On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:44 PM, vivek aggarwal < vicky007aggar...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I h've observed that i am able to redirect from apache to Tomcat > Application without using "ProxyPass" attribute. > > I just used the following rewrite rule in place of "ProxyPass /abc > http://localhost:8080/kdah " > > ************************************* > RewriteRule ^/$ http://localhost:8080/kdah > > ************************************* > Does that mean we can *use rewrite rules* in case we need to do redirect > to tomcat or other applications *in place of "ProxyPass" ????* > > Please help me in understanding the basic difference *between rewrite > rule & Proxy Pass property with regards to redirection* > Your rewrite rule (as copied in your message) causes the request not to be proxied through Apache at all, it tells your browser to directly access localhost:8080. The rewriter does have a proxy option if you specify the [P] flag at the end of the rewrite rule. See this old discussion on this list: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-users/200409.mbox/%3cfab6a3a2cc5bdb448dadfa1c8c0752965f7...@somexevs001.ex.ordersx.org%3E
