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Apache Reverse Proxy Example - alternative to CORS requests
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| <VirtualHost *:80> | |
| # | |
| # some apache2 config here - not necessary to display in this gist | |
| # | |
| # Simple reverse proxy config to serve content from another domain | |
| ProxyRequests Off | |
| ProxyPass /subdomain/ http://subdomain.localhost/ | |
| ProxyPassReverse /subdomain/ http://subdomain.localhost/ | |
| </VirtualHost> | |
| # Subdomain config mocking another server where all requests from *:80 goes | |
| <VirtualHost *:80> | |
| ServerName subdomain.localhost | |
| DocumentRoot /var/www/html/subdomain | |
| </VirtualHost> |
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| <!-- | |
| Proxy example file | |
| When the button is clicked, a request is sent to http://localhost/ | |
| Redirection is made by apache config (in previous file) and request is redirected to http://subdomain.localhost/ | |
| --> | |
| <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> | |
| <title>Proxy example</title> | |
| <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script> | |
| <script> | |
| $(document).ready(function(){ | |
| $("#request").click(function(e){ | |
| e.preventDefault(); | |
| $.ajax({type: "POST", | |
| //url is set to /subdomain/* which is than redirected by apache to http://subdomain.localhost/ | |
| url: "/subdomain/server.php", | |
| success:function(result){ | |
| $("#result").html(result); | |
| }, | |
| error: function(xhr, status, string){ | |
| console.log(status); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| }); | |
| }); | |
| </script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <h4>Proxy example</h4> | |
| <button id="request">Send</button> | |
| <div id="result"></div> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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| <?php | |
| //this file lies on http://subdomain.localhost/ and responds to /localhost/subdomain/ request thanks to ProxyPass apache config | |
| //server responds with 'OK' which is displayed on html page (in div with id=result) | |
| echo "OK"; | |
| ?> |
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