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Reply to topic   Topic: Configure Apache HTTP Server to support non-SSL technologies
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ShaoChan



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Location: LEICESTER

PostPosted: Mon 23 Sep '19 19:13    Post subject: Configure Apache HTTP Server to support non-SSL technologies Reply with quote

Hi there,

I have a legacy technology that needs to talk to a HTTPS endpoint (https://api.somesite.com).

It can reach out to a HTTP endpoint (http://api.somesite.com), but not HTTPS.

Essentially the legacy app does not understand SSL certificates and does not support cipher suites and thus can only communicate on HTTP.

Ideally, I'd like to configure Apache HTTP Server so that:
Legacy App --> Apache as a proxy server --> Actual Destination.

This requires Apache to initiate the SSL connection when a HTTP request comes in from the legacy client.

Is this possible? The solution does not need to be generic (i.e. does not require that all http requests are forwarded to its equivalent https address) - it can simply a single hard-coded configuration so that the legacy client calls Apache on port 80 and it is hard-coded to reach https://api.somesite.com on port 443.

If so, could someone highlight the httpd.conf changes needed (based on the latest v2.4 server) please.

Thanks,

Shao
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Tue 24 Sep '19 11:15    Post subject: Reply with quote

A simple reverse vhost would do the job.

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName api.somesite.com
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    ProxyPass / https://api.somesite.com
    ProxyPassReverse / https://api.somesite.com
</VirtualHost>
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ShaoChan



Joined: 23 Sep 2019
Posts: 3
Location: LEICESTER

PostPosted: Tue 24 Sep '19 22:11    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks James. Does the SSLEngine config need to be made? Have you configured this before and got HTTP to HTTPS traffic working? Thanks.
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Wed 25 Sep '19 13:00    Post subject: Reply with quote

ShaoChan wrote:
Does the SSLEngine config need to be made?


That needs to be only in a SSL vhost.

ShaoChan wrote:

Have you configured this before and got HTTP to HTTPS traffic working?


Yes, like the example above.

client<--->apache-with-reverse-proxy:80<--->otherserver:443
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ShaoChan



Joined: 23 Sep 2019
Posts: 3
Location: LEICESTER

PostPosted: Thu 26 Sep '19 5:15    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks James! Very Happy
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