i have the corporate web server on one machine and confluence on another, how do i link the confluence so when i go to the main site http://example.com/wiki it displays the confluence login on the other machine

[SystemsA]

i have the corporate web server on one machine and confluence on another, how do i link the confluence so when i go to the main site http://example.com/wiki it displays the confluence login on the other machine and the end user is never aware of the existance of a separate machine from browsing?

on the confluence machine under apache i'm using proxypass as follows:

        ProxyRequests Off

        ProxyPass / http://wiki.example.com:8090/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://wiki.example.com:8090/
        ProxyPreserveHost On
        SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1
        SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1

and that works fine for browsing on the confluence machine.

on the corp web server apache config i have:

        ProxyRequests Off
        ProxyPass /wiki/ http://wiki.example.com/
        ProxyPassReverse /wiki/ http://wiki.example.com/
        ProxyPreserveHost On
        SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1
        SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1

and this does not work, i get a very strange url returned when i try to browse to http;//example.com/wiki/

http://example.com/login.action?os_destination=%2Findex.action&permissionViolation=true

and /wiki/ has been removed...

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

The corporate server should be set up to proxy the connection to Confluence.

This is a very common thing to do, and the standard docs are for Apache - see https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Running+Confluence+behind+Apache  (They're easy to translate to most other web servers, with the exception of IIS which is a bit more painful because it's not a great system, but still possible)

[SystemsA]

hi nic, did you see my additional comments? i did try following the document you referenced.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

No, you added them after I posted the answer.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

But, comparing this with one I've got working here, a couple of points: Your corporate server is missing the port number - you really do want to proxy directly to the confluence system, not via another proxy. You're missing the ProxyHTMLURLMap required when you're not proxying the same paths

[SystemsA]

ah, ok so remove the proxy on the confluence server, and direct the proxy on the corporate server to the port on the confluence server like i did in the confluence config.. what do i need on the proxyhtmlurlmap command?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

I'm not exactly sure, as I haven't worked out your exact config from the question. Have a look in the example configurations (and explanations) of the Apache settings under the link I gave earlier