Apache rewrite rules not working after adding proxy pass
I am trying to rewrite url in apache which internally redirects requests to apache tomacat
Here is my httpd.conf code
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyVia Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/myapp/my.html
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/myapp/my.html
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/$ http://localhost:8080/myapp/my.html?product=$1 [QSA]
</IfModule>
so basically what I am trying to do is if I login to localhost / myapp then it should redirect me to localhost: 8080 / myapp / my.html
Next, if I enter the url localhost / myapp / 8, it should redirect internally to localhost: 8080 / myapp / my.html? product = 8.
Now the problem in ProxyPass is working absolutely fine. But the rewrite rule shows a 404 error. If I remove the ProxyPass code, the same rewrite rule will be executed, but the changed URL will be displayed in the browser. So I want to know where should I place the RewriteRule in order to get it to work with ProxyPass and the changed urls are displayed in the rewrite rule?
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You need to add a flag [P]
to RewriteRule
. This causes the RewriteRule
"proxy" to be similar to your directive ProxyPass
. At this point, your rule doesn't make any sense. Alternatively, you can do something like:
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/$ /myapp/my.html?product=$1 [QSA,PT]
This should cause the URL to be rewritten and then passed (this happens because of the flag PT
) to any other modules that need to handle the URI path, in this case the proxy module.
FYI terminology is wrong, when you say if i enter localhost/myapp then it should redirect me to localhost:8080/myapp/my.html
you really mean it if i enter localhost/myapp then it should proxy to localhost:8080/myapp/my.html
. A redirect is an external response in which the browser asks for a new url and the text in the browser's address bar changes.
Remember, with your current configuration, the request localhost/
will be proxy to localhost:8080/myapp/my.html
. So if you can point out what is correct it will help.
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