Configuring mod_proxy on apache for JBoss on CentOS 6.4

proxy apache for jboss

# add or un-comment these mods in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On

<Proxy *>
 Order deny,allow
 Allow from all
</Proxy>

ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/
<Location />
 Order allow,deny
 Allow from all
</Location>

# make sure you configure SELinux to allow HTTPD to do the proxy, from the console as root or sudo
setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1

# if you want to restrict access to port 80, make sure your iptables are restricting access to 8080
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 8080 -j DROP

service firewall restart

service jboss restart
service httpd restart