Fluke Computer Accessories Using Apache as a Portal Server, RewriteEngine On, NetFlow Tracker

User’s Guide – version 3.5 NetFlow Tracker

Using Apache as a Portal Server

The Apache web server supports several directives in its configuration file (httpd.conf) that allow it to be used as a programmable proxy server:

RewriteEngine On

This enables the URL rewriting module.

RewriteRule ^/tracker1/report1$ http://1.2.3.4/report.jsp?portalsecret=s3cr3t&acldevice=4.3.2.1&templ id=0000 [P,L]

This sets up a rule to proxy requests for http://<proxy>/tracker1/report1 to an access controlled request to the NetFlow Tracker server.

RewriteRule ^/tracker1/(.*)$ http://1.2.3.4/$1 [P,L,QSA]

This sets up a rule to proxy any requests for URLs starting with http://<proxy>/tracker1/ to an equivalent request to the NetFlow Tracker server.

ProxyPassReverse /tracker1/ http://1.2.3.4/

This ensures that the HTTP redirects from NetFlow Tracker when it creates a session for the portal and logs it in are handled correctly.

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