Configuring WSO2 APIManager with Apache HTTP server for reverse proxy

Applies to : AM -  1.8.0

APIManager which has two web apps deployed by default which are api_publisher and api_store. When user needs to route the requests through a proxy server for publisher and store, he can do that by editing  site.json file which is available in AM_HOME/repository/deployment/server/jaggeryapps/store(/publisher)/site/conf folder.

Apache HTTP server

• Download and install HTTP server
• Check the default installation works fine for HTTP.
• Try like "http://localhost" you will see the default index page.
• To set SSL settings, edit the default http_ssl config file with the following settings. User has to create a new ssl cert/key for ssl communication. 

<VirtualHost _default_:443>

SSLEngine on

SSLCertificateFile /Users/ratha/WSO2/apachehttp/server.crt

SSLCertificateKeyFile /Users/ratha/WSO2/apachehttp/server.key

ProxyPreserveHost On

SSLProxyEngine on

# Proxy path which user wants to map with actual backend

ProxyPass /publicstore https://localhost:9443/store/

ProxyPassReverse /publicstore https://localhost:9443/store/

ProxyPassReverseCookiePath /store /publicstore

ProxyPass /publicpublisher https://localhost:9443/publisher/

ProxyPassReverse /publicpublisher  https://localhost:9443/publisher/

ProxyPassReverseCookiePath /publisher /publicpublisher

</VirtualHost>

• After editing the ssl configuration restart the http server. Try accessing "https://localhost", if settings are fine, user should be able to see the default index page.

site. json configuration

Edit the context and request-url parameters.

context- The url context

request_url- The original request url which hits the proxy server.

"context" : "/publicstore ",
"request_url":"https://localhost/publicstore ",

Now access the store page(/publisher ) using 'https://localhost/publicstore' and  the request  will be routed internally to 'https://localhost/store'