Can you use Redirect and Proxypass at the same time

Question

I am using Apache 2.2.15 on CentOS to provide SSL for a TomCat application.

ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8090/ connectiontimeout=300 timeout=300
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8090

This works fine and everything is great; however, I want to add the following line:

Redirect permanent /broken/page.html https://www.servername.com/correct/page.html

before the above to handle an error in the TomCat application itself. However, it does not appear to work the way I expect (i.e, it appears to do nothing and change nothing). Is it possible to use Redirect this way? I don't have the ability to edit the application, unfortunately.

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '14 at 04:03

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Yes! Above the ProxyPass /, add:

ProxyPass /broken/page.html !

That'll force the proxypass to not act on the page that you're trying to redirect.

answered Jun 18 '14 at 04:03

Shane Madden

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Thank you! I was wondering if I had to do something like that, but I thought that having it come first might be enough. Works great! – bombcar Jun 18 '14 at 04:07
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Another example over on stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26595592/use-redirect-and-proxypass/34501420#34501420 – Christopher Schultz Dec 28 '15 at 22:03
What if you need to exclude based on query string? – Tom Pietrosanti Jun 24 '21 at 14:21

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '14 at 05:25

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<Proxy> blocks are also useful as the context is always understood to be applying to proxied traffic. In this fashion you don't need to exclude specific paths.

<Proxy *>
    Redirect permanent /broken/page.html https://www.example.com/correct/page.html
    RedirectMatch ^/deadstuff.+ http://www.example.com/correct/page.html
</Proxy>

ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8090/ connectiontimeout=300 timeout=300
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8090

answered Jun 18 '14 at 05:25

Andrew B

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This should be the accepted answer, far easier to setup for complex setups. – Laurent Grégoire Aug 01 '22 at 09:01

Can you use Redirect and Proxypass at the same time

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