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-<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_proxy</h1>
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-</div>
-<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>HTTP/1.1 proxy/gateway server</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>proxy_module</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_proxy.c</td></tr></table>
-<h3>Summary</h3>
-
- <div class="warning"><h3>Warning</h3>
- <p>Do not enable proxying with <code class="directive"><a href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a></code> until you have <a href="#access">secured your server</a>. Open proxy servers are dangerous both to your
- network and to the Internet at large.</p>
- </div>
-
- <p>This module implements a proxy/gateway for Apache. It implements
- proxying capability for <code>FTP</code>, <code>CONNECT</code> (for SSL),
- <code>HTTP/0.9</code>, <code>HTTP/1.0</code>, and <code>HTTP/1.1</code>.
- The module can be configured to connect to other proxy modules for these
- and other protocols.</p>
-
- <p>Apache's proxy features are divided into several modules in
- addition to <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code>:
- <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_http.html">mod_proxy_http</a></code>, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html">mod_proxy_ftp</a></code>
- and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_connect.html">mod_proxy_connect</a></code>. Thus, if you want to use
- one or more of the particular proxy functions, load
- <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> <em>and</em> the appropriate module(s)
- into the server (either statically at compile-time or dynamically
- via the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code>
- directive).</p>
-
- <p>In addition, extended features are provided by other modules.
- Caching is provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> and related
- modules. The ability to contact remote servers using the SSL/TLS
- protocol is provided by the <code>SSLProxy*</code> directives of
- <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code>. These additional modules will need
- to be loaded and configured to take advantage of these features.</p>
-</div>
-<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
-<ul id="toc">
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#allowconnect">AllowCONNECT</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#noproxy">NoProxy</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxy">&lt;Proxy&gt;</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxybadheader">ProxyBadHeader</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxyblock">ProxyBlock</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxydomain">ProxyDomain</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxyerroroverride">ProxyErrorOverride</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxyftpdircharset">ProxyFtpDirCharset</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxyiobuffersize">ProxyIOBufferSize</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxymatch">&lt;ProxyMatch&gt;</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxymaxforwards">ProxyMaxForwards</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxypassreverse">ProxyPassReverse</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxypreservehost">ProxyPreserveHost</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxyreceivebuffersize">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxyremote">ProxyRemote</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxyremotematch">ProxyRemoteMatch</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxytimeout">ProxyTimeout</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxyvia">ProxyVia</a></li>
-</ul>
-<h3>Topics</h3>
-<ul id="topics">
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#forwardreverse">Forward and Reverse Proxies</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#examples">Basic Examples</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#access">Controlling access to your proxy</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ftp-proxy">FTP Proxy</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#startup">Slow Startup</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#intranet">Intranet Proxy</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#envsettings">Protocol Adjustments</a></li>
-</ul><h3>See also</h3>
-<ul class="seealso">
-<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code></li>
-<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_http.html">mod_proxy_http</a></code></li>
-<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html">mod_proxy_ftp</a></code></li>
-<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_connect.html">mod_proxy_connect</a></code></li>
-<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code></li>
-</ul></div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="section">
-<h2><a name="forwardreverse" id="forwardreverse">Forward and Reverse Proxies</a></h2>
- <p>Apache can be configured in both a <dfn>forward</dfn> and
- <dfn>reverse</dfn> proxy mode.</p>
-
- <p>An ordinary <dfn>forward proxy</dfn> is an intermediate
- server that sits between the client and the <em>origin
- server</em>. In order to get content from the origin server,
- the client sends a request to the proxy naming the origin server
- as the target and the proxy then requests the content from the
- origin server and returns it to the client. The client must be
- specially configured to use the forward proxy to access other
- sites.</p>
-
- <p>A typical usage of a forward proxy is to provide Internet
- access to internal clients that are otherwise restricted by a
- firewall. The forward proxy can also use caching (as provided
- by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code>) to reduce network usage.</p>
-
- <p>The forward proxy is activated using the <code class="directive"><a href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a></code> directive. Because
- forward proxys allow clients to access arbitrary sites through
- your server and to hide their true origin, it is essential that
- you <a href="#access">secure your server</a> so that only
- authorized clients can access the proxy before activating a
- forward proxy.</p>
-
- <p>A <dfn>reverse proxy</dfn>, by contrast, appears to the
- client just like an ordinary web server. No special
- configuration on the client is necessary. The client makes
- ordinary requests for content in the name-space of the reverse
- proxy. The reverse proxy then decides where to send those
- requests, and returns the content as if it was itself the
- origin.</p>
-
- <p>A typical usage of a reverse proxy is to provide Internet
- users access to a server that is behind a firewall. Reverse
- proxies can also be used to balance load among several back-end
- servers, or to provide caching for a slower back-end server.
- In addition, reverse proxies can be used simply to bring
- several servers into the same URL space.</p>
-
- <p>A reverse proxy is activated using the <code class="directive"><a href="#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></code> directive or the
- <code>[P]</code> flag to the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code> directive. It is
- <strong>not</strong> necessary to turn <code class="directive"><a href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a></code> on in order to
- configure a reverse proxy.</p>
- </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="section">
-<h2><a name="examples" id="examples">Basic Examples</a></h2>
-
- <p>The examples below are only a very basic idea to help you
- get started. Please read the documentation on the individual
- directives.</p>
-
- <p>In addition, if you wish to have caching enabled, consult
- the documentation from <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code>.</p>
-
- <div class="example"><h3>Forward Proxy</h3><p><code>
- ProxyRequests On<br />
- ProxyVia On<br />
- <br />
- &lt;Proxy *&gt;<br />
- <span class="indent">
- Order deny,allow<br />
- Deny from all<br />
- Allow from internal.example.com<br />
- </span>
- &lt;/Proxy&gt;
- </code></p></div>
-
- <div class="example"><h3>Reverse Proxy</h3><p><code>
- ProxyRequests Off<br />
- <br />
- &lt;Proxy *&gt;<br />
- <span class="indent">
- Order deny,allow<br />
- Allow from all<br />
- </span>
- &lt;/Proxy&gt;<br />
- <br />
- ProxyPass /foo http://foo.example.com/bar<br />
- ProxyPassReverse /foo http://foo.example.com/bar
- </code></p></div>
- </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="section">
-<h2><a name="access" id="access">Controlling access to your proxy</a></h2>
- <p>You can control who can access your proxy via the <code class="directive"><a href="#proxy">&lt;Proxy&gt;</a></code> control block as in
- the following example:</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- &lt;Proxy *&gt;<br />
- <span class="indent">
- Order Deny,Allow<br />
- Deny from all<br />
- Allow from 192.168.0<br />
- </span>
- &lt;/Proxy&gt;
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>For more information on access control directives, see
- <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_access.html">mod_access</a></code>.</p>
-
- <p>Strictly limiting access is essential if you are using a
- forward proxy (using the <code class="directive"><a href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a></code> directive).
- Otherwise, your server can be used by any client to access
- arbitrary hosts while hiding his or her true identity. This is
- dangerous both for your network and for the Internet at large.
- When using a reverse proxy (using the <code class="directive"><a href="#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></code> directive with
- <code>ProxyRequests Off</code>), access control is less
- critical because clients can only contact the hosts that you
- have specifically configured.</p>
-
- </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="section">
-<h2><a name="ftp-proxy" id="ftp-proxy">FTP Proxy</a></h2>
-
-
- <h3><a name="mimetypes" id="mimetypes">Why doesn't file type <var>xxx</var>
- download via FTP?</a></h3>
- <p>You probably don't have that particular file type defined as
- <code>application/octet-stream</code> in your proxy's mime.types
- configuration file. A useful line can be</p>
-
- <div class="example"><pre>application/octet-stream bin dms lha lzh exe class tgz taz</pre></div>
-
-
- <h3><a name="type" id="type">How can I force an FTP ASCII download of
- File <var>xxx</var>?</a></h3>
- <p>In the rare situation where you must download a specific file using the
- FTP <code>ASCII</code> transfer method (while the default transfer is in
- <code>binary</code> mode), you can override <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code>'s
- default by suffixing the request with <code>;type=a</code> to force an
- ASCII transfer. (FTP Directory listings are always executed in ASCII mode,
- however.)</p>
-
-
- <h3><a name="percent2fhck" id="percent2fhck">How can I access FTP files outside
- of my home directory?</a></h3>
- <p>An FTP URI is interpreted relative to the home directory of the user
- who is logging in. Alas, to reach higher directory levels you cannot
- use /../, as the dots are interpreted by the browser and not actually
- sent to the FTP server. To address this problem, the so called <dfn>Squid
- %2f hack</dfn> was implemented in the Apache FTP proxy; it is a
- solution which is also used by other popular proxy servers like the <a href="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid Proxy Cache</a>. By
- prepending <code>/%2f</code> to the path of your request, you can make
- such a proxy change the FTP starting directory to <code>/</code> (instead
- of the home directory). For example, to retrieve the file
- <code>/etc/motd</code>, you would use the URL:</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- ftp://<var>user</var>@<var>host</var>/%2f/etc/motd
- </code></p></div>
-
-
- <h3><a name="ftppass" id="ftppass">How can I hide the FTP cleartext password
- in my browser's URL line?</a></h3>
- <p>To log in to an FTP server by username and password, Apache uses
- different strategies. In absense of a user name and password in the URL
- altogether, Apache sends an anonymous login to the FTP server,
- <em>i.e.</em>,</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- user: anonymous<br />
- password: apache_proxy@
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>This works for all popular FTP servers which are configured for
- anonymous access.</p>
-
- <p>For a personal login with a specific username, you can embed the user
- name into the URL, like in:</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- ftp://<var>username</var>@<var>host</var>/myfile
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>If the FTP server asks for a password when given this username (which
- it should), then Apache will reply with a <code>401</code> (Authorization
- required) response, which causes the Browser to pop up the
- username/password dialog. Upon entering the password, the connection
- attempt is retried, and if successful, the requested resource is
- presented. The advantage of this procedure is that your browser does not
- display the password in cleartext (which it would if you had used</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- ftp://<var>username</var>:<var>password</var>@<var>host</var>/myfile
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>in the first place).</p>
-
- <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
- <p>The password which is transmitted in such a way is not encrypted on
- its way. It travels between your browser and the Apache proxy server in
- a base64-encoded cleartext string, and between the Apache proxy and the
- FTP server as plaintext. You should therefore think twice before
- accessing your FTP server via HTTP (or before accessing your personal
- files via FTP at all!) When using unsecure channels, an eavesdropper
- might intercept your password on its way.</p>
- </div>
-
- </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="section">
-<h2><a name="startup" id="startup">Slow Startup</a></h2>
- <p>If you're using the <code class="directive"><a href="#proxyblock">ProxyBlock</a></code> directive, hostnames' IP addresses are looked up
- and cached during startup for later match test. This may take a few
- seconds (or more) depending on the speed with which the hostname lookups
- occur.</p>
- </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="section">
-<h2><a name="intranet" id="intranet">Intranet Proxy</a></h2>
- <p>An Apache proxy server situated in an intranet needs to forward
- external requests through the company's firewall (for this, configure
- the <code class="directive"><a href="#proxyremote">ProxyRemote</a></code> directive
- to forward the respective <var>scheme</var> to the firewall proxy).
- However, when it has to
- access resources within the intranet, it can bypass the firewall when
- accessing hosts. The <code class="directive"><a href="#noproxy">NoProxy</a></code>
- directive is useful for specifying which hosts belong to the intranet and
- should be accessed directly.</p>
-
- <p>Users within an intranet tend to omit the local domain name from their
- WWW requests, thus requesting "http://somehost/" instead of
- <code>http://somehost.example.com/</code>. Some commercial proxy servers
- let them get away with this and simply serve the request, implying a
- configured local domain. When the <code class="directive"><a href="#proxydomain">ProxyDomain</a></code> directive is used and the server is <a href="#proxyrequests">configured for proxy service</a>, Apache can return
- a redirect response and send the client to the correct, fully qualified,
- server address. This is the preferred method since the user's bookmark
- files will then contain fully qualified hosts.</p>
- </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="section">
-<h2><a name="envsettings" id="envsettings">Protocol Adjustments</a></h2>
- <p>For circumstances where you have a application server which doesn't
- implement keepalives or HTTP/1.1 properly, there are 2 environment
- variables which when set send a HTTP/1.0 with no keepalive. These are set
- via the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_env.html#setenv">SetEnv</a></code> directive.</p>
-
- <p>These are the <code>force-proxy-request-1.0</code> and
- <code>proxy-nokeepalive</code> notes.</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- &lt;Location /buggyappserver/&gt;<br />
- <span class="indent">
- ProxyPass http://buggyappserver:7001/foo/<br />
- SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1<br />
- SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1<br />
- </span>
- &lt;/Location&gt;
- </code></p></div>
- </div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AllowCONNECT" id="AllowCONNECT">AllowCONNECT</a> <a name="allowconnect" id="allowconnect">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Ports that are allowed to <code>CONNECT</code> through the
-proxy</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AllowCONNECT <var>port</var> [<var>port</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>AllowCONNECT 443 563</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>The <code class="directive">AllowCONNECT</code> directive specifies a list
- of port numbers to which the proxy <code>CONNECT</code> method may
- connect. Today's browsers use this method when a <code>https</code>
- connection is requested and proxy tunneling over HTTP is in effect.</p>
-
- <p>By default, only the default https port (<code>443</code>) and the
- default snews port (<code>563</code>) are enabled. Use the
- <code class="directive">AllowCONNECT</code> directive to override this default and
- allow connections to the listed ports only.</p>
-
- <p>Note that you'll need to have <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_connect.html">mod_proxy_connect</a></code> present
- in the server in order to get the support for the <code>CONNECT</code> at
- all.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="NoProxy" id="NoProxy">NoProxy</a> <a name="noproxy" id="noproxy">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Hosts, domains, or networks that will be connected to
-directly</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>NoProxy <var>host</var> [<var>host</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>This directive is only useful for Apache proxy servers within
- intranets. The <code class="directive">NoProxy</code> directive specifies a
- list of subnets, IP addresses, hosts and/or domains, separated by
- spaces. A request to a host which matches one or more of these is
- always served directly, without forwarding to the configured
- <code class="directive"><a href="#proxyremote">ProxyRemote</a></code> proxy server(s).</p>
-
- <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
- ProxyRemote * http://firewall.mycompany.com:81<br />
- NoProxy .mycompany.com 192.168.112.0/21
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>The <var>host</var> arguments to the <code class="directive">NoProxy</code>
- directive are one of the following type list:</p>
-
- <dl>
-
- <dt><var><a name="domain" id="domain">Domain</a></var></dt>
- <dd>
- <p>A <dfn>Domain</dfn> is a partially qualified DNS domain name, preceded
- by a period. It represents a list of hosts which logically belong to the
- same DNS domain or zone (<em>i.e.</em>, the suffixes of the hostnames are
- all ending in <var>Domain</var>).</p>
-
- <div class="example"><h3>Examples</h3><p><code>
- .com .apache.org.
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>To distinguish <var>Domain</var>s from <var><a href="#hostname">Hostname</a></var>s (both syntactically and semantically; a DNS domain can
- have a DNS A record, too!), <var>Domain</var>s are always written with a
- leading period.</p>
-
- <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
- <p>Domain name comparisons are done without regard to the case, and
- <var>Domain</var>s are always assumed to be anchored in the root of the
- DNS tree, therefore two domains <code>.MyDomain.com</code> and
- <code>.mydomain.com.</code> (note the trailing period) are considered
- equal. Since a domain comparison does not involve a DNS lookup, it is much
- more efficient than subnet comparison.</p>
- </div></dd>
-
-
- <dt><var><a name="subnet" id="subnet">SubNet</a></var></dt>
- <dd>
- <p>A <dfn>SubNet</dfn> is a partially qualified internet address in
- numeric (dotted quad) form, optionally followed by a slash and the netmask,
- specified as the number of significant bits in the <var>SubNet</var>. It is
- used to represent a subnet of hosts which can be reached over a common
- network interface. In the absence of the explicit net mask it is assumed
- that omitted (or zero valued) trailing digits specify the mask. (In this
- case, the netmask can only be multiples of 8 bits wide.) Examples:</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code>192.168</code> or <code>192.168.0.0</code></dt>
- <dd>the subnet 192.168.0.0 with an implied netmask of 16 valid bits
- (sometimes used in the netmask form <code>255.255.0.0</code>)</dd>
- <dt><code>192.168.112.0/21</code></dt>
- <dd>the subnet <code>192.168.112.0/21</code> with a netmask of 21
- valid bits (also used in the form 255.255.248.0)</dd>
- </dl>
-
- <p>As a degenerate case, a <em>SubNet</em> with 32 valid bits is the
- equivalent to an <var><a href="#ipadr">IPAddr</a></var>, while a <var>SubNet</var> with zero
- valid bits (<em>e.g.</em>, 0.0.0.0/0) is the same as the constant
- <var>_Default_</var>, matching any IP address.</p></dd>
-
-
- <dt><var><a name="ipaddr" id="ipaddr">IPAddr</a></var></dt>
- <dd>
- <p>A <dfn>IPAddr</dfn> represents a fully qualified internet address in
- numeric (dotted quad) form. Usually, this address represents a host, but
- there need not necessarily be a DNS domain name connected with the
- address.</p>
- <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
- 192.168.123.7
- </code></p></div>
-
- <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
- <p>An <var>IPAddr</var> does not need to be resolved by the DNS system, so
- it can result in more effective apache performance.</p>
- </div></dd>
-
-
- <dt><var><a name="hostname" id="hostname">Hostname</a></var></dt>
- <dd>
- <p>A <dfn>Hostname</dfn> is a fully qualified DNS domain name which can
- be resolved to one or more <var><a href="#ipaddr">IPAddrs</a></var> via the
- DNS domain name service. It represents a logical host (in contrast to
- <var><a href="#domain">Domain</a></var>s, see above) and must be resolvable
- to at least one <var><a href="#ipaddr">IPAddr</a></var> (or often to a list
- of hosts with different <var><a href="#ipaddr">IPAddr</a></var>s).</p>
-
- <div class="example"><h3>Examples</h3><p><code>
- prep.ai.mit.edu<br />
- www.apache.org
- </code></p></div>
-
- <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
- <p>In many situations, it is more effective to specify an <var><a href="#ipaddr">IPAddr</a></var> in place of a <var>Hostname</var> since a
- DNS lookup can be avoided. Name resolution in Apache can take a remarkable
- deal of time when the connection to the name server uses a slow PPP
- link.</p>
- <p><var>Hostname</var> comparisons are done without regard to the case,
- and <var>Hostname</var>s are always assumed to be anchored in the root
- of the DNS tree, therefore two hosts <code>WWW.MyDomain.com</code>
- and <code>www.mydomain.com.</code> (note the trailing period) are
- considered equal.</p>
- </div></dd>
- </dl>
-
-<h3>See also</h3>
-<ul>
-<li><a href="../dns-caveats.html">DNS Issues</a></li>
-</ul>
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Proxy" id="Proxy">&lt;Proxy&gt;</a> <a name="proxy" id="proxy">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Container for directives applied to proxied resources</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>&lt;Proxy <var>wildcard-url</var>&gt; ...&lt;/Proxy&gt;</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>Directives placed in <code class="directive">&lt;Proxy&gt;</code>
- sections apply only to matching proxied content. Shell-style wildcards are
- allowed.</p>
-
- <p>For example, the following will allow only hosts in
- <code>yournetwork.example.com</code> to access content via your proxy
- server:</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- &lt;Proxy *&gt;<br />
- <span class="indent">
- Order Deny,Allow<br />
- Deny from all<br />
- Allow from yournetwork.example.com<br />
- </span>
- &lt;/Proxy&gt;
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>The following example will process all files in the <code>foo</code>
- directory of <code>example.com</code> through the <code>INCLUDES</code>
- filter when they are sent through the proxy server:</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- &lt;Proxy http://example.com/foo/*&gt;<br />
- <span class="indent">
- SetOutputFilter INCLUDES<br />
- </span>
- &lt;/Proxy&gt;
- </code></p></div>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyBadHeader" id="ProxyBadHeader">ProxyBadHeader</a> <a name="proxybadheader" id="proxybadheader">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Determines how to handle bad header lines in a
-response</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyBadHeader IsError|Ignore|StartBody</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ProxyBadHeader IsError</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.44 and later</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>The <code class="directive">ProxyBadHeader</code> directive determines the
- behaviour of <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> if it receives syntactically invalid
- header lines (<em>i.e.</em> containing no colon). The following arguments
- are possible:</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code>IsError</code></dt>
- <dd>Abort the request and end up with a 502 (Bad Gateway) response. This is
- the default behaviour.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>Ignore</code></dt>
- <dd>Treat bad header lines as if they weren't sent.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>StartBody</code></dt>
- <dd>When receiving the first bad header line, finish reading the headers and
- treat the remainder as body. This helps to work around buggy backend servers
- which forget to insert an empty line between the headers and the body.</dd>
- </dl>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyBlock" id="ProxyBlock">ProxyBlock</a> <a name="proxyblock" id="proxyblock">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Words, hosts, or domains that are banned from being
-proxied</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyBlock *|<var>word</var>|<var>host</var>|<var>domain</var>
-[<var>word</var>|<var>host</var>|<var>domain</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>The <code class="directive">ProxyBlock</code> directive specifies a list of
- words, hosts and/or domains, separated by spaces. HTTP, HTTPS, and
- FTP document requests to sites whose names contain matched words,
- hosts or domains are <em>blocked</em> by the proxy server. The proxy
- module will also attempt to determine IP addresses of list items which
- may be hostnames during startup, and cache them for match test as
- well. That may slow down the startup time of the server.</p>
-
- <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
- ProxyBlock joes-garage.com some-host.co.uk rocky.wotsamattau.edu
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p><code>rocky.wotsamattau.edu</code> would also be matched if referenced by
- IP address.</p>
-
- <p>Note that <code>wotsamattau</code> would also be sufficient to match
- <code>wotsamattau.edu</code>.</p>
-
- <p>Note also that</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- ProxyBlock *
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>blocks connections to all sites.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyDomain" id="ProxyDomain">ProxyDomain</a> <a name="proxydomain" id="proxydomain">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Default domain name for proxied requests</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyDomain <var>Domain</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>This directive is only useful for Apache proxy servers within
- intranets. The <code class="directive">ProxyDomain</code> directive specifies
- the default domain which the apache proxy server will belong to. If a
- request to a host without a domain name is encountered, a redirection
- response to the same host with the configured <var>Domain</var> appended
- will be generated.</p>
-
- <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
- ProxyRemote * http://firewall.mycompany.com:81<br />
- NoProxy .mycompany.com 192.168.112.0/21<br />
- ProxyDomain .mycompany.com
- </code></p></div>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyErrorOverride" id="ProxyErrorOverride">ProxyErrorOverride</a> <a name="proxyerroroverride" id="proxyerroroverride">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Override error pages for proxied content</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyErrorOverride On|Off</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ProxyErrorOverride Off</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in version 2.0 and later</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>This directive is useful for reverse-proxy setups, where you want to
- have a common look and feel on the error pages seen by the end user.
- This also allows for included files (via mod_include's SSI) to get
- the error code and act accordingly (default behavior would display
- the error page of the proxied server, turning this on shows the SSI
- Error message).</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyFtpDirCharset" id="ProxyFtpDirCharset">ProxyFtpDirCharset</a> <a name="proxyftpdircharset" id="proxyftpdircharset">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Define the character set for proxied FTP listings</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyFtpDirCharset <var>character set</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ProxyFtpDirCharset ISO-8859-1</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.62 and later</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>The <code class="directive">ProxyFtpDirCharset</code> directive defines the
- character set to be set for FTP directory listings in HTML generated by
- <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html">mod_proxy_ftp</a></code>.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyIOBufferSize" id="ProxyIOBufferSize">ProxyIOBufferSize</a> <a name="proxyiobuffersize" id="proxyiobuffersize">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Determine size of internal data throughput buffer</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyIOBufferSize <var>bytes</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ProxyIOBufferSize 8192</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>The <code class="directive">ProxyIOBufferSize</code> directive adjusts the size
- of the internal buffer, which is used as a scratchpad for the data between
- input and output. The size must be less or equal <code>8192</code>.</p>
-
- <p>In almost every case there's no reason to change that value.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyMatch" id="ProxyMatch">&lt;ProxyMatch&gt;</a> <a name="proxymatch" id="proxymatch">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Container for directives applied to regular-expression-matched
-proxied resources</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>&lt;ProxyMatch <var>regex</var>&gt; ...&lt;/ProxyMatch&gt;</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>The <code class="directive">&lt;ProxyMatch&gt;</code> directive is
- identical to the <code class="directive"><a href="#proxy">&lt;Proxy&gt;</a></code> directive, except it matches URLs
- using regular expressions.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyMaxForwards" id="ProxyMaxForwards">ProxyMaxForwards</a> <a name="proxymaxforwards" id="proxymaxforwards">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maximium number of proxies that a request can be forwarded
-through</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyMaxForwards <var>number</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ProxyMaxForwards 10</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0 and later</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>The <code class="directive">ProxyMaxForwards</code> directive specifies the
- maximum number of proxies through which a request may pass, if there's no
- <code>Max-Forwards</code> header supplied with the request. This is
- set to prevent infinite proxy loops, or a DoS attack.</p>
-
- <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
- ProxyMaxForwards 15
- </code></p></div>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyPass" id="ProxyPass">ProxyPass</a> <a name="proxypass" id="proxypass">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps remote servers into the local server URL-space</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyPass [<var>path</var>] !|<var>url</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>This directive allows remote servers to be mapped into the space of
- the local server; the local server does not act as a proxy in the
- conventional sense, but appears to be a mirror of the remote
- server. <var>path</var> is the name of a local virtual path; <var>url</var>
- is a partial URL for the remote server and cannot include a query
- string.</p>
-
- <p>Suppose the local server has address <code>http://example.com/</code>;
- then</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- ProxyPass /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>will cause a local request for
- <code>http://example.com/mirror/foo/bar</code> to be internally converted
- into a proxy request to <code>http://backend.example.com/bar</code>.</p>
-
- <p>The <code>!</code> directive is useful in situations where you don't want
- to reverse-proxy a subdirectory, <em>e.g.</em></p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- ProxyPass /mirror/foo/i !<br />
- ProxyPass /mirror/foo http://backend.example.com
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>will proxy all requests to <code>/mirror/foo</code> to
- <code>backend.example.com</code> <em>except</em> requests made to
- <code>/mirror/foo/i</code>.</p>
-
- <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
- <p>Order is important. you need to put the exclusions <em>before</em> the
- general proxypass directive.</p>
- </div>
-
- <p>When used inside a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code> section, the first argument is omitted and the local
- directory is obtained from the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code>.</p>
-
- <div class="warning">The <code class="directive"><a href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a></code> directive should
- usually be set <strong>off</strong> when using
- <code class="directive">ProxyPass</code>.</div>
-
- <p>If you require a more flexible reverse-proxy configuration, see the
- <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code> directive with the
- <code>[P]</code> flag.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyPassReverse" id="ProxyPassReverse">ProxyPassReverse</a> <a name="proxypassreverse" id="proxypassreverse">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Adjusts the URL in HTTP response headers sent from a reverse
-proxied server</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyPassReverse [<var>path</var>] <var>url</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>This directive lets Apache adjust the URL in the <code>Location</code>,
- <code>Content-Location</code> and <code>URI</code> headers on HTTP redirect
- responses. This is essential when Apache is used as a reverse proxy to avoid
- by-passing the reverse proxy because of HTTP redirects on the backend
- servers which stay behind the reverse proxy.</p>
-
- <p>Only the HTTP response headers specifically mentioned above
- will be rewritten. Apache will not rewrite other response
- headers, nor will it rewrite URL references inside HTML pages.
- This means that if the proxied content contains absolute URL
- references, they will by-pass the proxy. A third-party module
- that will look inside the HTML and rewrite URL references is Nick
- Kew's <a href="http://www.webthing.com/software/mod_proxy_html/">mod_proxy_html</a>.</p>
-
- <p><var>path</var> is the name of a local virtual path. <var>url</var> is a
- partial URL for the remote server - the same way they are used for the
- <code class="directive"><a href="#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></code> directive.</p>
-
- <p>For example, suppose the local server has address
- <code>http://example.com/</code>; then</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- ProxyPass /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/<br />
- ProxyPassReverse /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>will not only cause a local request for the
- <code>http://example.com/mirror/foo/bar</code> to be internally converted
- into a proxy request to <code>http://backend.example.com/bar</code>
- (the functionality <code>ProxyPass</code> provides here). It also takes care
- of redirects the server <code>backend.example.com</code> sends: when
- <code>http://backend.example.com/bar</code> is redirected by him to
- <code>http://backend.example.com/quux</code> Apache adjusts this to
- <code>http://example.com/mirror/foo/quux</code> before forwarding the HTTP
- redirect response to the client. Note that the hostname used for
- constructing the URL is chosen in respect to the setting of the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code> directive.</p>
-
- <p>Note that this <code class="directive">ProxyPassReverse</code> directive can
- also be used in conjunction with the proxy pass-through feature
- (<code>RewriteRule ... [P]</code>) from <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>
- because its doesn't depend on a corresponding <code class="directive"><a href="#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></code> directive.</p>
-
- <p>When used inside a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code> section, the first argument is omitted and the local
- directory is obtained from the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code>.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyPreserveHost" id="ProxyPreserveHost">ProxyPreserveHost</a> <a name="proxypreservehost" id="proxypreservehost">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Use incoming Host HTTP request header for proxy
-request</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyPreserveHost On|Off</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ProxyPreserveHost Off</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.31 and later.</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>When enabled, this option will pass the Host: line from the incoming
- request to the proxied host, instead of the hostname specified in the
- proxypass line.</p>
-
- <p>This option should normally be turned <code>Off</code>. It is mostly
- useful in special configurations like proxied mass name-based virtual
- hosting, where the original Host header needs to be evaluated by the
- backend server.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyReceiveBufferSize" id="ProxyReceiveBufferSize">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</a> <a name="proxyreceivebuffersize" id="proxyreceivebuffersize">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Network buffer size for proxied HTTP and FTP
-connections</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyReceiveBufferSize <var>bytes</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ProxyReceiveBufferSize 0</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>The <code class="directive">ProxyReceiveBufferSize</code> directive specifies an
- explicit (TCP/IP) network buffer size for proxied HTTP and FTP connections,
- for increased throughput. It has to be greater than <code>512</code> or set
- to <code>0</code> to indicate that the system's default buffer size should
- be used.</p>
-
- <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
- ProxyReceiveBufferSize 2048
- </code></p></div>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyRemote" id="ProxyRemote">ProxyRemote</a> <a name="proxyremote" id="proxyremote">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Remote proxy used to handle certain requests</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyRemote <var>match</var> <var>remote-server</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>This defines remote proxies to this proxy. <var>match</var> is either the
- name of a URL-scheme that the remote server supports, or a partial URL
- for which the remote server should be used, or <code>*</code> to indicate
- the server should be contacted for all requests. <var>remote-server</var> is
- a partial URL for the remote server. Syntax:</p>
-
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- <dfn>remote-server</dfn> =
- <var>scheme</var>://<var>hostname</var>[:<var>port</var>]
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p><var>scheme</var> is effectively the protocol that should be used to
- communicate with the remote server; only <code>http</code> is supported by
- this module.</p>
-
- <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
- ProxyRemote http://goodguys.com/ http://mirrorguys.com:8000<br />
- ProxyRemote * http://cleversite.com<br />
- ProxyRemote ftp http://ftpproxy.mydomain.com:8080
- </code></p></div>
-
- <p>In the last example, the proxy will forward FTP requests, encapsulated
- as yet another HTTP proxy request, to another proxy which can handle
- them.</p>
-
- <p>This option also supports reverse proxy configuration - a backend
- webserver can be embedded within a virtualhost URL space even if that
- server is hidden by another forward proxy.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyRemoteMatch" id="ProxyRemoteMatch">ProxyRemoteMatch</a> <a name="proxyremotematch" id="proxyremotematch">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Remote proxy used to handle requests matched by regular
-expressions</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyRemoteMatch <var>regex</var> <var>remote-server</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>The <code class="directive">ProxyRemoteMatch</code> is identical to the
- <code class="directive"><a href="#proxyremote">ProxyRemote</a></code> directive, except the
- first argument is a regular expression match against the requested URL.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyRequests" id="ProxyRequests">ProxyRequests</a> <a name="proxyrequests" id="proxyrequests">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Enables forward (standard) proxy requests</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyRequests On|Off</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ProxyRequests Off</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>This allows or prevents Apache from functioning as a forward proxy
- server. (Setting ProxyRequests to <code>Off</code> does not disable use of
- the <code class="directive"><a href="#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></code> directive.)</p>
-
- <p>In a typical reverse proxy configuration, this option should be set to
- <code>Off</code>.</p>
-
- <p>In order to get the functionality of proxying HTTP or FTP sites, you
- need also <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_http.html">mod_proxy_http</a></code> or <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html">mod_proxy_ftp</a></code>
- (or both) present in the server.</p>
-
- <div class="warning"><h3>Warning</h3>
- <p>Do not enable proxying with <code class="directive"><a href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a></code> until you have <a href="#access">secured your server</a>. Open proxy servers are dangerous
- both to your network and to the Internet at large.</p>
- </div>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyTimeout" id="ProxyTimeout">ProxyTimeout</a> <a name="proxytimeout" id="proxytimeout">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Network timeout for proxied requests</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyTimeout <var>seconds</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ProxyTimeout 300</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.31 and later</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>This directive allows a user to specifiy a timeout on proxy requests.
- This is useful when you have a slow/buggy appserver which hangs, and you
- would rather just return a timeout and fail gracefully instead of waiting
- however long it takes the server to return.</p>
-
-</div>
-<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ProxyVia" id="ProxyVia">ProxyVia</a> <a name="proxyvia" id="proxyvia">Directive</a></h2>
-<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Information provided in the <code>Via</code> HTTP response
-header for proxied requests</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ProxyVia On|Off|Full|Block</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ProxyVia Off</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_proxy</td></tr>
-</table>
- <p>This directive controls the use of the <code>Via:</code> HTTP
- header by the proxy. Its intended use is to control the flow of of
- proxy requests along a chain of proxy servers. See <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</a> (HTTP/1.1), section
- 14.45 for an explanation of <code>Via:</code> header lines.</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>If set to <code>Off</code>, which is the default, no special processing
- is performed. If a request or reply contains a <code>Via:</code> header,
- it is passed through unchanged.</li>
-
- <li>If set to <code>On</code>, each request and reply will get a
- <code>Via:</code> header line added for the current host.</li>
-
- <li>If set to <code>Full</code>, each generated <code>Via:</code> header
- line will additionally have the Apache server version shown as a
- <code>Via:</code> comment field.</li>
-
- <li>If set to <code>Block</code>, every proxy request will have all its
- <code>Via:</code> header lines removed. No new <code>Via:</code> header will
- be generated.</li>
- </ul>
-
-</div>
-</div>
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