docker-apache2-reverse-proxy

Dockerized apache2 reverse proxy service.

Get the content of ansible directory running:

https://github.com/jmferrer/ansible-apache2-reverse-proxy.git

Build image with:

docker build -t apache2-reverse-proxy:debian8 .

After creating virtualhosts in /some/place/config create docker container with:

docker create --name apache2-reverse-proxy --hostname apache2-reverse-proxy -p 443:443 -p 80:80 -v /some/place:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled apache2-reverse-proxy:debian8

logs

-v /some/place/logs:/var/log/apache2

ssl certificates

-v /some/place/certs:/etc/apache2/certs

virtualhosts

-v /some/place/config:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled

http proxy example

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName example.com

        ProxyPass / http://example.com/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://example.com/

        ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/example.com-error.log
        CustomLog /var/log/apache2/example.com-access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

ajp proxy example

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName example.com

    ProxyPass / ajp://127.0.0.1:8009/
    ProxyPassReverse / ajp://127.0.0.1:8009/

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/example.com-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/example.com-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

https proxy with http redirection example

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com

    # This will enable the Rewrite capabilities
    RewriteEngine On

    # This checks to make sure the connection is not already HTTPS
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on

    # This rule will redirect users from their original location, to the same location but using HTTPS.
    RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName example.com

    ProxyPass / ajp://127.0.0.1:8009/
    ProxyPassReverse / ajp://127.0.0.1:8009/

    SSLEngine on
    SSLProxyEngine on

    SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/certs/example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache/certs/example.com.key
    SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/apache/certs/authority.crt

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/example.com-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/example.com-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

ports

If you want the container listening in other ports than 80 and 443 (i.e. 8443) create a /some/place/config/ports.conf file with content:

Listen 8443