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[EP-tech] Re: EPrints behind a reverse proxy

On 27/02/12 12:07, raffaele messuti wrote:

still not convinced , but i'll try ;)

the parameters entered in epadmin create (hostname and port) are
written in 10_core.pl
where is the magic in changing it later? they are written elsewhere?


The "change it back" part is under "Configuring the repository"

The way a reverse-proxy works is thus:

1) Request comes in for host1.example.com
2) Proxy translates the address to services.example.com:1234
3) Backend server does whatever it needs to do & writes the page (to the proxy server) 4) Proxy server takes the response, and replaces the address line from services.example.com:1234 to host1.example.com (but leaves the content as is) 
5) Proxy server returns the data to the client

So - why the two-step install?
1) When you install the server initially, you need to build it against its native interface, so services.example.com:1234 2) When you use in public, you need all the in-page URLs to refer to the public name (host1.example.com) 

Try it....

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