Questions tagged [reverse-proxy]

A reverse proxy server usually refers to an HTTP accelerator or load-balancer which proxies requests on behalf of the actual clients to one or more backend HTTP servers.

A reverse proxy server usually refers to an proxy server which proxies requests on behalf of the actual clients to one or more backend HTTP servers.

It can be used as HTTP accelerator, or load-balancer, or to give the access to LAN internal web-services to Internet users.

Wikipedia: Reverse proxy

Apache HTTP as forward and reverse proxies

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nGinx reverse proxy fore node.js issue

I am trying to set up a reverse proxy to point to a node.js server that will be going on 127.0.0.1:1337 (for now). The server is also running php and mysql if that is anything I have that working. I am getting this output when trying to reload the…
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How to add username field in request header on IIS server with windows authentication

I have an web application that runs on 4502 port and I use IIS server with url rewrite module so it works like reverse proxy with windows authorisation. It works fine but I can't get username field on my application. Is it possible to add username…
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Application on nginx reverse proxy redirects wrong

I am running an nginx (0.7.67) as a reverse proxy and a golang application. The nginx server is configured as follows: ... location /bar/ { proxy_pass http://localhost:8088/; proxy_redirect off; proxy_set_header Host $host; …
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Cannot load socket.io.js with apache proxy setup

I feel like this question might be a duplicate but from all similar threads I have checked still wasn't able to find a answer. I have vhost setup to proxy /node/ request to NodeJS/Socket.IO server. ProxyRequests On ProxyPass /node…
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How can I make a name request in OpenIG?

I have been trying this OpenIG Identity Gateway from the ForgeRock guys to integrate some legacy systems in this case in particular I'm using it with OpenACS+.LRN a project, from Ars Digita and different institutions. Here's the problem: Using the…
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Nginx web server using 2 level of proxies

This question may sound strange or be improperly phrased. I have a nginx web server X that has to request some data from other servers Z. It is possible to have a proxy P that I control, such that X accesses Z through P. X --> P --> Z Question: Is…
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Apache Reverse Proxy Error

My web system: Internet<--->Apache Reverse Proxy<---->Apache Application Server URL for client access internet: www.example.com My problem: When I access www.example.com and upload data(this is excel file). I get the following error: Proxy…
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Reverse Proxying a Rails App in Heroku

I am looking for a way to run multiple heroku apps and serve them all under the same domain. The reason for this is that I would like to shard my users across a number of servers, so that a user account lives on a particular app instance. Each…
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multiple reqirep haproxy

I have an haproxy 1.4 installed and I need to configure a reverse proxy in haproxy.conf that rewrites a URL from www.somedomain.com to www.otherdomain.com/bla/ble. the configuration that I am writing is here: acl cpol_acl…
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Nginx reverse proxy (static files rewrite in apache)

I have some problem with Nginx (set as reverse proxy) in front of Apache. I'm using Apache to serve PHP files and for applying .htaccess rules. Nginx works but some of the rewrites in .htaccess does not. I use timthumb.php to manage media…
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Symfony2 Reverse proxy has a cache control private

I'm playing with Symfony2 Reverse proxy and HTTP cache and I had a lot of read on the subject. However I'm getting stuck on how it works in my case. Here is a use case. GET /api/articles returns something like: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Encoding:…
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Nginx proxy ssl broken pipe in https requests longer than 5 seconds

We have nginx sitting as reverse proxy in front of a rails app on unicorn. We have not overwritten any of the timeout defaults. The problem I have is that: When requesting a page that takes over 5 seconds over http it works fine. When requesting a…
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Organizing DDoS protection on Windows Azure

If we have some spherical application in vacuum hosted on Microsoft Azure, that we would like to protect against DDoS attack with minimum economic impact and maximum reliability then: Is it useful to organize reverse proxy like squid or nginx as…
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Apache: just rewrite if external ressource exists

I use Apache as a reverse proxy. There is no web content on the dedicated server itself. If a client requests a resource on the local Apache server, Apache should determine on which remote (proxied) server the resource exists and do a proxy rewrite…
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How to prevent users from accessing an application deployed on Cloudfoundry

How can I prevent users from directly accessing my web application on Cloudfoundry? For example: I deployed a spring application on Cloudfoundry, that can be accessed using url myapp.cloudfoundry.com (this is just an example). Then, I use another…