mod_rewrite ignoring proxy flag

Hi,

we are having the following RewriteRule entry configured

RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ https://HOSTNAME/$1 [P]

which generally seems to work, all incoming requests are forwarded to the =
indicated machine, not as redirect but utilising mod_proxy.

The problem starts to occur when a URL contains a question mark

/SOMEPATH?/ANOTHERPATH

these URLs do not seem to be proxied through but are actually sent as =
regular HTTP redirect to the client. I noticed that by separating the =
question mark - like /SOMEPATH/?/ANOTHERPATH - it doesn't show this =
behaviour but again works like mod_proxy.

Would anyone have an explanation for this behaviour?


Thanks,
Alexander


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Re: mod_rewrite ignoring proxy flag

On Sep 30, 2009, at 12:32 , Alexander Müller wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> we are having the following RewriteRule entry configured
>
> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ https://HOSTNAME/$1 [P]
>
> which generally seems to work, all incoming requests are forwarded =20
> to the indicated machine, not as redirect but utilising mod_proxy.
>
> The problem starts to occur when a URL contains a question mark
>
> /SOMEPATH?/ANOTHERPATH
>
> these URLs do not seem to be proxied through but are actually sent =20
> as regular HTTP redirect to the client. I noticed that by separating =20=

> the question mark - like /SOMEPATH/?/ANOTHERPATH - it doesn't show =20
> this behaviour but again works like mod_proxy.
>
> Would anyone have an explanation for this behaviour?

The first thing that comes to mind is that you have a Redirect header =20=

being sent by the back-end. Make sure that you have a ProxyPassReverse =20=

that matches the initial Proxy request so that redirects are =20
intercepted and fixed up.

In this case, SOMEPATH? is probably getting redirected to SOMEPATH/=20
index.html?/ANOTHERPATH, for example.

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Re: mod_rewrite ignoring proxy flag

>>> On 01.10.2009 at 00:26, in message
<7A3D8EAA-2C62-444B-80E5-7C4EEC5FF95A@rcbowen.com>, Rich Bowen
wrote:

>=20
> The first thing that comes to mind is that you have a Redirect header =
=20
> being sent by the back-end. Make sure that you have a ProxyPassReverse =
=20
> that matches the initial Proxy request so that redirects are =20
> intercepted and fixed up.
>=20
> In this case, SOMEPATH? is probably getting redirected to SOMEPATH/=20
> index.html?/ANOTHERPATH, for example.

Thank you very much Rich, this was the crucial hint .... ProxyPassReverse =
did it.

Thanks again!

Alexander


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