On 15/09/2011 16:18, Shanti Suresh wrote: > All, > > I am trying to understand some anomaly with mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balancer. > mod_proxy works fine if the (reverse)Proxying is done to the local Tomcat > Engine rather than going through the balancer. If it goes through the > "balancer", then an extra "/" is added on 302 Redirects after the hostname in > URLs. Adding "ProxyPreserveHost On" gets the proper 302 Redirects without > the extra "/". > > Short of reading source code, I was hoping someone can explain the: > (1) purpose of "ProxyPreserveHost On" -> It is to pass the "Host" header > from the incoming request onto Tomcat > (2) Does "ProxyPreserveHost" have any implication on the "Location:" Header > going out in 302 responses? > (3) I thought the "ProxyPassReverse" directive was used for setting > (rewriting) the "Location:" header in the 302 responses. > (4) How does Tomcat work without "ProxyPreserveHost On" when requests don't > go through the balancer?
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