I'll have another try and re-directing to external server, it seemed to be getting ignored last time I tried.
Many thanks, Mark. 2008/12/18 Eric Covener <cove...@gmail.com> > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Mark Stevens > <mark.steven...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Anyone had any luck with serving custom error documents when Apache is > > configured as a reverse proxy? I do not have a DocumentRoot, just > Rewrite > > and ProxyPass back to application server? > > > > When the back end is overloaded, Apache generates it's generic 503 Page, > I > > need to change this default Apache 503 page to a custom 503, this will > need > > to come from Apache flat file not the back end server. > > > > I have tried adding a DocumentRoot and exclusion RewriteCond, but mod > proxy > > and Apache seem to be intercepting the request and trying to serve it > from > > the back end server that is being reverse proxied. > > Use the form of ErrorDocument that just specified a string, or a fully > qualified URL to redirect to another server or vhost (that doesn't > proxy). > > -- > Eric Covener > cove...@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >