy working. I have nothing but the default site setup on each. I want to go to http://server.com/app and have it return http://app.internal.server.com/. From…
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Tips setting up nginx as proxy for php and node frameworks

We have a current, soon-to-be legacy PHP app installed in production, served with apache. Working fine. Currently trying to add in new Node.js alpha stack, which we're planning to install alongside live framework for awhile to test (on a staging…
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Persistent web cache?

I'm building nginx cache on a development machine and try to copy the files to a server that has the same nginx cache settings. But nginx is not picking up my copied caches and overwrite my caches. Update #1: Testing the persistent cache in…
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Exclude urls containing a specific port from being passed by Proxy

how can I force ProxyPass / ProxyPassReverse NOT to pass a request if the client provides a certain port? The following passes EVERY request made to the machine correctly: SSLProxyEngine on ProxyPass /…
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Apache reverse proxy with VirtualHost not serving a page

I have an Apache reverse proxy set to move requests to a Tomcat Applet. The config is similar to: ProxyPass /AppName/App http://1.1.1.1/AppName/App ProxyPassReverse /AppName/App…
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Apache running as reverse proxy using proxy balancer traffic does not seem to get distributed evenly

We have Apache running as reverse proxy using proxy balancer we run a jMeter load test from 7 Cloud machines but the traffic does not seem to get distributed evenly I'm thinking it's an Apache config issue, but not sure what Basically in our…
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How to use Bugzilla behind a reverse proxy Apache?

We have a bugzilla service sitting on a internal server. We are trying to make it accessible from outside via an Apache server which will act as a proxy. So far, with mod_proxy and mod_proxy_html, we can get Bugzilla served transparently through the…
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How to switch between different webservers on same IP based on hostname?

At my place I have 4 servers, each running Win2008r2-WEB running as webserver with all a different kind of server running (TomCat, IIS, Apache, ZendServer), each server also has a different IP-address (10.0.0.0/24) Is there a way to route traffic to…
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Publishing multiple web servers with reverse proxy on localhost, retaining original client IP and hostname

I have been using ISA on Windows Server 2003 to publish multiple web servers hosted on the same machine. Setup as follows: ISA HTTP/S listener bound to 127.0.0.1 + external IP IIS bound to 127.0.0.2 Apache bound to 127.0.0.3 Python web application…
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Reverse Proxy browser not recognized/incompatible

I have reverse proxy setup(apache2) that points to a Cloud9 installation. The proxy is working correctly in that the Cloud9 Site comes up. But Cloud9 requires a specific browser version and states that the browser is not compatible. I have tested…
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Varnish as reverse proxy of Apache2 server, port redirection issue

I've been looking and there are a lot of people with the same problem, but there aren't a clear solution (or at least I hadn't find it). I am using Varnish-Cache (3.0) as reverse proxy listening in port 80 for an Apache 2 webserver listening in port…
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Can IIS (Ideally Azure) do SSL Proxying?

My team has been asked to add a new feature to a project we're working on, and none of can find authoritative details on whether it's possible with Windows/IIS. The short of it is that we're hoping to have customers update their DNS with a CNAME…
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