[SOLVED] Re: Apache ServerName, handlerURL, and Reverse Proxy

Christopher Bongaarts cab at umn.edu
Mon Jan 14 14:32:43 EST 2013


On 1/14/2013 9:14 AM, Cantor, Scott wrote:
> On 1/14/13 3:50 AM, "Martin Haase" <Martin.Haase at DAASI.de> wrote:
>>
>> thank you for your responses, highly appreciated. As it was the only
>> option, we ceased from using name-based vhosts. But we didn't have more
>> IP addresses at our disposal, so we decided to use different ports for
>> separating the vhosts from each other.
>
> I don't really see how that changes your constraints, but I'll take your
> word for it.

If Apache can't use the Host: header to match the request to the correct 
vhost, it has to use something else; I suggested IP addresses, but 
listening ports should work fine in this case (they cause issues with 
cookie overlap, but in this case they're hidden behind the reverse proxy).

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