Re: Reverse proxy support

[Martin Pala]

Thanks for patch :)

The new monit version will be released most probably soon, so i prefer 
to add just bugfixes for now.

We may add your patch to the next monit release.

Thanks,
Martin


Josh Kelley wrote:
> It would be useful if Monit supported being accessed through a reverse
> proxy in Apache 2.  This would avoid requiring that an additional port
> be opened by the firewall, would let access to Monit be controlled by
> Apache's more flexible authentication mechanisms, and could offer full
> access to Monit's web interface (unlike monit.php in the contrib
> directory).
>
> The main reason that using Monit behind a reverse proxy doesn't work
> is because Monit uses absolute URLs everywhere.  The attached patch
> modifies it to use relative URLs; this still works when Monit is
> accessed directly but also permits it to work behind a reverse proxy.
>
> With the patch applied, you can access through Apache using an Apache
> config similar to the following:
>
> ProxyPass /monit/ http://localhost:2812/
> ProxyPassReverse /monit/ http://localhost:2812/
>
> <Location /monit/>
>        # Insert authentication directives here
> </Location>
>
> Josh Kelley
>
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