Apache: Using reverse proxy and run local website

apache, reverse-proxy

Solution

I think you have two options:

1. Put the proxy in a separate `<Location /someurl>` and put the site outside. Requests to `http://localhost/someurl/` will be proxied, everything else is the local site:

<VirtualHost *:80> 
    <Location /someurl >
        # Password protection omitted for brevity
        ProxyPass http://localhost:8083/
        ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8083/
    </Location>

    # Here is the site
    DocumentRoot /var/www
    # ... etc site config
</VirtualHost>

2. Use two separate `VirtualHosts`, one for the proxy and one for the site. You will need two separate hostnames pointing to your local ip. For local operations only, use `/etc/hosts`. In this exemple `http://a.localhost/` is the proxy, `http://b.localhost` is the site:

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1       a.localhost
127.0.0.1       b.localhost

Apache config:

# This is the proxy, http://a.localhost/
<VirtualHost *:80> 
    ServerName a.localhost
    # Do password protection as needed
    ProxyPass / http://localhost:8083/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8083/
</VirtualHost>

# This is the site, http://b.localhost/
<VirtualHost *:80> 
    ServerName b.localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www
    # ... etc site config
</VirtualHost>

I would probably go for two separate `VirtualHosts`, keeping stuff nicely separated.

Problem

On my linux machine I have apache2 running as a reverse proxy, because I wanted to make another webserver on port 8083 accessible while also making it password protected. For this I added this to my apache2.conf: ``` <VirtualHost *:80> <Location / > AuthName "Protected Area" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /home/pi/.htpasswd Require valid-user </Location> ProxyPass / http://localhost:8083/ ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8083/ </VirtualHost> ``` That works like a charm, but now I also want to use apache to serve a site, I would like to do this by making something like /mysite point to /var/www, but I can't really figure out how to do this or if it is even possible. Any ideas?

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