Set up a reverse proxy configuration with SSL

This topic describes how to set up a site to act as a reverse proxy for a resource that is hosted on a secure site.


About this task

The following steps describe how to set up a reverse proxy configuration for a company (for example, www.example.com) which wants to act as a reverse proxy for a resource that is hosted on a secure site (for example, internal.example.com).


Procedure

  1. Configure www.example.com similar to the following example: 
    <VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName host1
SSLProxyEngine On
KeyFile "c:/program files/ibm http server/clientkey.kdb"
ProxyPass /ssl/password.html https://examplehost/password.html
</VirtualHost>

  2. Configure internal.example.com similar to the following example: 
    <VirtualHost *:443>
SSLEnable
KeyFile "c:/program files/ibm http server/serverkey.kdb"
</VirtualHost>


Results

When a browser requests http://www.example.com/ssl/password.html, IBM HTTP Server makes a connection to internal.ibm.com using SSL. If internal.example.com requires a client certificate, IBM HTTP Server uses the default certificate of the KeyFile for which it is configured.


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