Reverse Proxy Problem

Question

Hi!
I am configuring Oracle iPlanet is 7.0.15 to have one instance reverse proxy to another instance. They are different only in port numbers. The destination port is 2321.
I have set up the reverse proxy in Content Handling -> Reverse Proxy setting.
Problem is: When I display the URL of the proxy in the web browser, I see the index.html of the original instance, not the destination instance. I am expecting the web page to be redirected to the destination instance. Please help. Thanks.
Here is the config:
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<Object name="default">
AuthTrans fn="match-browser" browser="*MSIE*" ssl-unclean-shutdown="true"
NameTrans fn="ntrans-j2ee" name="j2ee"
NameTrans fn="pfx2dir" from="/mc-icons" dir="/package/oracle/webserver7/lib/icons" name="es-internal"
NameTrans fn="map" from="/hk" name="reverse-proxy-/hk" to="http:/hk"
PathCheck fn="uri-clean"
PathCheck fn="check-acl" acl="default"
PathCheck fn="find-pathinfo"
PathCheck fn="find-index-j2ee"
PathCheck fn="find-index" index-names="index.html,home.html,index.jsp"
ObjectType fn="type-j2ee"
ObjectType fn="type-by-extension"
ObjectType fn="force-type" type="text/plain"
Service method="(GET|HEAD)" type="magnus-internal/directory" fn="index-common"
Service method="(GET|HEAD|POST)" type="*~magnus-internal/*" fn="send-file"
Service method="TRACE" fn="service-trace"
Error fn="error-j2ee"
AddLog fn="flex-log"
</Object>
<Object name="j2ee">
Service fn="service-j2ee" method="*"
</Object>
<Object name="es-internal">
PathCheck fn="check-acl" acl="es-internal"
</Object>
<Object name="cgi">
ObjectType fn="force-type" type="magnus-internal/cgi"
Service fn="send-cgi"
</Object>
<Object name="send-precompressed">
PathCheck fn="find-compressed"
</Object>
<Object name="compress-on-demand">
Output fn="insert-filter" filter="http-compression"
</Object>
<Object ppath="http:*">
Service fn="proxy-retrieve" method="*"
</Object>
<Object name="reverse-proxy-/hk">
Route fn="set-origin-server" server="http://localhost:2321"
</Object>
Please help. Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
You have set up your reverse proxy on the URL '/hk'
   NameTrans fn="map" from="/hk" name="reverse-proxy-/hk" to="http:/hk"
If you want this to work for the URL '/index.html', you need to set up the revere proxy on the URL '/'.
regards
Tracey