7.2.1 Reverse Proxy Configuration

Configure Apache 2 to enable the proxy and http_proxy modules. On Debian this can be done with:

$ sudo a2enmod proxy
$ sudo a2enmod http_proxy

The application should be run over HTTPS to keep the login credentials secure, otherwise others can see and re-use those credentials.

Modify the Apache server configuration to implement proxying to the Trip Server application. These rules need to be in a <VirtualHost _default_:443/> or <Directory/> section of the mod_ssl configuration file.

Add the following to trip.conf outside the <directory\> directive:

<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
  ProxyPass /trip" "http://localhost:8080/trip"
  ProxyPassReverse "/trip" "http://localhost:8080/trip"
</IfModule>