Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:38:35 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Pontius Malmberg <p9nch@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multiple web servers behind firewall Message-ID: <14873.6987.340558.516226@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <104801544@toto.iv>
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Pontius Malmberg <p9nch@yahoo.com> types: > i have one ip coming in on a cable modem, is it > possible for me to setup a "gateway server" (maybe > using name-based hosting) and provide multiple > physical web servers behind firewall??? if possible, > then how would i go about doing this? Of course it's possible. You need to run an http proxy on the firewall that lets you redirect to different IP addresses via name-based hosting. The question is whether or not such a proxy already exists. You may be able to make Apache do this with a proxy module. If there isn't a proxy, you'll have to write it (which will give you a much better understanding of what's going on in web servers). > i am fully aware of the bandwidth constraint that > comes with cable modem, but i just want to have the > experience when i am going out there looking for a > job? :o) You're not likely to run into this problem when you're looking for a job. Companies that want to run multiple web servers typically find it easier just to buy the extra IP addresses they need. If you want experience running multiple name or ip-based servers on one machine, you can do that behind your firewall. Even if there's only one of you behind the firewall, there's a reasonable reason for wanting three servers: 1) Your real web server, 2) A test server - a clone of the web server that you install new things on to test before pushing them to #1, 3) An internal server - that runs things you don't want to make available to the outside world. You can run the last two on a machine you don't expose the to the world. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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