Reverse proxy setup with httpd service - RHEL 9

Install httpd

dnf install httpd

Check httpd service status 

systemctl status httpd systemctl start httpd systemctl enable httpd

Httpd service configurations path

cd /etc/httpd

Httpd service configurations file

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Httpd logs

/var/log/httpd/access_log /var/log/httpd/error_log

Add proxy modules to httpd configs

cd /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/ vi 00-proxy.conf

Add following 2 lines in to the file 00-proxy.conf

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so

Create a new virtual host configuration file

cd /etc/httpd/conf.d touch my-reverse-proxy.conf

Add following configs

<VirtualHost *:80>     ServerName maleeshatst.codegen.net     ProxyPreserveHost On     ProxyRequests Off     ProxyPass / http://192.168.2.118:8080/     ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.2.118:8080/     <Proxy *>         Require all granted     </Proxy> </VirtualHost>

Or

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName rcclqatbx.codegen.net ProxyPreserveHost On ProxyPass / http://192.168.1.133:7070/ ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.1.133:7070/ Timeout 5400 ProxyTimeout 5400 </VirtualHost>

Check syntax errors for httpd

apachectl configtest

Restart httpd service 

systemctl restart httpd

Maleesha Gimshan | 21st June 2025