From 5a77c9744a3e8efe0168dd8b476e51d7f99f13e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Adam Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:18:52 +0200 Subject: docs: document the reverse proxying options in tinyproxy.conf(5) --- docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt.in | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt.in b/docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt.in index aace0e5..f41b87b 100644 --- a/docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt.in +++ b/docs/man5/tinyproxy.conf.txt.in @@ -276,6 +276,39 @@ The possible keywords and their descriptions are as follows: ports are allowed. To disable CONNECT altogether, include a single ConnectPort line with a value of `0`. +*ReversePath*:: + + Configure one or more ReversePath directives to enable reverse proxy + support. With reverse proxying it's possible to make a number of + sites appear as if they were part of a single site. + + If you uncomment the following two directives and run tinyproxy + on your own computer at port 8888, you can access example.com, + using http://localhost:8888/example/. + + ReversePath "/example/" "http://www.example.com/" + +*ReverseOnly*:: + + When using tinyproxy as a reverse proxy, it is STRONGLY + recommended that the normal proxy is turned off by setting + this boolean option to `Yes`. + +*ReverseMagic*:: + + Setting this option to `Yes`, makes Tinyproxy use a cookie to + track reverse proxy mappings. If you need to reverse proxy + sites which have absolute links you must use this option. + +*ReverseBaseURL*:: + + The URL that is used to access this reverse proxy. The URL is + used to rewrite HTTP redirects so that they won't escape the + proxy. If you have a chain of reverse proxies, you'll need to + put the outermost URL here (the address which the end user + types into his/her browser). If this option is not set then + no rewriting of redirects occurs. + BUGS ---- -- cgit v1.2.3