Re: mod_rewrite/mod_header/mod_proxy problem

Josh Konkol wrote:
> Dear Apache Guru's I need your help!!
> 
> What I need to do is take the key:values in a cookie and turn them into 
> http headers.  Using a combination of mod_rewrite, mod_header & mod_proxy 
> I've come up with a solution but the headers aren't being created.
> 
> Here's what I have in my httpd.conf file:
> 
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteLog "/tmp/rewrite.log"
> RewriteLogLevel 9
> RewriteRule ^(.*)&(.*)$ $1&$2 [S=1]
> RewriteRule (.*) $1&%{HTTP_COOKIE}
> # If there's a '; ' then there is more than one variable left
> RewriteRule  ^(.*);.(.*)=(.*)$ $1 [E=$2:$3,N]
> # Now there's only one variable left
> RewriteRule  ^(.*)&(.*)=(.*)$ $1 [E=$2:$3]
> RewriteRule ^(.*)&$ $1
> RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /done$1 [R]
> 
> Header add sm_user "%{smuser}e" env=smuser
> Header add goHierId %{goHierId}e env=goHierId
> Header add sessionid %{sessionid}e env=sessionid
> Header add foo "bar"
> 
> ProxyPass       /doneHomeCostEstimator   
> http://wsapp01t.guidehome.com/HomeCostEstimator
> ProxyPassReverse       /doneHomeCostEstimator      
> http://wsapp01t.guidehome.com/HomeCostEstimator
> 
> The page I'm directing to is a .jsp which displays the set http headers 
> and the sm_user & goHierId don't show up there.  
> 
> Is there any issue with setting a http header with mod_header and then 
> proxying that request ??
> 
> Any help is appreciated !!!!
> 
> Josh
> 

The Header directive will only add headers to the response.  Check out 
the "RequestHeader append" directive in Apache httpd 2.0.

Bill