Thread: 2 servers - 1 domain function.

Hello everyone,

First of all I apologize if this has been asked before (I couldn't find it on the forum)...

I need some advice (and quite possibly further instructions on how to achieve the following scenario).

Server 1 has an IP of 45.40.40.40 with a Joomla installation, running lighttpd with fastcgi and rewrite rules, working flawlessly at domain example.com

Server 2 has an IP of 55.50.50.50 with a Java LMS, running on Tomcat (port 8080) with a context path of /lmspath. The LMS works when typing : 55.50.50.50:8080/lmspath (actually redirecting to55.50.50.50:8080/lmspath/dmz).

As you may have guessed by now, I am trying to make Server 2 being called when someone types : example.com/lmspath and any of its subfolders (i.e. example.com/lmspath/repository etc.).

Coming across some similar articles I believe mod_proxy has to be used (I could be wrong, so if I am and there's a better way, please, correct me) ?

However I have been unable to do so (getting a 404 error) so far.
Here's an extract of Server 1's lighttpd.conf :

Code:

#Lighttpd re-writes
url.rewrite-if-not-file = (
"^/$" => "$0",
"^/(authorcentral|awstats|phpmyadmin|administrator).*" => "$0",
"^/(.*)" => "/index.php/$1"
)

#Example Proxy redirect - DOES NOT WORK!
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/lmspath/" {
proxy.server = (
"" => ( (
"host" => "55.50.50.50",
"port" => 8080
) )
)
}

I have enabled "mod_proxy" (actually added the line - wasn't in the conf before) and lighttpd DOES start. But for some reason I still get the dreaded 404 error.

Anyone has a solution for such a scenario?

Thanks in advance!,

Alex

Hi

Just a guess here....

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/lmspath/" {
proxy-core.backends = ( "55.50.50.50:8080" )

Tried the "noslash" case as well, but it didn't work...

What DID work though is the following command (in case anyone is interested in a similar scenario).

proxy.server = (
"/lmspath" => ( (
"host" => "55.50.50.50",
"port" => 8080,
"fix-redirects" => 1
) ) )

ok cool...

Thanks for input