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I have a Apache server using mod_proxy_ajp to have Jboss/Tomcat5.5 handling all the requests. Here is how I configured Apache 2.2.17, and for the most part, it works:

# Proxy pass all work to Tomcat, mod_jk 1.2.31 <Location /> # ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/ ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8009/ ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8009/ </Location> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} # and , to handle the redirect of the root dir Redirect permanent / https://%{HTTP_HOST}%/myapp

Unfortunately, while ProxyPass is enabled, I am not able to get any mod_rewrite rules to work except for the ones above. How do I handle this situation?

I am trying to create a rewrite rule similar to this RedirectMatch rule (which only works if I turn off ProxyPass):

RedirectMatch ^/(?i)myagency "/myapp?agency=MyAgency%20LA"

Also, another wierd thing I found, which may provide insight to my issue, is posted here .

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You could convert your ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse directives to RewriteRule directives instead, using [P] to proxy the request, like so:

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} RewriteRule (.*) ajp://localhost:8009/$1 [P]
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  • Using the [P] option of mod_rewrite didn't work for me. The only way it will really proxy for me is by using the ProxyPass rule of mod_proxy_ajp . I think this makes sense since [P] was made for proxies in general, and not for the special case of AJP, right? Commented Apr 28, 2011 at 22:25
  • I'm actually not positive, as I've never applied this to AJP specifically. I know that mod_rewrite actually uses mod_proxy to carry out its proxying. I kinda went out on a limb, and assumed that any functionality added to mod_proxy by mod_proxy_ajp (ie, handling ajp:// URLs) would also be gained by mod_rewrite and it's proxying. I'll do a little more poking around :) Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 1:46
  • I edited my question (above) to highlight the difference between http/mod_proxy vs. ajp/mod_proxy_ajp . Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 2:10
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Ok, I finally figured it out for myself. AJP protocol works differently than HTTP type rules and so they wouldn't mix. To solve it, I had to stop redirecting everything to AJP and instead just redirect the application only using AJP. Here was the answer:

# don't ProxyPass through the "/" dir location, # since it breaks the mod_rewrite rules <Location /myapp> ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8009/myapp ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8009/myapp </Location> RewriteEngine On # rule to redirect from http to https RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} # rule to redirect / to the app context since nothing is served at / Redirect / /myapp?name= # supplemental rules to handle URI shortcuts RedirectMatch ^/(?i)name1 /myapp?name=NameOne RedirectMatch ^/(?i)name2 "/myapp?name=Name%20Two"
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LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/$ /index.html [L] # RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER}e RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/fusioncp ReWriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.*) ajp://localhost:18009$1 [P]
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