apache mod_rewrite with mod_cluster to EAP

[lavin.korukanti]

Hello All,

We are having jboss web server 3.0.2 (apache2.4) and application server JBOSS EAP 6.2 , I am trying to achieve the below requirement

a) internal user enters https://example.com/abc-ui , it should redirect calls to application abc with context root (/abc-ui) hosted on an EAP Cluster A

b) internal user enters https://example.com/def-ui, it should redirect calls to application def with context root (/def-ui) hosted on the EAP Cluster A

c) external users enter https://example.com/client/cef , it should redirect  calls to application abc with context root (/abc-ui) hosed on EAP Cluster A

d) external users enter https://example.com/client/tal , it should redirect calls to liferay portal application with context root ( ROOT Context root) hosted on the EAP Cluster B

I was able to  do a & b, and if user clicks https://example.com/ it works properly to redirect to liferay portal

but i am struggling to make c & d work , Can some one please guide me

i have put the below configurations in my apache httpd.conf file

<IfModule manager_module>

    Listen 7080

    LogLevel info

    RewriteRule ^/abc-u(.*)$ balancer://clusterA/abc-ui$1 [PT,L]

    RewriteRule ^/def-u(.*)$ balancer://ClusterA/def-ui$1 [PT,L]

    RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ balancer://ClusterB/$1 [PT,L]

    <VirtualHost *:7080>

        KeepAliveTimeout 60

        MaxKeepAliveRequests 0

        EnableMCPMReceive on

        ServerAdvertise off

        AdvertiseFrequency 5

        <Directory />

            Order deny,allow

            Require all granted

        </Directory>

        <Location /mod_cluster-manager>

            SetHandler mod_cluster-manager

            Order deny,allow

            Require all granted

        </Location>

    </VirtualHost>

</IfModule>

[jfclere]

c) that isn't going to work with mod_cluster you need that context to be the same (/client/cef) can't go to /abc-ui)

d) same kind of problem.

Probably you should use mod_proxy_balancer instead mod_cluster for such rewrite.

[lavin.korukanti]

Thank you for your inputs , I have changed the context root of my liferay application to /lportal  from root context-root and have written the below in my http.conf ,

My Apache is Listening on 7200 and with the below I am successfully able to achieve all of my above conditions except the only issue I have is now is

if user enters https://example.com/client/cef it is throwing 404 errors , and it works good when user enters https://example.com/client/cef/

I am struggling to add that trailing slash after cef , Can you please help

<VirtualHost *:7200>
    RewriteEngine On
   RewriteRule ^/client/cef/(.*)$ /abc-u/$1 [PT,L]
   RewriteRule ^/client/tal(.*)$ /lportal/$1 [PT,L]
</VirtualHost>

LoadModule proxy_cluster_module modules/mod_proxy_cluster.so
LoadModule cluster_slotmem_module modules/mod_cluster_slotmem.so
LoadModule manager_module modules/mod_manager.so
LoadModule advertise_module modules/mod_advertise.so

MemManagerFile "/weblogs/HTTPServerAptpDevCONINT/cache/mod_cluster"

<IfModule manager_module>

    Listen 7080

    LogLevel info

    RewriteRule ^/abc-u/(.*)$ balancer://clusterA/abc-ui/$1 [PT,L]

    RewriteRule ^/def-u/(.*)$ balancer://ClusterA/def-ui/$1 [PT,L]

    RewriteRule ^/lportal/(.*)$ balancer://ClusterB/$1 [PT,L]

    <VirtualHost *:7080>

        KeepAliveTimeout 60

        MaxKeepAliveRequests 0

        EnableMCPMReceive on

        ServerAdvertise off

        AdvertiseFrequency 5

        <Directory />

            Order deny,allow

            Require all granted

        </Directory>

        <Location /mod_cluster-manager>

            SetHandler mod_cluster-manager

            Order deny,allow

            Require all granted

        </Location>

    </VirtualHost>

</IfModule>