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<modulesynopsis metafile="mod_proxy.xml.meta">

<name>mod_proxy</name>
<description>HTTP/1.1 proxy/gateway server</description>
<status>Extension</status>
<sourcefile>mod_proxy.c</sourcefile>
<identifier>proxy_module</identifier>

<summary>
    <note type="warning"><title>Warning</title>
      <p>Do not enable proxying with <directive module="mod_proxy"
      >ProxyRequests</directive> until you have <a href="#access"
      >secured your server</a>. Open proxy servers are dangerous both to your
      network and to the Internet at large.</p>
    </note>

    <p>This module implements a proxy/gateway for Apache. It implements
    proxying capability for <code>AJP13</code> (Apache JServe Protocol
    version 1.3), <code>FTP</code>, <code>CONNECT</code> (for SSL),
    <code>HTTP/0.9</code>, <code>HTTP/1.0</code>, and <code>HTTP/1.1</code>.
    The module can be configured to connect to other proxy modules for these
    and other protocols.</p>

    <p>Apache's proxy features are divided into several modules in
    addition to <module>mod_proxy</module>:
    <module>mod_proxy_http</module>, <module>mod_proxy_ftp</module>,
    <module>mod_proxy_ajp</module>, <module>mod_proxy_balancer</module>,
    and <module>mod_proxy_connect</module>.  Thus, if you want to use
    one or more of the particular proxy functions, load
    <module>mod_proxy</module> <em>and</em> the appropriate module(s)
    into the server (either statically at compile-time or dynamically
    via the <directive module="mod_so">LoadModule</directive>
    directive).</p>

    <p>In addition, extended features are provided by other modules.
    Caching is provided by <module>mod_cache</module> and related
    modules.  The ability to contact remote servers using the SSL/TLS
    protocol is provided by the <code>SSLProxy*</code> directives of
    <module>mod_ssl</module>.  These additional modules will need
    to be loaded and configured to take advantage of these features.</p>
</summary>
<seealso><module>mod_cache</module></seealso>
<seealso><module>mod_proxy_http</module></seealso>
<seealso><module>mod_proxy_ftp</module></seealso>
<seealso><module>mod_proxy_connect</module></seealso>
<seealso><module>mod_proxy_balancer</module></seealso>
<seealso><module>mod_ssl</module></seealso>

    <section id="forwardreverse"><title>Forward and Reverse Proxies</title>
      <p>Apache can be configured in both a <dfn>forward</dfn> and
      <dfn>reverse</dfn> proxy mode.</p>

      <p>An ordinary <dfn>forward proxy</dfn> is an intermediate
      server that sits between the client and the <em>origin
      server</em>.  In order to get content from the origin server,
      the client sends a request to the proxy naming the origin server
      as the target and the proxy then requests the content from the
      origin server and returns it to the client.  The client must be
      specially configured to use the forward proxy to access other
      sites.</p>

      <p>A typical usage of a forward proxy is to provide Internet
      access to internal clients that are otherwise restricted by a
      firewall.  The forward proxy can also use caching (as provided
      by <module>mod_cache</module>) to reduce network usage.</p>

      <p>The forward proxy is activated using the <directive
      module="mod_proxy">ProxyRequests</directive> directive.  Because
      forward proxys allow clients to access arbitrary sites through
      your server and to hide their true origin, it is essential that
      you <a href="#access">secure your server</a> so that only
      authorized clients can access the proxy before activating a
      forward proxy.</p>

      <p>A <dfn>reverse proxy</dfn>, by contrast, appears to the
      client just like an ordinary web server.  No special
      configuration on the client is necessary.  The client makes
      ordinary requests for content in the name-space of the reverse
      proxy.  The reverse proxy then decides where to send those
      requests, and returns the content as if it was itself the
      origin.</p>

      <p>A typical usage of a reverse proxy is to provide Internet
      users access to a server that is behind a firewall.  Reverse
      proxies can also be used to balance load among several back-end
      servers, or to provide caching for a slower back-end server.
      In addition, reverse proxies can be used simply to bring
      several servers into the same URL space.</p>

      <p>A reverse proxy is activated using the <directive
      module="mod_proxy">ProxyPass</directive> directive or the
      <code>[P]</code> flag to the <directive
      module="mod_rewrite">RewriteRule</directive> directive.  It is
      <strong>not</strong> necessary to turn <directive
      module="mod_proxy">ProxyRequests</directive> on in order to
      configure a reverse proxy.</p>
    </section> <!-- /forwardreverse -->

    <section id="examples"><title>Basic Examples</title>

    <p>The examples below are only a very basic idea to help you
    get started.  Please read the documentation on the individual
    directives.</p>

    <p>In addition, if you wish to have caching enabled, consult
    the documentation from <module>mod_cache</module>.</p>

    <example><title>Forward Proxy</title>
    ProxyRequests On<br />
    ProxyVia On<br />
    <br />
    &lt;Proxy *&gt;<br />
    <indent>
      Order deny,allow<br />
      Deny from all<br />
      Allow from internal.example.com<br />
    </indent>
    &lt;/Proxy&gt;
    </example>

    <example><title>Reverse Proxy</title>
    ProxyRequests Off<br />
    <br />
    &lt;Proxy *&gt;<br />
    <indent>
      Order deny,allow<br />
      Allow from all<br />
    </indent>
    &lt;/Proxy&gt;<br />
    <br />
    ProxyPass /foo http://foo.example.com/bar<br />
    ProxyPassReverse /foo http://foo.example.com/bar
    </example>
    </section> <!-- /examples -->


    <section id="access"><title>Controlling access to your proxy</title>
      <p>You can control who can access your proxy via the <directive
      module="mod_proxy" type="section">Proxy</directive> control block as in
      the following example:</p>

      <example>
        &lt;Proxy *&gt;<br />
        <indent>
          Order Deny,Allow<br />
          Deny from all<br />
          Allow from 192.168.0<br />
        </indent>
        &lt;/Proxy&gt;
      </example>

      <p>For more information on access control directives, see
      <module>mod_authz_host</module>.</p>

      <p>Strictly limiting access is essential if you are using a
      forward proxy (using the <directive
      module="mod_proxy">ProxyRequests</directive> directive).
      Otherwise, your server can be used by any client to access
      arbitrary hosts while hiding his or her true identity.  This is
      dangerous both for your network and for the Internet at large.
      When using a reverse proxy (using the <directive
      module="mod_proxy">ProxyPass</directive> directive with
      <code>ProxyRequests Off</code>), access control is less
      critical because clients can only contact the hosts that you
      have specifically configured.</p>

    </section> <!-- /access -->

    <section id="startup"><title>Slow Startup</title>
      <p>If you're using the <directive module="mod_proxy"
      >ProxyBlock</directive> directive, hostnames' IP addresses are looked up
      and cached during startup for later match test. This may take a few
      seconds (or more) depending on the speed with which the hostname lookups
      occur.</p>
    </section> <!-- /startup -->

    <section id="intranet"><title>Intranet Proxy</title>
      <p>An Apache proxy server situated in an intranet needs to forward
      external requests through the company's firewall (for this, configure
      the <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyRemote</directive> directive
      to forward the respective <var>scheme</var> to the firewall proxy).
      However, when it has to
      access resources within the intranet, it can bypass the firewall when
      accessing hosts. The <directive module="mod_proxy">NoProxy</directive>
      directive is useful for specifying which hosts belong to the intranet and
      should be accessed directly.</p>

      <p>Users within an intranet tend to omit the local domain name from their
      WWW requests, thus requesting "http://somehost/" instead of
      <code>http://somehost.example.com/</code>. Some commercial proxy servers
      let them get away with this and simply serve the request, implying a
      configured local domain. When the <directive module="mod_proxy"
      >ProxyDomain</directive> directive is used and the server is <a
      href="#proxyrequests">configured for proxy service</a>, Apache can return
      a redirect response and send the client to the correct, fully qualified,
      server address. This is the preferred method since the user's bookmark
      files will then contain fully qualified hosts.</p>
    </section> <!-- /intranet -->

    <section id="envsettings"><title>Protocol Adjustments</title>
      <p>For circumstances where <module>mod_proxy</module> is sending
      requests to an origin server that doesn't properly implement
      keepalives or HTTP/1.1, there are two <a
      href="../env.html">environment variables</a> that can force the
      request to use HTTP/1.0 with no keepalive. These are set via the
      <directive module="mod_env">SetEnv</directive> directive.</p>

      <p>These are the <code>force-proxy-request-1.0</code> and
      <code>proxy-nokeepalive</code> notes.</p>

      <example>
        &lt;Location /buggyappserver/&gt;<br />
        <indent>
          ProxyPass http://buggyappserver:7001/foo/<br />
          SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1<br />
          SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1<br />
        </indent>
        &lt;/Location&gt;
      </example>

    </section> <!-- /envsettings -->

    <section id="request-bodies"><title>Request Bodys</title>

    <p>Some request methods such as POST include a request body.
    The HTTP protocol requires that requests which include a body
    either use chunked transfer encoding or send a
    <code>Content-Length</code> request header.  When passing these
    requests on to the origin server, <module>mod_proxy_http</module>
    will always attempt to send the <code>Content-Length</code>.  But
    if the body is large and the original request used chunked
    encoding, then chunked encoding may also be used in the upstream
    request.  You can control this selection using <a
    href="../env.html">environment variables</a>.  Setting
    <code>proxy-sendcl</code> ensures maximum compatibility with
    upstream servers by always sending the
    <code>Content-Length</code>, while setting
    <code>proxy-sendchunked</code> minimizes resource usage by using
    chunked encoding.</p>

    </section> <!-- /request-bodies -->

<directivesynopsis type="section">
<name>Proxy</name>
<description>Container for directives applied to proxied resources</description>
<syntax>&lt;Proxy <var>wildcard-url</var>&gt; ...&lt;/Proxy&gt;</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>Directives placed in <directive type="section">Proxy</directive>
    sections apply only to matching proxied content.  Shell-style wildcards are
    allowed.</p>

    <p>For example, the following will allow only hosts in
    <code>yournetwork.example.com</code> to access content via your proxy
    server:</p>

    <example>
      &lt;Proxy *&gt;<br />
      <indent>
        Order Deny,Allow<br />
        Deny from all<br />
        Allow from yournetwork.example.com<br />
      </indent>
      &lt;/Proxy&gt;
    </example>

    <p>The following example will process all files in the <code>foo</code>
    directory of <code>example.com</code> through the <code>INCLUDES</code>
    filter when they are sent through the proxy server:</p>

    <example>
      &lt;Proxy http://example.com/foo/*&gt;<br />
      <indent>
        SetOutputFilter INCLUDES<br />
      </indent>
      &lt;/Proxy&gt;
    </example>

</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyBadHeader</name>
<description>Determines how to handle bad header lines in a
response</description>
<syntax>ProxyBadHeader IsError|Ignore|StartBody</syntax>
<default>ProxyBadHeader IsError</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>
<compatibility>available in Apache 2.0.44 and later</compatibility>

<usage>
    <p>The <directive>ProxyBadHeader</directive> directive determines the
    behaviour of <module>mod_proxy</module> if it receives syntactically invalid
    header lines (<em>i.e.</em> containing no colon). The following arguments
    are possible:</p>

    <dl>
    <dt><code>IsError</code></dt>
    <dd>Abort the request and end up with a 502 (Bad Gateway) response. This is
    the default behaviour.</dd>

    <dt><code>Ignore</code></dt>
    <dd>Treat bad header lines as if they weren't sent.</dd>

    <dt><code>StartBody</code></dt>
    <dd>When receiving the first bad header line, finish reading the headers and
    treat the remainder as body. This helps to work around buggy backend servers
    which forget to insert an empty line between the headers and the body.</dd>
    </dl>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis type="section">
<name>ProxyMatch</name>
<description>Container for directives applied to regular-expression-matched 
proxied resources</description>
<syntax>&lt;ProxyMatch <var>regex</var>&gt; ...&lt;/ProxyMatch&gt;</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>The <directive type="section">ProxyMatch</directive> directive is
    identical to the <directive module="mod_proxy"
    type="section">Proxy</directive> directive, except it matches URLs
    using <glossary ref="regex">regular expressions</glossary>.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyPreserveHost</name>
<description>Use incoming Host HTTP request header for proxy
request</description>
<syntax>ProxyPreserveHost On|Off</syntax>
<default>ProxyPreserveHost Off</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>
<compatibility>Available in Apache 2.0.31 and later.</compatibility>

<usage>
    <p>When enabled, this option will pass the Host: line from the incoming
    request to the proxied host, instead of the hostname specified in the
    <directive>ProxyPass</directive> line.</p>

    <p>This option should normally be turned <code>Off</code>. It is mostly 
    useful in special configurations like proxied mass name-based virtual
    hosting, where the original Host header needs to be evaluated by the
    backend server.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyRequests</name>
<description>Enables forward (standard) proxy requests</description>
<syntax>ProxyRequests On|Off</syntax>
<default>ProxyRequests Off</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>This allows or prevents Apache from functioning as a forward proxy
    server. (Setting ProxyRequests to <code>Off</code> does not disable use of
    the <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyPass</directive> directive.)</p>

    <p>In a typical reverse proxy configuration, this option should be set to
    <code>Off</code>.</p>

    <p>In order to get the functionality of proxying HTTP or FTP sites, you
    need also <module>mod_proxy_http</module> or <module>mod_proxy_ftp</module>
    (or both) present in the server.</p>

    <note type="warning"><title>Warning</title>
      <p>Do not enable proxying with <directive
      module="mod_proxy">ProxyRequests</directive> until you have <a
      href="#access">secured your server</a>.  Open proxy servers are dangerous
      both to your network and to the Internet at large.</p>
    </note>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyRemote</name>
<description>Remote proxy used to handle certain requests</description>
<syntax>ProxyRemote <var>match</var> <var>remote-server</var></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>This defines remote proxies to this proxy. <var>match</var> is either the
    name of a URL-scheme that the remote server supports, or a partial URL
    for which the remote server should be used, or <code>*</code> to indicate
    the server should be contacted for all requests. <var>remote-server</var> is
    a partial URL for the remote server. Syntax:</p>

    <example>
      <dfn>remote-server</dfn> =
          <var>scheme</var>://<var>hostname</var>[:<var>port</var>]
    </example>

    <p><var>scheme</var> is effectively the protocol that should be used to
    communicate with the remote server; only <code>http</code> is supported by
    this module.</p>

    <example><title>Example</title>
      ProxyRemote http://goodguys.com/ http://mirrorguys.com:8000<br />
      ProxyRemote * http://cleversite.com<br />
      ProxyRemote ftp http://ftpproxy.mydomain.com:8080
    </example>

    <p>In the last example, the proxy will forward FTP requests, encapsulated
    as yet another HTTP proxy request, to another proxy which can handle
    them.</p>

    <p>This option also supports reverse proxy configuration - a backend
    webserver can be embedded within a virtualhost URL space even if that
    server is hidden by another forward proxy.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyRemoteMatch</name>
<description>Remote proxy used to handle requests matched by regular
expressions</description>
<syntax>ProxyRemoteMatch <var>regex</var> <var>remote-server</var></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>The <directive>ProxyRemoteMatch</directive> is identical to the
    <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyRemote</directive> directive, except the
    first argument is a <glossary ref="regex">regular expression</glossary>
    match against the requested URL.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyPass</name>
<description>Maps remote servers into the local server URL-space</description>
<syntax>ProxyPass [<var>path</var>] !|<var>url</var> [<var>key=value</var> <var>key=value</var> ...]]</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
<context>directory</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>This directive allows remote servers to be mapped into the space of
    the local server; the local server does not act as a proxy in the
    conventional sense, but appears to be a mirror of the remote
    server. <var>path</var> is the name of a local virtual path; <var>url</var>
    is a partial URL for the remote server and cannot include a query
    string.</p>

    <note type="warning">The <directive
    module="mod_proxy">ProxyRequests</directive> directive should
    usually be set <strong>off</strong> when using
    <directive>ProxyPass</directive>.</note>

    <p>Suppose the local server has address <code>http://example.com/</code>;
    then</p>

    <example>
      ProxyPass /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/
    </example>

    <p>will cause a local request for
    <code>http://example.com/mirror/foo/bar</code> to be internally converted
    into a proxy request to <code>http://backend.example.com/bar</code>.</p>

    <p>The <code>!</code> directive is useful in situations where you don't want
    to reverse-proxy a subdirectory, <em>e.g.</em></p>

    <example>
      ProxyPass /mirror/foo/i !<br />
      ProxyPass /mirror/foo http://backend.example.com
    </example>

    <p>will proxy all requests to <code>/mirror/foo</code> to
    <code>backend.example.com</code> <em>except</em> requests made to
    <code>/mirror/foo/i</code>.</p>

    <note><title>Note</title>
      <p>Order is important. you need to put the exclusions <em>before</em> the
      general <directive>ProxyPass</directive> directive.</p>
    </note>

    <p>New in Apache 2.1, is the ability to use pooled connections to a 
    backend server. Using the <code>key=value</code> parameters it is possible
    to tune this connection pooling. The default for a <code>Hard Maximum</code>
    for the number of connections is the number of threads per process in the 
    active MPM. In the Prefork MPM, this is always 1, while with the Worker MPM
    it is controlled by the <directive>ThreadsPerChild</directive>.</p>

    <p>Setting <code>min</code> will determine how many connections will always 
    be open to the backend server. Upto the Soft Maximum or <code>smax</code> 
    number of connections will be created on demand. Any connections above 
    <code>smax</code> are subject to a time to live or <code>ttl</code>.  Apache
    will never create more than the Hard Maximum or <code>max</code> connections
    to the backend server.</p>

    <example>
        ProxyPass /example http://backend.example.com smax=5 max=20 ttl=120 retry=300
    </example>

    <table>
    <tr><th>Parameter</th>
        <th>Default</th>
        <th>Description</th></tr>
    <tr><td>min</td>
        <td>0</td>
        <td>Minumum number of connections that will always
            be open to the backend server.</td></tr>
    <tr><td>max</td>
        <td>1...n</td>
        <td>Hard Maximum number of connections that will be
    allowed to the backend server. The default for a Hard Maximum
    for the number of connections is the number of threads per process in the 
    active MPM. In the Prefork MPM, this is always 1, while with the Worker MPM
    it is controlled by the <directive>ThreadsPerChild</directive>.
    Apache will never create more than the Hard Maximum connections
    to the backend server.</td></tr>
    <tr><td>smax</td>
        <td>max</td>
        <td>Upto the Soft Maximum
    number of connections will be created on demand. Any connections above 
    <code>smax</code> are subject to a time to live or <code>ttl</code>.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>ttl</td>
        <td>-</td>
        <td>Time To Live for the inactive connections above the
        <code>smax</code> connections in seconds. Apache will close all
        connections that has not been used inside that time period.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>timeout</td>
        <td><directive>Timeout</directive></td>
        <td>Connection timeout in seconds.
        If not set the Apache will wait until the free connection
        is available. This directive is used for limiting the number
        of connections to the backend server together with <code>max</code>
        parameter.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>acquire</td>
        <td>-</td>
        <td>If set this will be the maximum time to wait for a free
    connection in the connection pool. If there are no free connections
    in the pool the Apache will return <code>SERVER_BUSY</code> status to
    the client.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>keepalive</td>
        <td>Off</td>
        <td>This parameter should be used when you have a firewall between your
    Apache and the backend server, who tend to drop inactive connections.
    This flag will tell the Operating System to send <code>KEEP_ALIVE</code>
    messages on inactive connections (interval depends on global OS settings,
    generally 120ms), and thus prevent the firewall to drop the connection.
    To enable keepalive set this property value to <code>On</code>. 
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>retry</td>
        <td>60</td>
        <td>Connection pool worker retry timeout in seconds.
    If the connection pool worker to the backend server is in the error state,
    Apache will not forward any requests to that server until the timeout
    expires. This enables to shut down the backend server for maintenance,
    and bring it back online later.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>loadfactor</td>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>Worker load factor. Used with BalancerMember.
         It is a number between 1 and 100 and defines the normalized weighted
         load applied to the worker.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>route</td>
        <td>-</td>
        <td>Route of the worker when used inside load balancer.
        The route is a value appended to seesion id.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>redirect</td>
        <td>-</td>
        <td>Redirection Route of the worker. This value is usually
        set dynamically to enable safe removal of the node from
        the cluster. If set all requests without session id will be
        redirected to the BalancerMember that has route parametar
        equal as this value.
    </td></tr>

    </table>

    <p>If the Proxy directive scheme starts with the
    <code>balancer://</code> then a virtual worker that does not really
    communicate with the backend server will be created. Instead it is responsible
    for the management of several "real" workers. In that case the special set of
    parameters can be add to this virtual worker.
    </p>
    <table>
    <tr><th>Parameter</th>
        <th>Default</th>
        <th>Description</th></tr>
    <tr><td>lbmethod</td>
        <td>-</td>
        <td>Balancer load-balance method. Select the load-balancing scheduler
        method to use. Either <code>byrequests</code>, to perform weighted
        request counting or <code>bytraffic</code>, to perform weighted
        traffic byte count balancing. Default is <code>byrequests</code>.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>stickysession</td>
        <td>-</td>
        <td>Balancer sticky session name. The value is usually set to something
        like <code>JSESSIONID</code> or <code>PHPSESSIONID</code>,
        and it depends on the backend application server that support sessions.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>nofailover</td>
        <td>Off</td>
        <td>If set to <code>On</code> the session will break if the worker is in
        error state or disabled. Set this value to On if backend servers do not
        support session replication.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>timeout</td>
        <td>0</td>
        <td>Balancer timeout in seconds. If set this will be the maximum time
        to wait for a free worker. Default is not to wait. 
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td>maxattempts</td>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>Maximum number of failover attempts before giving up. 
    </td></tr>
    
    </table>
    <example>
      ProxyPass /special-area http://special.example.com/ smax=5 max=10<br />
      ProxyPass / balancer://mycluster stickysession=jsessionid nofailover=On<br />
      &lt;Proxy balancer://mycluster&gt;<br />
      <indent>
        BalancerMember http://1.2.3.4:8009<br />
        BalancerMember http://1.2.3.5:8009 smax=10<br />
        # Less powerful server, don't send as many requests there<br />
        BalancerMember http://1.2.3.6:8009 smax=1 loadfactor=20<br />
      </indent>
      &lt;/Proxy&gt;
    </example>
    
    <p>When used inside a <directive type="section" module="core"
    >Location</directive> section, the first argument is omitted and the local
    directory is obtained from the <directive type="section" module="core"
    >Location</directive>.</p>

    <p>If you require a more flexible reverse-proxy configuration, see the
    <directive module="mod_rewrite">RewriteRule</directive> directive with the
    <code>[P]</code> flag.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyPassReverse</name>
<description>Adjusts the URL in HTTP response headers sent from a reverse
proxied server</description>
<syntax>ProxyPassReverse [<var>path</var>] <var>url</var></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
<context>directory</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>This directive lets Apache adjust the URL in the <code>Location</code>,
    <code>Content-Location</code> and <code>URI</code> headers on HTTP redirect
    responses. This is essential when Apache is used as a reverse proxy to avoid
    by-passing the reverse proxy because of HTTP redirects on the backend
    servers which stay behind the reverse proxy.</p>

    <p>Only the HTTP response headers specifically mentioned above
    will be rewritten.  Apache will not rewrite other response
    headers, nor will it rewrite URL references inside HTML pages.
    This means that if the proxied content contains absolute URL
    references, they will by-pass the proxy.  A third-party module
    that will look inside the HTML and rewrite URL references is Nick
    Kew's <a href="http://apache.webthing.com/mod_proxy_html/"
    >mod_proxy_html</a>.</p>

    <p><var>path</var> is the name of a local virtual path. <var>url</var> is a
    partial URL for the remote server - the same way they are used for the
    <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyPass</directive> directive.</p>

    <p>For example, suppose the local server has address
    <code>http://example.com/</code>; then</p>

    <example>
      ProxyPass         /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/<br />
      ProxyPassReverse  /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/<br />
      ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain  backend.example.com  public.example.com<br />
      ProxyPassReverseCookiePath  /  /mirror/foo/
    </example>

    <p>will not only cause a local request for the
    <code>http://example.com/mirror/foo/bar</code> to be internally converted
    into a proxy request to <code>http://backend.example.com/bar</code>
    (the functionality <code>ProxyPass</code> provides here). It also takes care
    of redirects the server <code>backend.example.com</code> sends: when
    <code>http://backend.example.com/bar</code> is redirected by him to
    <code>http://backend.example.com/quux</code> Apache adjusts this to
    <code>http://example.com/mirror/foo/quux</code> before forwarding the HTTP
    redirect response to the client. Note that the hostname used for
    constructing the URL is chosen in respect to the setting of the <directive
    module="core">UseCanonicalName</directive> directive.</p>

    <p>Note that this <directive>ProxyPassReverse</directive> directive can
    also be used in conjunction with the proxy pass-through feature
    (<code>RewriteRule ...  [P]</code>) from <module>mod_rewrite</module>
    because it doesn't depend on a corresponding <directive module="mod_proxy"
    >ProxyPass</directive> directive.</p>

    <p>When used inside a <directive type="section" module="core"
    >Location</directive> section, the first argument is omitted and the local
    directory is obtained from the <directive type="section" module="core"
    >Location</directive>.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain</name>
<description>Adjusts the Domain string in Set-Cookie headers from a reverse-
proxied server</description>
<syntax>ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain <var>internal-domain</var> <var>public-domain</var></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
<context>directory</context>
</contextlist>
<usage>
<p>Usage is basically similar to
<directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyPassReverse</directive>, but instead of
rewriting headers that are a URL, this rewrites the <code>domain</code>
string in <code>Set-Cookie</code> headers.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyPassReverseCookiePath</name>
<description>Adjusts the Path string in Set-Cookie headers from a reverse-
proxied server</description>
<syntax>ProxyPassReverseCookiePath <var>internal-path</var> <var>public-path</var></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
<context>directory</context>
</contextlist>
<usage>
<p>Usage is basically similar to
<directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyPassReverse</directive>, but instead of
rewriting headers that are a URL, this rewrites the <code>path</code>
string in <code>Set-Cookie</code> headers.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>


<directivesynopsis>
<name>AllowCONNECT</name>
<description>Ports that are allowed to <code>CONNECT</code> through the
proxy</description>
<syntax>AllowCONNECT <var>port</var> [<var>port</var>] ...</syntax>
<default>AllowCONNECT 443 563</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>The <directive>AllowCONNECT</directive> directive specifies a list
    of port numbers to which the proxy <code>CONNECT</code> method may
    connect.  Today's browsers use this method when a <code>https</code>
    connection is requested and proxy tunneling over HTTP is in effect.</p>

    <p>By default, only the default https port (<code>443</code>) and the
    default snews port (<code>563</code>) are enabled. Use the
    <directive>AllowCONNECT</directive> directive to override this default and
    allow connections to the listed ports only.</p>

    <p>Note that you'll need to have <module>mod_proxy_connect</module> present
    in the server in order to get the support for the <code>CONNECT</code> at
    all.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyBlock</name>
<description>Words, hosts, or domains that are banned from being
proxied</description>
<syntax>ProxyBlock *|<var>word</var>|<var>host</var>|<var>domain</var>
[<var>word</var>|<var>host</var>|<var>domain</var>] ...</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>The <directive>ProxyBlock</directive> directive specifies a list of
    words, hosts and/or domains, separated by spaces.  HTTP, HTTPS, and
    FTP document requests to sites whose names contain matched words,
    hosts or domains are <em>blocked</em> by the proxy server. The proxy
    module will also attempt to determine IP addresses of list items which
    may be hostnames during startup, and cache them for match test as
    well. That may slow down the startup time of the server.</p>

    <example><title>Example</title>
      ProxyBlock joes-garage.com some-host.co.uk rocky.wotsamattau.edu
    </example>

    <p><code>rocky.wotsamattau.edu</code> would also be matched if referenced by
    IP address.</p>

    <p>Note that <code>wotsamattau</code> would also be sufficient to match
    <code>wotsamattau.edu</code>.</p>

    <p>Note also that</p>

    <example>
      ProxyBlock *
    </example>

    <p>blocks connections to all sites.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyReceiveBufferSize</name>
<description>Network buffer size for proxied HTTP and FTP
connections</description>
<syntax>ProxyReceiveBufferSize <var>bytes</var></syntax>
<default>ProxyReceiveBufferSize 0</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>The <directive>ProxyReceiveBufferSize</directive> directive specifies an
    explicit (TCP/IP) network buffer size for proxied HTTP and FTP connections,
    for increased throughput. It has to be greater than <code>512</code> or set
    to <code>0</code> to indicate that the system's default buffer size should
    be used.</p>

    <example><title>Example</title>
      ProxyReceiveBufferSize 2048
    </example>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyIOBufferSize</name>
<description>Determine size of internal data throughput buffer</description>
<syntax>ProxyIOBufferSize <var>bytes</var></syntax>
<default>ProxyIOBufferSize 8192</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>The <directive>ProxyIOBufferSize</directive> directive adjusts the size
    of the internal buffer, which is used as a scratchpad for the data between
    input and output. The size must be less or equal <code>8192</code>.</p>

    <p>In almost every case there's no reason to change that value.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyMaxForwards</name>
<description>Maximium number of proxies that a request can be forwarded
through</description>
<syntax>ProxyMaxForwards <var>number</var></syntax>
<default>ProxyMaxForwards 10</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>
<compatibility>Available in Apache 2.0 and later</compatibility>

<usage>
    <p>The <directive>ProxyMaxForwards</directive> directive specifies the
    maximum number of proxies through which a request may pass, if there's no
    <code>Max-Forwards</code> header supplied with the request. This is
    set to prevent infinite proxy loops, or a DoS attack.</p>

    <example><title>Example</title>
      ProxyMaxForwards 15
    </example>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>NoProxy</name>
<description>Hosts, domains, or networks that will be connected to
directly</description>
<syntax>NoProxy <var>host</var> [<var>host</var>] ...</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>This directive is only useful for Apache proxy servers within
    intranets.  The <directive>NoProxy</directive> directive specifies a
    list of subnets, IP addresses, hosts and/or domains, separated by
    spaces. A request to a host which matches one or more of these is
    always served directly, without forwarding to the configured
    <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyRemote</directive> proxy server(s).</p>

    <example><title>Example</title>
      ProxyRemote  *  http://firewall.mycompany.com:81<br />
      NoProxy         .mycompany.com 192.168.112.0/21
    </example>

    <p>The <var>host</var> arguments to the <directive>NoProxy</directive>
    directive are one of the following type list:</p>

    <dl>
    <!-- ===================== Domain ======================= -->
    <dt><var><a name="domain" id="domain">Domain</a></var></dt>
    <dd>
    <p>A <dfn>Domain</dfn> is a partially qualified DNS domain name, preceded
    by a period. It represents a list of hosts which logically belong to the
    same DNS domain or zone (<em>i.e.</em>, the suffixes of the hostnames are
    all ending in <var>Domain</var>).</p>

    <example><title>Examples</title>
      .com .apache.org.
    </example>

    <p>To distinguish <var>Domain</var>s from <var><a href="#hostname"
    >Hostname</a></var>s (both syntactically and semantically; a DNS domain can
    have a DNS A record, too!), <var>Domain</var>s are always written with a
    leading period.</p>
    
    <note><title>Note</title>
      <p>Domain name comparisons are done without regard to the case, and
      <var>Domain</var>s are always assumed to be anchored in the root of the
      DNS tree, therefore two domains <code>.MyDomain.com</code> and
      <code>.mydomain.com.</code> (note the trailing period) are considered
      equal. Since a domain comparison does not involve a DNS lookup, it is much
      more efficient than subnet comparison.</p>
    </note></dd>

    <!-- ===================== SubNet ======================= -->
    <dt><var><a name="subnet" id="subnet">SubNet</a></var></dt>
    <dd>
    <p>A <dfn>SubNet</dfn> is a partially qualified internet address in
    numeric (dotted quad) form, optionally followed by a slash and the netmask,
    specified as the number of significant bits in the <var>SubNet</var>. It is
    used to represent a subnet of hosts which can be reached over a common
    network interface. In the absence of the explicit net mask it is assumed
    that omitted (or zero valued) trailing digits specify the mask. (In this
    case, the netmask can only be multiples of 8 bits wide.) Examples:</p>

    <dl>
    <dt><code>192.168</code> or <code>192.168.0.0</code></dt>
    <dd>the subnet 192.168.0.0 with an implied netmask of 16 valid bits
    (sometimes used in the netmask form <code>255.255.0.0</code>)</dd>
    <dt><code>192.168.112.0/21</code></dt>
    <dd>the subnet <code>192.168.112.0/21</code> with a netmask of 21
    valid bits (also used in the form <code>255.255.248.0</code>)</dd>
    </dl>

    <p>As a degenerate case, a <em>SubNet</em> with 32 valid bits is the
    equivalent to an <var><a href="#ipadr">IPAddr</a></var>, while a <var>SubNet</var> with zero
    valid bits (<em>e.g.</em>, 0.0.0.0/0) is the same as the constant
    <var>_Default_</var>, matching any IP address.</p></dd>

    <!-- ===================== IPAddr ======================= -->
    <dt><var><a name="ipaddr" id="ipaddr">IPAddr</a></var></dt>
    <dd>
    <p>A <dfn>IPAddr</dfn> represents a fully qualified internet address in
    numeric (dotted quad) form. Usually, this address represents a host, but
    there need not necessarily be a DNS domain name connected with the
    address.</p>
    <example><title>Example</title>
      192.168.123.7
    </example>
    
    <note><title>Note</title>
      <p>An <var>IPAddr</var> does not need to be resolved by the DNS system, so
      it can result in more effective apache performance.</p>
    </note></dd>

    <!-- ===================== Hostname ======================= -->
    <dt><var><a name="hostname" id="hostname">Hostname</a></var></dt>
    <dd>
    <p>A <dfn>Hostname</dfn> is a fully qualified DNS domain name which can
    be resolved to one or more <var><a href="#ipaddr">IPAddrs</a></var> via the
    DNS domain name service. It represents a logical host (in contrast to
	<var><a href="#domain">Domain</a></var>s, see above) and must be resolvable
    to at least one <var><a href="#ipaddr">IPAddr</a></var> (or often to a list
    of hosts with different <var><a href="#ipaddr">IPAddr</a></var>s).</p>

    <example><title>Examples</title>
      prep.ai.mit.edu<br />
      www.apache.org
    </example>

    <note><title>Note</title>
      <p>In many situations, it is more effective to specify an <var><a
      href="#ipaddr">IPAddr</a></var> in place of a <var>Hostname</var> since a
      DNS lookup can be avoided. Name resolution in Apache can take a remarkable
      deal of time when the connection to the name server uses a slow PPP
      link.</p>
      <p><var>Hostname</var> comparisons are done without regard to the case,
      and <var>Hostname</var>s are always assumed to be anchored in the root
      of the DNS tree, therefore two hosts <code>WWW.MyDomain.com</code>
      and <code>www.mydomain.com.</code> (note the trailing period) are
      considered equal.</p>
     </note></dd>
    </dl>
</usage>
<seealso><a href="../dns-caveats.html">DNS Issues</a></seealso>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyTimeout</name>
<description>Network timeout for proxied requests</description>
<syntax>ProxyTimeout <var>seconds</var></syntax>
<default>ProxyTimeout 300</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>
<compatibility>Available in Apache 2.0.31 and later</compatibility>

<usage>
    <p>This directive allows a user to specifiy a timeout on proxy requests.
    This is useful when you have a slow/buggy appserver which hangs, and you
    would rather just return a timeout and fail gracefully instead of waiting
    however long it takes the server to return.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyDomain</name>
<description>Default domain name for proxied requests</description>
<syntax>ProxyDomain <var>Domain</var></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>This directive is only useful for Apache proxy servers within
    intranets. The <directive>ProxyDomain</directive> directive specifies
    the default domain which the apache proxy server will belong to. If a
    request to a host without a domain name is encountered, a redirection
    response to the same host with the configured <var>Domain</var> appended
    will be generated.</p>

    <example><title>Example</title>
      ProxyRemote  *  http://firewall.mycompany.com:81<br />
      NoProxy         .mycompany.com 192.168.112.0/21<br />
      ProxyDomain     .mycompany.com
    </example>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyVia</name>
<description>Information provided in the <code>Via</code> HTTP response
header for proxied requests</description>
<syntax>ProxyVia On|Off|Full|Block</syntax>
<default>ProxyVia Off</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>This directive controls the use of the <code>Via:</code> HTTP
    header by the proxy. Its intended use is to control the flow of
    proxy requests along a chain of proxy servers.  See <a
    href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</a> (HTTP/1.1), section
    14.45 for an explanation of <code>Via:</code> header lines.</p>

    <ul>
    <li>If set to <code>Off</code>, which is the default, no special processing
    is performed. If a request or reply contains a <code>Via:</code> header,
    it is passed through unchanged.</li>

    <li>If set to <code>On</code>, each request and reply will get a
    <code>Via:</code> header line added for the current host.</li>

    <li>If set to <code>Full</code>, each generated <code>Via:</code> header
    line will additionally have the Apache server version shown as a
    <code>Via:</code> comment field.</li>

    <li>If set to <code>Block</code>, every proxy request will have all its
    <code>Via:</code> header lines removed. No new <code>Via:</code> header will
    be generated.</li>
    </ul>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>ProxyErrorOverride</name>
<description>Override error pages for proxied content</description>
<syntax>ProxyErrorOverride On|Off</syntax>
<default>ProxyErrorOverride Off</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>
<compatibility>Available in version 2.0 and later</compatibility>

<usage>
    <p>This directive is useful for reverse-proxy setups, where you want to 
    have a common look and feel on the error pages seen by the end user. 
    This also allows for included files (via
    <module>mod_include</module>'s SSI) to get
    the error code and act accordingly (default behavior would display
    the error page of the proxied server, turning this on shows the SSI
    Error message).</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

</modulesynopsis>