HTTP proxy in OpenBSD 5.8 (replacing Apache ProxyPass)

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I'm trying to replace Apache with OpenBSDs httpd but can't figure out what to do with my ProxyPass statements.



In apaches conf it looks like this



 ProxyPass /someurl http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl
ProxyPassReverse /someurl http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl


  • I thought I should use relayd for this, but how do I do the URL rewrite?

  • Would I set up relayd to listen on port 80 and forward some things to different internal machines and the rest to httpd on localhost?









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    I'm trying to replace Apache with OpenBSDs httpd but can't figure out what to do with my ProxyPass statements.



    In apaches conf it looks like this



     ProxyPass /someurl http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl
    ProxyPassReverse /someurl http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl


    • I thought I should use relayd for this, but how do I do the URL rewrite?

    • Would I set up relayd to listen on port 80 and forward some things to different internal machines and the rest to httpd on localhost?









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      I'm trying to replace Apache with OpenBSDs httpd but can't figure out what to do with my ProxyPass statements.



      In apaches conf it looks like this



       ProxyPass /someurl http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl
      ProxyPassReverse /someurl http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl


      • I thought I should use relayd for this, but how do I do the URL rewrite?

      • Would I set up relayd to listen on port 80 and forward some things to different internal machines and the rest to httpd on localhost?









      share|improve this question














      I'm trying to replace Apache with OpenBSDs httpd but can't figure out what to do with my ProxyPass statements.



      In apaches conf it looks like this



       ProxyPass /someurl http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl
      ProxyPassReverse /someurl http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl


      • I thought I should use relayd for this, but how do I do the URL rewrite?

      • Would I set up relayd to listen on port 80 and forward some things to different internal machines and the rest to httpd on localhost?






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          Great question! OpenBSD's newly written httpd is not a fully-featured web-server, and nor is it intended to be. As for relayd, which was the precursor to httpd, I do not believe that it has any ability to do what you require, either.



          The best general-purpose replacement for Apache bar none is still nginx.



          It is readily available in the OpenBSD ports tree as www/nginx, and can be easily installed as a precompiled package with pkg_add(1) — doas pkg_add nginx.



          Once you install nginx, you would use the proxy_pass directive, and it'll probably look like this:



          location /someurl 
          proxy_pass http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl;



          As for ProxyPassReverse, nginx has a more appropriate name for it — proxy_redirect, and the default value of default should already be sufficient for your needs (that is, if your ProxyPassReverse and ProxyPass directives both had the same value). Good luck!






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            Great question! OpenBSD's newly written httpd is not a fully-featured web-server, and nor is it intended to be. As for relayd, which was the precursor to httpd, I do not believe that it has any ability to do what you require, either.



            The best general-purpose replacement for Apache bar none is still nginx.



            It is readily available in the OpenBSD ports tree as www/nginx, and can be easily installed as a precompiled package with pkg_add(1) — doas pkg_add nginx.



            Once you install nginx, you would use the proxy_pass directive, and it'll probably look like this:



            location /someurl 
            proxy_pass http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl;



            As for ProxyPassReverse, nginx has a more appropriate name for it — proxy_redirect, and the default value of default should already be sufficient for your needs (that is, if your ProxyPassReverse and ProxyPass directives both had the same value). Good luck!






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              Great question! OpenBSD's newly written httpd is not a fully-featured web-server, and nor is it intended to be. As for relayd, which was the precursor to httpd, I do not believe that it has any ability to do what you require, either.



              The best general-purpose replacement for Apache bar none is still nginx.



              It is readily available in the OpenBSD ports tree as www/nginx, and can be easily installed as a precompiled package with pkg_add(1) — doas pkg_add nginx.



              Once you install nginx, you would use the proxy_pass directive, and it'll probably look like this:



              location /someurl 
              proxy_pass http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl;



              As for ProxyPassReverse, nginx has a more appropriate name for it — proxy_redirect, and the default value of default should already be sufficient for your needs (that is, if your ProxyPassReverse and ProxyPass directives both had the same value). Good luck!






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                Great question! OpenBSD's newly written httpd is not a fully-featured web-server, and nor is it intended to be. As for relayd, which was the precursor to httpd, I do not believe that it has any ability to do what you require, either.



                The best general-purpose replacement for Apache bar none is still nginx.



                It is readily available in the OpenBSD ports tree as www/nginx, and can be easily installed as a precompiled package with pkg_add(1) — doas pkg_add nginx.



                Once you install nginx, you would use the proxy_pass directive, and it'll probably look like this:



                location /someurl 
                proxy_pass http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl;



                As for ProxyPassReverse, nginx has a more appropriate name for it — proxy_redirect, and the default value of default should already be sufficient for your needs (that is, if your ProxyPassReverse and ProxyPass directives both had the same value). Good luck!






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                Great question! OpenBSD's newly written httpd is not a fully-featured web-server, and nor is it intended to be. As for relayd, which was the precursor to httpd, I do not believe that it has any ability to do what you require, either.



                The best general-purpose replacement for Apache bar none is still nginx.



                It is readily available in the OpenBSD ports tree as www/nginx, and can be easily installed as a precompiled package with pkg_add(1) — doas pkg_add nginx.



                Once you install nginx, you would use the proxy_pass directive, and it'll probably look like this:



                location /someurl 
                proxy_pass http://192.168.123.123/someotherurl;



                As for ProxyPassReverse, nginx has a more appropriate name for it — proxy_redirect, and the default value of default should already be sufficient for your needs (that is, if your ProxyPassReverse and ProxyPass directives both had the same value). Good luck!







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