Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:43:11 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Erik de Zeeuw" <erik@usishealth.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Web URL based redirection Message-ID: <01ca01bf6824$d05361a0$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> References: <388F26DE.A43A02A9@usishealth.com>
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Hi,
Try the Apache mod_rewrite, I have never used it, but it does what you
want:
http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html
Hve Fun...
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Erik de Zeeuw <erik@usishealth.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 10:54 AM
Subject: Web URL based redirection
> Hi,
>
> I'm in the process of converting a Window$ NT based web
> application server into a cluster of FreeBSD machines,
> for both performance and long term usage, as well as
> personal satisfaction to see little daemons everywhere :)
>
> The problem is I can't just replace everything. I'll have
> to replace all this on an application basis. So I have to
> keep the actual NT server for the original applications.
>
> For now, applications are used with an URL like
>
> http://www.company.com/application
>
> And I would like to setup things so that the applications
> which are on the FreeBSD server can also be accessed the
> same way.
>
> I already install a FreeBSD/IPFilter firewall between the
> web server and the internet.
>
> So the question is what software should I use on the
> firewall
> to forward requests to http://company.com/NTapplication to
> the NT server, and forwarding
> http://company.com/BSDapplication
> to the FreeBSD server ?
>
> I guess it sounds like the software should be a proxy, but
> it may not be necessary to install a full proxy to just
> forward url requests to the machine they belong.
>
> Note that some applications uses secure http (https) so the
> software has to support it.
>
> Thanks for reading,
> Erik
>
> PS. I recently moved to Austin, TX. So if there are some
> Austin
> FreeBSD users outthere, let me know :)
>
>
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