On 2006-10-03, Zork <skills102@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Connect using the domain name or directly with the IP?
> domain name

Then you could just fool the apps by having 'xyz.domain.com' in the
/etc/hosts file (pointing it to wathever you want).

> That's why I was thinking about a proxy server (which is the only thing
> which is configurable in that crappy legacy app).

Yes, if you use DNAT it doesn't matter what kind of apps it is, the
redirection is done at IP level.

> Knowing this would apache + mod_proxy be enough? I really need a simple
> solution, nothing complicated

Well, I tend to think that using a proxy just to do an ip redirection is
the complicated solution. I mean, a simple

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d ip.of.the.server -j DNAT \
--to ip.of.the.newserver

should do it, but if you want to go for the full proxy, go ahead.

Davide


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