Re: [jetty-discuss] Using Jetty as a reverse proxy

[Greg W. <gr...@mo...>]

Look at ProxyServlet as a basis 
yell if you need help/advice.
Cheers



On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:40:23 +0000
Russell Howe <rh...@bm...> wrote:

> I've seen a few threads about this, but I haven't seen anyone
> actually produce one, so as far as I'm aware there isn't currently a
> way to use Jetty as a frontend HTTP server, transparently proxying
> requests from regular HTTP clients on to another HTTP server behind
> the scenes ("reverse proxy" as Apache's mod_proxy calls it).
> 
> i.e.
> 
> [HTTP
> client] --request--> Jetty [auth] --request--> [$other HTTP server]
> 
> The work on the Jetty HTTP client is encouraging, but I've got an
> urgent (read: by tomorrow!) need for a HTTP proxy handler which can
> hook into JAAS, so it looks like I might be up for a night of 'fun'
> as I try to build the proxy handler/servlet I need!
> 
> If I actually get anywhere with this, I will of course post the code 
> (although it may not be pretty - if I need to do a gross hack or 50
> just to get it working, I will).
> 
> If it works, then it's going to be bye-bye Apache and bye-bye AJP13 
> (thanks for the hard work, bong!) for us, I think.
> 
> I've also had some success with getting the Citrix Web Interface
> running under Jetty (in case anyone's interested). The remaining
> problems with that are Citrix-related, rather than anything to do
> with Jetty.
>