Network Config Question

[Kev_B]

Ok, here's my situation. I have 2 servers (one runs Ubuntu and the other runs Windows XP). My Ubuntu server is my primary webserver. I have other web stuff on the XP-Server. Right now, my router is forwarding all HTTP traffic to the Ubuntu server. I need, somehow, to be able to have port 80 go to both servers based on domain name. I'm really trying to avoid having to tack on a port number to the end of a URL b/c it just adds confusion and looks bad (IMO). Is there any way to do this? I know the easiest would be to have multiple IPs, but I can't get more than one.

Help?

[hjf288]

Have a reverse proxy such as Apache configured to redirect requests to each server as reuired?

I used to have NGINX serve static content but Apache handle PHP... to the user it appears as one domain but internally it was running off two servers

http://www.apachetutor.org/admin/reverseproxies

Might help

Edited March 6, 2009 by hjf288

[+BudMan MVC]

From the network standpoint there is no way to do what you ask.. You can not forward the same port to different machines behind your nat.

So you would need something listening on that 1 ip, that would forward the traffic to the different machine based on the domain name host headers (IIS) or named based virtual hosts (apache) etc.

[Kev_B]

I got everything working the way I want it to using Apache's (reverse) proxy. It's not the easiest configuration, but it works well enough.

Thanks!

[hjf288]

No problem :)