Apache 2.4.7, mod_proxy, SSL. JIRA7 + Confluence 5.8.14 on same server, installing to their own respective subdomains.
TL:DR: Could not access JIRA/Confluence on a subdomain if I used a context path for JIRA or Confluence. https://jira.domain.com --> http://internalserver:8080/jira and https://conf.domain.com --> http://internalserver:8090/confluence proxy did not work. Had to take out and not use a context path to get the proxy to work https://jira.domain.com --> http://internalserver:8080/ and https://conf.domain.com --> http://internalserver:8090/ respectively
I was using the guides here:
https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/using-apache-with-mod_proxy-173669.html
https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira061/jira-installation-and-upgrade-guide/customizing-your-jira-installation/integrating-jira-with-a-web-server/integrating-jira-with-apache/integrating-jira-with-apache-using-ssl
I was able to get everything running. But initially, I installed the respective software to use a context path, https://internalserver:8080/jira and https://internalserver:8090/confluence . Problem is, whenever I tried that, I could not get the Proxy to work.
General Idea of the code:
// tomcat's server.xml
<Context path="/confluence" docBase="../confluence" debug="0" reloadable="true">
<Connector port="8090"
...
proxyName="conf.domain.com" proxyPort="443" scheme=https" />
<Context docBase="${catalina.home}/atlassian-jira" path="/jira" reloadable="false" useHttpOnly="true">
<Connector port="8080"
...
proxyName="jira.domain.com" proxyPort="443" scheme=https" />
// JIRA apache VHost
SSLProxyEngine On
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/jira
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/jira
ProxyHTMLURLMap / /jira/
// Confluence apache VHost
SSLProxyEngine On
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8090/confluence
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8090/confluence
ProxyHTMLURLMap / /confluence/ A blank page would come up.
I could visit http://localhost:8080/jira or http://localhost:8090/confluence just fine, but for some reason, the proxy would not work. I tried modifying the settings in the virtualhost, but would get varying results.
Sometimes I could get the page to come through, but the CSS/JS would not load. Or I would get a directory listing of the JIRA directory. Or it would redirect to https://jira.domain.com/jira . or 404.
In order for it to work, I had to remove the context path completely
// tomcat's server.xml
<Context path="" docBase="../confluence" debug="0" reloadable="true">
<Connector port="8090"
...
proxyName="conf.domain.com" proxyPort="443" scheme=https" />
<Context docBase="${catalina.home}/atlassian-jira" path="" reloadable="false" useHttpOnly="true">
<Connector port="8080"
...
proxyName="jira.domain.com" proxyPort="443" scheme=https" />
// JIRA apache VHost
SSLProxyEngine On
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/
ProxyHTMLURLMap / /jira/
// Confluence apache VHost
SSLProxyEngine On
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8090/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8090/
ProxyHTMLURLMap / /confluence/And then everything worked.
While it seems that from the guide for JIRA installation (2nd link), that if you wanted it on a subdomain, that you shouldn't use context path, the guide for Confluence (the first guide link) specifically states to use the /confluence context path and gives code to implement it as such.
I guess not a big deal since I got it working, but I am a little confused as to why I couldn't get it to work using a context path for either JIRA or Confluence. based on apache docs (https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass ProxyPass [path] url), it should still work with a context path ?
What am I missing?
