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I am trying to get the hang of the reverse proxy features in Apache. I am using the Bitnami RubyStack on Windows Server 2012. The following configuration makes Apache not even to start - the error.log doesn't seem to be any helpful about what is going wrong.

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName mydomain.nl ServerAlias mysub.mydomain.nl # this is a Rails application DocumentRoot "C:/Bitnami/rubystack-2.0.0-17/projects/dummy" RewriteEngine On <Proxy balancer://thinservers> BalancerMember http://127.0.0.1:3001 </Proxy> # Redirect all non-static requests to thin RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ balancer://thinservers%{REQUEST_URI} [P,QSA,L] # Custom log file locations ErrorLog "C:/Bitnami/rubystack-2.0.0-17/projects/dummy/log/error.log" CustomLog "C:/Bitnami/rubystack-2.0.0-17/projects/dummy/log/access.log" </VirtualHost>

What I am trying to achieve is to forward incoming requests on port 80 to 3001. I think however there might be a problem, as the Bitnami document root is also configured.

I am not really comfortable within Apache. I have included the modules for the proxy features I needed. As long as I don't include the vhosts, Apache will start fine. Yet, I have no clue what Rewriting and BalanceMember are supposed to do.

EDIT: after some permission checking, I got Apache started, but I get an Internal Server Error when accessing port 80.

No protocol handler was valid for the URL /. If you are using a DSO version of mod_proxy, make sure the proxy submodules are included in the configuration using LoadModule.

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  • See Why not use a WAMP stack? for the reasons why this setup is not a good idea. Commented Sep 7, 2014 at 14:30
  • What does a WAMP stack have to do with Reverse Proxy configuration? Besides - the P stands for PHP. I am using a Rails app. Commented Sep 7, 2014 at 17:44
  • The issues are exactly the same. Commented Sep 7, 2014 at 17:49
  • Using a stack for development reasons shouldn't be the real issue - I totally agree on such agreements not to use them in production environments. However, my question means that I've no real knowledge about Apache setup. There are tons of examples, but I have no real clue how I am supposed to achieve what I want - it wouldn't make a real difference with a regular setup. Commented Sep 7, 2014 at 21:04

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After some digging, I found something similar that just nails it. I found obscure tutorials, even bad links on the Apache doc section. So, for everyone who really doesn't care about Apache ins-and-outs, but just wants their Rails apps to fly with reverse proxy on the Bitnami Rubystack.

Include the vhosts in the main configuration file (httpd-conf) Add your customized vhost entry in the extra/vhosts.conf

NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot "YOUR_BITNAMI_INSTALL_DIR/rubystack-2.0.0-17/projects/dummy/public" ServerName your-subdomain.domain.com ProxyPass / http://localhost:3001/ ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:3001/ </VirtualHost>

Does the trick perfectly!

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  • I have tried this but get error Job for apache2.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status apache2.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. Commented May 12, 2020 at 6:17

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