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19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa--><title>mod_proxy - Apache HTTP Server</title><link href="/style/manual.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/></head><body><blockquote><div align="center"><img alt="[APACHE DOCUMENTATION]" src="/images/sub.gif"/><h3>Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</h3></div><h1 align="center">Apache Module mod_proxy</h1><table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td valign="top"><span class="help">Description:</span></td><td><description>HTTP/1.1 proxy/gateway server</description></td></tr><tr><td><a href="module-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier" class="help">Module&nbsp;Identifier:</a></td><td>proxy_module</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><h2>Summary</h2><summary>
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger<blockquote><table><tr><td bgcolor="#ffe5f5"><p align="center"><strong>Warning</strong></p>
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen KuksaThis document has been updated to take into account changes
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksamade in the 2.0 version of the Apache HTTP Server. Some of the
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksainformation may still be inaccurate, please use it
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksawith care.
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa</td></tr></table></blockquote>
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa<p>This module implements a proxy/gateway for Apache. It implements
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksaproxying capability for
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa<code>FTP</code>,
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa<code>CONNECT</code> (for SSL),
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger<code>HTTP/0.9</code>,
97669a2ab79fef55a04bd6f0e51267e5119ddab7Eugen Kuksa<code>HTTP/1.0</code>, and
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa<code>HTTP/1.1</code>.
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen KuksaThe module can be configured to connect to other proxy modules for these
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksaand other protocols.</p>
ee5342a8882c2fc7631fcffb5497e6597747887cTim Reddehase
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa<p>This module was experimental in Apache 1.1.x. Improvements and bugfixes
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornbergerwere made in Apache v1.2.x and Apache v1.3.x, then the module underwent a major
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornbergeroverhaul for Apache v2.0. The protocol support was upgraded to HTTP/1.1,
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksaand filter support was enabled.</p>
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa<p>Please note that the <strong>caching</strong> function present in
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksamod_proxy up to Apache v1.3.x has been <strong>removed</strong> from
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksamod_proxy and will be incorporated into a new module, mod_cache.</p>
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa
b8cb3a851dbe99df84d6f431ae3ec3d32bae9885Eugen Kuksa<blockquote><table><tr><td bgcolor="#ffe5f5"><p>Do not enable proxying with <a href="#proxyrequests" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyRequests</code></a> until you have
b8cb3a851dbe99df84d6f431ae3ec3d32bae9885Eugen Kuksa<a href="#access">secured your server</a>. Open proxy servers are
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksadangerous both to your network and to the Internet at large.</p></td></tr></table></blockquote>
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa</summary><h2>Directives</h2><ul><li><a href="#allowconnect">AllowCONNECT</a></li><li><a href="#noproxy">NoProxy</a></li><li><a href="#proxyblock">ProxyBlock</a></li><li><a href="#proxydomain">ProxyDomain</a></li><li><a href="#proxyerroroverride">ProxyErrorOverride</a></li><li><a href="#proxymaxforwards">ProxyMaxForwards</a></li><li><a href="#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></li><li><a href="#proxypassreverse">ProxyPassReverse</a></li><li><a href="#proxypreservehost">ProxyPreserveHost</a></li><li><a href="#proxyreceivebuffersize">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</a></li><li><a href="#proxyremote">ProxyRemote</a></li><li><a href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a></li><li><a href="#proxytimeout">ProxyTimeout</a></li><li><a href="#proxyvia">ProxyVia</a></li></ul><h2><a name="configs">Common configuration topics</a></h2>
c975e932187f329ac00049d8fd7cc796633f9e92Eugen Kuksa
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger<ul>
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger<li><a href="#forwardreverse">Forward and Reverse Proxies</a></li>
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger<li><a href="#access">Controlling access to your proxy</a></li>
edb60d84b665c7da38ec9698644088cf1cb269cdEugen Kuksa<li><a href="#shortname">Using Netscape hostname shortcuts</a></li>
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa<li><a href="#mimetypes">Why doesn't file type <em>xxx</em> download via FTP?</a></li>
edb60d84b665c7da38ec9698644088cf1cb269cdEugen Kuksa<li><a href="#type">How can I force an FTP ASCII download of File <em>xxx</em>?</a></li>
edb60d84b665c7da38ec9698644088cf1cb269cdEugen Kuksa<li><a href="#percent2fhack">How can I access FTP files outside of my home directory?</a></li>
edb60d84b665c7da38ec9698644088cf1cb269cdEugen Kuksa<li><a href="#ftppass">How can I hide the FTP cleartext password in my browser's URL line?</a></li>
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa<li><a href="#startup">Why does Apache start more slowly when using the
edb60d84b665c7da38ec9698644088cf1cb269cdEugen Kuksa proxy module?</a></li>
edb60d84b665c7da38ec9698644088cf1cb269cdEugen Kuksa
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger<li><a href="#intranet">What other functions are useful for an intranet proxy server?</a></li>
e177fcf2d91f312a7821c8e8c1122890bde1e5f5Tim Reddehase</ul>
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger<h3><a name="forwardreverse">Forward and Reverse Proxies</a></h3>
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger
c975e932187f329ac00049d8fd7cc796633f9e92Eugen Kuksa<p>Apache can be configured in both a <em>forward</em> and <em>reverse</em>
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornbergerproxy configuration.</p>
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksa<p>A <em>forward proxy</em> is an intermediate system that enables a browser to connect to a
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornbergerremote network to which it normally does not have access. A forward proxy
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornbergercan also be used to cache data, reducing load on the networks between the
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornbergerforward proxy and the remote webserver.</p>
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger<p>Apache's mod_proxy can be figured to behave like a forward proxy
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksausing the <a href="#proxyremote" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyRemote</code></a>
c975e932187f329ac00049d8fd7cc796633f9e92Eugen Kuksadirective. In addition, caching of data can be achieved by configuring
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian KornbergerApache <code><a href="mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code>. Other dedicated forward proxy
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornbergerpackages include <a href="http://www.squid.org">Squid</a>.</p>
e177fcf2d91f312a7821c8e8c1122890bde1e5f5Tim Reddehase
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger<p>A <em>reverse proxy</em> is a webserver system that is capable of serving webpages
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornbergersourced from other webservers - in addition to webpages on disk or generated
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornbergerdynamically by CGI - making these pages look like they originated at the
19b01885dc97543b2f51f671a4042d013cc9295eEugen Kuksareverse proxy.</p>
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger
93ff918a7a1656d812f27a767a976ea33da0921fJulian Kornberger<p>When configured with the mod_cache module the reverse
ee5342a8882c2fc7631fcffb5497e6597747887cTim Reddehaseproxy can act as a cache for slower backend webservers. The reverse proxy
can also enable advanced URL strategies and management techniques, allowing
webpages served using different webserver systems or architectures to
coexist inside the same URL space. Reverse proxy systems are also ideal for
implementing centralised logging websites with many or diverse website
backends. Complex multi-tier webserver systems can be constructed using an
Apache mod_proxy frontend and any number of backend webservers.</p>
<p>The reverse proxy is configured using the
<a href="#proxypass" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyPass</code></a> and <a href="#proxypassreverse" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyPassReverse</code></a> directives. Caching can be
enabled using mod_cache as with the forward proxy.</p>
<h3><a name="access">Controlling access to your proxy</a></h3>
<p>You can control who can access your proxy via the normal <a href="core.html#directory" class="directive"><code class="directive">&lt;Directory&gt;</code></a>
control block using the following example:</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
&lt;Directory proxy:*&gt;<br>
Order Deny,Allow<br>
Deny from all<br>
Allow from 192.168.0<br>
&lt;/Directory&gt;
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<p>A <a href="core.html#files" class="directive"><code class="directive">&lt;Files&gt;</code></a> block
will also work, and is the only method known to work for all possible
URLs in Apache versions earlier than 1.2b10.</p>
<p>When configuring a reverse proxy, access control takes on the
attributes of the normal server <a href="core.html#directory" class="directive"><code class="directive">&lt;directory&gt;</code></a> configuration.</p>
<h3><a name="mimetypes">Why doesn't file type <em>xxx</em>
download via FTP?</a></h3>
<p>You probably don't have that particular file type defined as
<em>application/octet-stream</em> in your proxy's mime.types configuration
file. A useful line can be</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
application/octet-stream bin dms lha lzh exe class tgz taz
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<h3><a name="type">How can I force an FTP ASCII download of
File <em>xxx</em>?</a></h3>
<p>In the rare situation where you must download a specific file using the FTP
<strong>ASCII</strong> transfer method (while the default transfer is in
<strong>binary</strong> mode), you can override mod_proxy's default by
suffixing the request with <code>;type=a</code> to force an ASCII transfer.
(FTP Directory listings are always executed in ASCII mode, however.)</p>
<h3><a name="percent2fhck">How can I access FTP files outside
of my home directory?</a></h3>
<p>
An FTP URI is interpreted relative to the home directory of the user
who is logging in. Alas, to reach higher directory levels you cannot
use /../, as the dots are interpreted by the browser and not actually
sent to the FTP server. To address this problem, the so called "Squid
%2f hack" was implemented in the Apache FTP proxy; it is is a solution
which is also used by other popular proxy servers like the <a href="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid Proxy Cache</a>. By
prepending /%2f to the path of your request, you can make such a proxy
change the FTP starting directory to / (instead of the home
directory). </p>
<p><strong>Example:</strong> To retrieve the file
<code>/etc/motd</code>, you would use the URL</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>ftp://<em>user@host</em>/%2f/etc/motd</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<h3><a name="ftppass">How can I hide the FTP cleartext password
in my browser's URL line?</a></h3>
<p>
To log in to an FTP server by username and password, Apache
uses different strategies.
In absense of a user name and password in the URL altogether,
Apache sends an anomymous login to the FTP server, i.e.,</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
user: anonymous<br>
password: apache_proxy@
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<p>This works for all popular FTP servers which are configured for
anonymous access.</p>
<p>For a personal login with a specific username, you can embed
the user name into the URL, like in:
<code>ftp://<em>username@host</em>/myfile</code>. If the FTP server
asks for a password when given this username (which it should),
then Apache will reply with a [401 Authorization required] response,
which causes the Browser to pop up the username/password dialog.
Upon entering the password, the connection attempt is retried,
and if successful, the requested resource is presented.
The advantage of this procedure is that your browser does not
display the password in cleartext (which it would if you had used
<code>ftp://<em>username:password@host</em>/myfile</code> in
the first place).</p>
<blockquote><table><tr><td bgcolor="#e0e5f5"><p align="center"><strong>Note</strong></p>
The password which is transmitted in such a way
is not encrypted on its way. It travels between your browser and
the Apache proxy server in a base64-encoded cleartext string, and
between the Apache proxy and the FTP server as plaintext. You should
therefore think twice before accessing your FTP server via HTTP
(or before accessing your personal files via FTP at all!) When
using unsecure channels, an eavesdropper might intercept your
password on its way.
</td></tr></table></blockquote>
<h3><a name="startup">Why does Apache start more slowly when
using the proxy module?</a></h3>
<p>If you're using the <a href="#proxyblock" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyBlock</code></a>
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>
<h3><a name="intranet">What other functions are useful for an
intranet proxy server?</a></h3>
<p>An Apache proxy server situated in an intranet needs to forward
external requests through the company's firewall. However, when it has
to access resources within the intranet, it can bypass the firewall
when accessing hosts. The <a href="#noproxy" class="directive"><code class="directive">NoProxy</code></a> 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
"http://somehost.my.dom.ain/". Some commercial proxy servers let them get
away with this and simply serve the request, implying a configured
local domain. When the <a href="#proxydomain" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyDomain</code></a> 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>
<hr/><h2><a name="AllowCONNECT">AllowCONNECT</a> <a name="allowconnect">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>AllowCONNECT <em>port</em> [<em>port</em>] ...</syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>AllowCONNECT 443 563</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><usage>
<p>The <code class="directive">AllowCONNECT</code> 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 <em>https</em>
connection is requested and proxy tunneling over <em>http</em> is in
effect.<br> By default, only the default https port (443) and the
default snews port (563) are enabled. Use the
<code class="directive">AllowCONNECT</code> directive to overrride this default and
allow connections to the listed ports only.</p>
</usage><hr/><h2><a name="NoProxy">NoProxy</a> <a name="noproxy">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>NoProxy
<em>Domain</em>|
<em>SubNet</em>|
<em>IpAddr</em>|
<em>Hostname</em>
[<em>Domain</em>|
<em>SubNet</em>|
<em>IpAddr</em>|
<em>Hostname</em>] ...</syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><usage>
<p>This directive is only useful for Apache proxy servers within
intranets. The <code class="directive">NoProxy</code> 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
<a href="#proxyremote" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyRemote</code></a> proxy server(s).</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Example</strong></p><code>
ProxyRemote * http://firewall.mycompany.com:81<br>
NoProxy .mycompany.com 192.168.112.0/21
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<p>The arguments to the NoProxy directive are one of the following type list:</p>
<dl>
<dt><a name="domain">
<em>Domain</em></a></dt>
<dd>A <em>Domain</em> 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
<em>Domain</em>).<br>
Examples: <code>.com</code> <code>.apache.org.</code><br>
To distinguish <em>Domain</em>s from <a href="#hostname"><em>Hostname</em></a>s (both
syntactically and semantically; a DNS domain can have a DNS A record,
too!), <em>Domain</em>s are always written
with a leading period.<br>
Note: Domain name comparisons are done without regard to the case,
and <em>Domain</em>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.</dd>
<dt><a name="subnet">
<em>SubNet</em></a></dt>
<dd>A <em>SubNet</em> 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
<em>SubNet</em>. 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.)<br>
Examples:
<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 255.255.248.0)</dd>
</dl>
As a degenerate case, a <em>SubNet</em> with 32 valid bits is the
equivalent to an <em>IPAddr</em>, while a <em>SubNet</em> with zero
valid bits (<em>e.g.</em>, 0.0.0.0/0) is the same as the constant
<em>_Default_</em>, matching any IP address. </dd>
<dt><a name="ipaddr">
<em>IPAddr</em></a></dt>
<dd>A <em>IPAddr</em> 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.<br>
Example: 192.168.123.7<br>
Note: An <em>IPAddr</em> does not need to be resolved by the DNS
system, so it can result in more effective apache performance.</dd>
<dt><a name="hostname">
<em>Hostname</em></a></dt>
<dd>A <em>Hostname</em> is a fully qualified DNS domain name which can
be resolved to one or more <a href="#ipaddr"><em>IPAddrs</em></a> via the DNS domain name service.
It represents a logical host (in contrast to
<a href="#domain"><em>Domain</em></a>s, see
above) and must be resolvable to at least one <a href="#ipaddr"><em>IPAddr</em></a> (or often to a list of hosts
with different <a href="#ipaddr"><em>IPAddr</em></a>'s).<br>
Examples: <code>prep.ai.mit.edu</code>
<code>www.apache.org.</code><br>
Note: In many situations, it is more effective to specify an
<a href="#ipaddr"><em>IPAddr</em></a> in place of a
<em>Hostname</em> 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.<br>
Note: <em>Hostname</em> comparisons are done without regard to the case,
and <em>Hostname</em>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.</dd>
</dl>
</usage><p><strong>See also </strong></p><ul><li><a href="/dns-caveats.html">DNS Issues</a></li></ul><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyBlock">ProxyBlock</a> <a name="proxyblock">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyBlock *|<em>word|host|domain</em>
[<em>word|host|domain</em>] ...</syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><usage>
<p>The <code class="directive">ProxyBlock</code> 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. Example:</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
ProxyBlock joes-garage.com some-host.co.uk rocky.wotsamattau.edu
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<p>'rocky.wotsamattau.edu' would also be matched if referenced by IP
address.</p>
<p>Note that 'wotsamattau' would also be sufficient to match
'wotsamattau.edu'.</p>
<p>Note also that</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
ProxyBlock *
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<p>blocks connections to all sites.</p>
</usage><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyDomain">ProxyDomain</a> <a name="proxydomain">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyDomain <em>Domain</em></syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><usage>
<p>This directive is only useful for Apache proxy servers within
intranets. The <code class="directive">ProxyDomain</code> 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 <em>Domain</em> appended
will be generated.</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Example</strong></p><code>
ProxyRemote * http://firewall.mycompany.com:81<br>
NoProxy .mycompany.com 192.168.112.0/21<br>
ProxyDomain .mycompany.com
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
</usage><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyErrorOverride">ProxyErrorOverride</a> <a name="proxyerroroverride">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyErrorOverride On|Off</syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyErrorOverride Off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in version 2.0 and later</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><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 mod_include'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><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyMaxForwards">ProxyMaxForwards</a> <a name="proxymaxforwards">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyMaxForwards <em>number</em></syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyMaxForwards 10</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in Apache 2.0 and later</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><usage>
<p>The <code class="directive">ProxyMaxForwards</code> directive specifies the
maximum number of proxies through which a request may pass. This is
set to prevent infinite proxy loops, or a DoS attack.</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Example</strong></p><code>
ProxyMaxForwards 10
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
</usage><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyPass">ProxyPass</a> <a name="proxypass">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyPass [<em>path</em>] !|<em>url</em></syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><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. <em>path</em> is the name of a local virtual path;
<em>url</em> is a partial URL for the remote server.</p>
<p>Suppose the local server has address <code>http://wibble.org/</code>;
then</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
ProxyPass /mirror/foo/ http://foo.com/
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<p>will cause a local request for the
&lt;<code>http://wibble.org/mirror/foo/bar</code>&gt; to be
internally converted into a proxy request to
&lt;<code>http://foo.com/bar</code>&gt;.</p>
<p>
The ! directive is useful in situations where you don't want to reverse-proxy
a subdirectory. eg.</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
ProxyPass /mirror/foo/i !<br>
ProxyPass /mirror/foo http://foo.com
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<p>will proxy all requests to /mirror/foo to foo.com EXCEPT requests made to /mirror/foo/i</p>
<blockquote><table><tr><td bgcolor="#e0e5f5">NB: order is important. you need to put the exclusions BEFORE the general proxypass directive</td></tr></table></blockquote>
</usage><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyPassReverse">ProxyPassReverse</a> <a name="proxypassreverse">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyPassReverse [<em>path</em>] <em>url</em></syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><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><em>path</em> is the name of a local virtual path.<br>
<em>url</em> is a partial URL for the remote server - the same way they are
used for the <a href="#proxypass" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyPass</code></a> directive.</p>
<p>
Example:<br>
Suppose the local server has address <code>http://wibble.org/</code>; then</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
ProxyPass /mirror/foo/ http://foo.com/<br>
ProxyPassReverse /mirror/foo/ http://foo.com/
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<p>will not only cause a local request for the
&lt;<code>http://wibble.org/mirror/foo/bar</code>&gt; to be internally
converted into a proxy request to &lt;<code>http://foo.com/bar</code>&gt; (the
functionality <code>ProxyPass</code> provides here). It also takes care of
redirects the server foo.com sends: when <code>http://foo.com/bar</code> is
redirected by him to <code>http://foo.com/quux</code> Apache adjusts this to
<code>http://wibble.org/mirror/foo/quux</code> before forwarding the HTTP
redirect response to the client. </p>
<p>
Note that this <code class="directive">ProxyPassReverse</code> directive can
also be used in conjunction with the proxy pass-through feature
("<code>RewriteRule ... [P]</code>") from
<code><a href="mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> because its doesn't depend on a
corresponding <a href="#proxypass" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyPass</code></a>
directive.</p>
</usage><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyPreserveHost">ProxyPreserveHost</a> <a name="proxypreservehost">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyPreserveHost on|off</syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyPreserveHost Off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in
Apache 2.0.31 and later.</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><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 proxypass line.
</p>
<p>This option should normally be turned 'off'.</p>
</usage><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyReceiveBufferSize">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</a> <a name="proxyreceivebuffersize">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyReceiveBufferSize <em>bytes</em></syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><usage>
<p>The <code class="directive">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</code> directive
specifies an explicit network buffer size for outgoing HTTP and FTP
connections, for increased throughput. It has to be greater than 512
or set to 0 to indicate that the system's default buffer size should
be used.</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Example</strong></p><code>
ProxyReceiveBufferSize 2048
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
</usage><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyRemote">ProxyRemote</a> <a name="proxyremote">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyRemote <em>match remote-server</em></syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><usage>
<p>This defines remote proxies to this proxy. <em>match</em> 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 '*' to indicate the
server should be contacted for all requests. <em>remote-server</em> is a
partial URL for the remote server. Syntax:</p>
<pre>
remote-server = protocol://hostname[:port]
</pre>
<p><em>protocol</em> is the protocol that should be used to communicate
with the remote server; only "http" is supported by this module.</p>
<p>
Example:</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
ProxyRemote http://goodguys.com/ http://mirrorguys.com:8000<br>
ProxyRemote * http://cleversite.com<br>
ProxyRemote ftp http://ftpproxy.mydomain.com:8080
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
<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><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyRequests">ProxyRequests</a> <a name="proxyrequests">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyRequests on|off</syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyRequests Off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><usage>
<p>This allows or prevents Apache from functioning as a forward proxy
server. (Setting ProxyRequests to 'off' does not disable use of the
<a href="#proxypass" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyPass</code></a> directive.)</p>
<p>In a typical reverse proxy configuration, this option should be set to
'off'.</p>
<blockquote><table><tr><td bgcolor="#ffe5f5"><p>Do not enable proxying with <a href="#proxyrequests" class="directive"><code class="directive">ProxyRequests</code></a> 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></td></tr></table></blockquote>
</usage><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyTimeout">ProxyTimeout</a> <a name="proxytimeout">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyTimeout <em>seconds</em></syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyTimeout 300</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in
Apache 2.0.31 and later</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><usage>
<p>This directive allows a user to specifiy a timeout on proxy requests.
This is usefull 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><hr/><h2><a name="ProxyVia">ProxyVia</a> <a name="proxyvia">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td/></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td><syntax>ProxyVia on|off|full|block</syntax></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ProxyVia off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_proxy</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><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 of
proxy requests along a chain of proxy servers. See RFC2068 (HTTP/1.1)
for an explanation of <code>Via:</code> header lines.</p>
<ul> <li>If set
to <em>off</em>, 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 <em>on</em>, each
request and reply will get a <code>Via:</code> header line added for
the current host.</li>
<li>If set to <em>full</em>, 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 <em>block</em>, every
proxy request will have all its <code>Via:</code> header lines
removed. No new <code>Via:</code> header will be generated.</li>
</ul>
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