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# HOW TO : Enable global reverse proxy with certain exclusions in Apache
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-enable-global-reverse-proxy-with-certain-exclusions-in-apache/
- Published: 2011-03-09T00:37:58.000Z
- Updated: 2011-03-09T00:37:58.000Z
- Description: Say you want to enable reverse proxy on a site powered by Apache Web Server where all traffic to the web site it reverse proxied to...
- Author: admin
- Tags: HOWTO, Technology, Uncategorized, Web, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 02:32

Say you want to enable reverse proxy on a site powered by Apache Web Server where all traffic to the web site it reverse proxied to a different server, but you want to exclude certain paths from being reverse proxies. I don’t know why you would want to do that :).. but we ran into that scenario at work and I wanted to document the config for future reference. The picture below shows a high level view of the traffic

![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5058/5510872188_7a43e2316c_d.jpg "Web Reverse Proxy")

- Ensure the following modules are being loaded in Apache.

\[bash\]

LoadModule proxy\_module modules/mod\_proxy.so  
LoadModule proxy\_balancer\_module modules/mod\_proxy\_balancer.so  
LoadModule proxy\_connect\_module modules/mod\_proxy\_connect.so  
LoadModule proxy\_ftp\_module modules/mod\_proxy\_ftp.so  
LoadModule proxy\_http\_module modules/mod\_proxy\_http.so  
LoadModule rewrite\_module modules/mod\_rewrite.so

\[/bash\]

- In the virtual host configuration for kudithipudi.org add the following lines

\[bash\]

ProxyRequests Off

<Proxy \*>  
Order deny,allow  
Allow from all  
</Proxy>

ProxyPass /static !  
ProxyPass /media !  
ProxyPass / http://INTERNAL\_SERVER:8888  
ProxyPassReverse / http://INTERNAL\_SERVER:8888

\[/bash\]