vhost to another ip address

[severndigital]

ok .. i have a relatively firm grasp of the basics of virtual hosts.

 

however, this one is outside my realm of knowledge.

 

I would like to have a domain name .. goingcrazy.myplace.net

 

when requests come in on that address .. i would like the apacher server to send them to a completely different machine in the building.

 

for example lets say my main server is (demonstration only)

 

1.2.3.75

 

and the second server address is

 

1.2.3.80

 

 

what, if anything, can I do with apache to send requests from goinginsane.myplace.net to the 1.2.3.80 server instead of the 1.2.3.75 server?

 

does that make sense??

 

I've read apache manual and all i can see is how to have multiple incoming ip addresses .. but how do i direct to multiple internal ip address??

 

thanks,

chris

[madmax]

Mod_proxy http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html

 

Don't know a huge amount about it as I've never really had call to play with it. It can be a bit fiddly to set up and I understand there are a few snafus to watch for - esp if you have interations between rewrite rules.

[trq]

Surely this is better done in your router/firewall?

[severndigital]

Surely this is better done in your router/firewall?

 

I completely agree. However, I am unable to route a specific port, in this case port 80, to multiple internal IP addresses.

 

I have been dodging the need to do so, but perhaps it is time to setup a proxy server.

 

:-[

 

Man .. I already have too much to do

 

-Cheers

[madmax]

I guessed as much hehe

 

If you have a firm grasp of vhosts you're more than likely to understand port-forwarding.

Maybe a better fw/router might be a cheaper solution in terms of time and effort??

Or perhaps something like freesco or whatever??? Just a thought.

[steviewdr]

Have a quick read of this thread:

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,172485.0.html

 

-steve