NAME | Synopsis | Description | Options | Examples | Exit Status | See Also
create-reverse-proxy <connect_options> [--echo|-e] [--no-prompt|-Q] [--verbose|-v] --config|-c name --vs|-s name --uri-prefix|-r uri --server|-S remote-server-url
Use this command to create a reverse proxy. A reverse proxy is a proxy that appears to be a Web Server (origin server) to clients but in reality forwards the requests it receives to one or more origin servers. Because a reverse proxy presents itself as an origin server, clients do not need to be configured to use a reverse proxy.
By configuring a reverse proxy to forward requests to multiple similarly configured origin servers, a reverse proxy can operate as an application level software load balancer. In a typical deployment, one or more reverse proxies will be deployed between the browsers and the origin servers.
For connect_options description, see help(1).
Specify this option to print this command on the standard output before executing. This option also prints the default value for all the non-mandatory options that you do not provide in the command.
If you specify this option, wadm will not prompt you for passwords while executing this command. Use this option if you have defined all passwords in a password file and specified the file using the --password-file connect_option.
Specify this option to display a verbose output.
Specify the name of the configuration for which you want to create the reverse proxy.
Specify the name of the virtual server.
Specify the URI prefix for the reverse proxy that you create.
Specify the remote server URLs. Use comma (,) to define multiple URLs. If you define multiple URLs, the server will distribute the load among the specified servers.
wadm create-reverse-proxy --user=admin --host=serverhost --password-file=../admin.passwd --port=8989 --ssl=true --no-prompt --rcfile=null --config=config1 --vs=vs --uri-prefix=/simple/ --server=http://sun.com:8080 |
The following exit values are returned:
command executed successfully
error in executing the command
help(1), delete-reverse-proxy(1), list-reverse-proxy-uris(1), get-reverse-proxy-prop(1), set-reverse-proxy-prop(1), block-reverse-proxy-header(1), forward-reverse-proxy-header(1), list-reverse-proxy-headers(1)
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