Re: /directory "redirect" to different real server

Have you thought of using mod_proxy?  You can have the /dir1 URL on the 2
web servers be a reverse proxy to the "5th server."

- Glen


On 10/16/06 1:44 PM, "Szabady, Paul (NIH/NIEHS) [C]" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I have been using UM 2.x (with RHEL3.x and Apache 2.x) for some time so
> I'm somewhat familiar with its basic configuration and functionality.  I
> was posed a question today, that I believe to *not* be possible.  So,
> I'm hoping someone can confirm my "this can't be done" thoughts or tell
> me I'm crazy and point me to instructions on how this can be attained.
> 
> We currently have 2 directors and 2 web servers that serve pages for
> http://www.toplevel.domain.
> 
> Is it at all possible to "redirect" http://www.toplevel.domain/dir1 to
> otherserver.toplevel.domain whilst:
> 
>  1) all other requests for http://www.toplevel.domain EXCEPT /dir1 are
> served by the two existing webfarm servers
> 
> AND
> 
>  2) keep the http://www.toplevel.domain/dir1 URL intact, even though
> it's served up from a 5th server (ie:
> http://otherserver.toplevel.domain/dir1)
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> ps: If UM is unable to do this, does anyone have any thoughts on
> something (hardware appliance or software) that will?
> 
> ---------------
> Paul G. Szabady
> Contracted to the:
> National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
> Research on Environment-Related Disease
> http://www.niehs.nih.gov
> 919.361.5444 x421
> 

-- 
Glen Kendell
Martian Fireworks Security
206.965.8583 direct
206.399.3510 cell
[email protected]



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