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Setting up a reverse proxy configuration with SSL

This topic describes how to set up a site to act as a reverse proxy for a resource that is hosted on a secure site.

About this task

The following steps describe how to set up a reverse proxy configuration for a company (for example, www.mycompany.com) which wants to act as a reverse proxy for a resource that is hosted on a secure site (for example, internal.mycompany.com).

Procedure

  1. Configure www.mycompany.com similar to the following example:
    <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName host1
    SSLProxyEngine On
    KeyFile "c:/program files/ibm http server/clientkey.kdb"
    ProxyPass /ssl/password.html https://examplehost/password.html
    </VirtualHost>
    
  2. Configure internal.mycompany.com similar to the following example:
    <VirtualHost *:443>
    SSLEnable
    KeyFile "c:/program files/ibm http server/serverkey.kdb"
    </VirtualHost>

Results

When a browser requests http://www.mycompany.com/ssl/password.html, IBM HTTP Server makes a connection to internal.ibm.com using SSL. If internal.mycompany.com requires a client certificate, IBM HTTP Server uses the default certificate of the KeyFile for which it is configured.



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