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mod_proxy
Apache module

mod_proxy is an optional module for the Apache HTTP Server.

This module implements a proxy, gateway or cache for Apache. It implements proxying capability for AJP13 (Apache JServ Protocol version 1.3), FTP, CONNECT (for SSL), HTTP/0.9, HTTP/1.0, and (since Apache 1.3.23) HTTP/1.1. The module can be configured to connect to other proxy modules for these and other protocols.

One powerful feature of Apache is flexible virtual hosting—multiple virtual hosts on a single server. This is a convenient way to partition separate websites and applications. With mod_proxy it is possible to set various web framework-based applications up as virtual hosts as well.

mod_proxy can help to improve LAMP security or to strip SSL from HTTP requests.

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History

This module was experimental in Apache 1.1.x.7

As of Apache 1.2, mod_proxy stability was greatly improved.8

Since Apache 2.0, proxy features are divided into several modules in addition to mod_proxy: mod_proxy_http, mod_proxy_ftp, and mod_proxy_connect — moreover, caching is provided by mod_cache and related modules.9

Since Apache 2.2, mod_proxy_ajp and mod_proxy_balancer have been added as well.10

As of Apache 2.4, mod_proxy_fcgi was also added, to proxy FastCGI requests to another server, superseding mod_fcgid and mod_fastcgi. 11

See also

  • Free and open-source software portal

Notes

References

  1. Homepage of mod_proxy for Apache 2.2 https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html ↩

  2. "Running CherryPy behind Apache using mod_proxy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2009-11-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20100221210626/http://tools.cherrypy.org/wiki/ModProxy ↩

  3. Single Django App behind multiple Apache Proxies https://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/213/ ↩

  4. "Using web2py with Apache, mod_proxy, and mod_proxy_html". Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-11-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20091111034948/http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/AlterEgo/default/show/136 ↩

  5. Improve LAMP security with Apache Proxy's directive (mod_proxy) http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/wa-lampsec/ ↩

  6. "Strip SSL with Apache mod_proxy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2009-11-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20090929074559/http://www.onlinehowto.net/Tutorials/Apache-Web-Server/Strip-SSL-with-Apache-mod-proxy-part-one/1051 ↩

  7. "The mod_proxy module was experimental in Apache 1.1.x". Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2009-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20091010162646/http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_proxy.html ↩

  8. "In Apache 1.2, mod_proxy stability was greatly improved". Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2009-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20091010162646/http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_proxy.html ↩

  9. In Apache 2.0 proxy features are divided into several modules https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html ↩

  10. In Apache 2.2 mod_proxy_ajp and mod_proxy_balancer added https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html ↩

  11. mod_proxy_fcgi documentation https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy_fcgi.html ↩