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author | Eric Covener <covener@apache.org> | 2014-01-20 00:31:19 +0000 |
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committer | Eric Covener <covener@apache.org> | 2014-01-20 00:31:19 +0000 |
commit | 45a5f7da14baa6a33615ca73cf3006bb1003bdfd (patch) | |
tree | 6fcb88b41b8873ab20a9e7bac2c2732d60f60840 /docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml | |
parent | eeced08a6d8261ec67ccaee28b1d795842ec5bcb (diff) | |
download | httpd-45a5f7da14baa6a33615ca73cf3006bb1003bdfd.tar.gz |
Merge r1517406 from trunk:
PR55352: mention in the <Proxy> manual that the matching is a prefix only, not
the same context-root / segment-aware matching done by <Location>.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x@1559612 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml index f043cb328c..dd939941b9 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml @@ -466,6 +466,20 @@ ProxyPass /examples http://backend.example.com/examples timeout=10 </Proxy> </highlight> + <note><title>Differences from the Location configuration section</title> + <p>A backend URL matches the configuration section if it begins with the + the <var>wildcard-url</var> string, even if the last path segment in the + directive only matches a prefix of the backend URL. For example, + <Proxy http://example.com/foo> matches all of + http://example.com/foo, http://example.com/foo/bar, and + http://example.com/foobar. The matching of the final URL differs + from the behavior of the <directive type="section" module="core" + >Location</directive> section, which for purposes of this note + treats the final path component as if it ended in a slash.</p> + <p>For more control over the matching, see <directive type="section" + >ProxyMatch</directive>.</p> + </note> + </usage> <seealso><directive type="section" module="mod_proxy">ProxyMatch</directive></seealso> </directivesynopsis> |