How to configure Apache to act as an SSL proxy to an application server?

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Published on 2011-11-15T16:21:07Z Indexed on 2011/11/15 17:54 UTC
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I have one physical server that runs:

  • an Apache (httpd) server
  • another web server (let's say Tomcat for sake of argument) on port 1234

Can I configure the Apache server to act as a proxy for SSL traffic, while keeping the application server blissfully unaware of SSL?

What I imagine is:

What's the best setup to achieve this? (On Ubuntu, if that matters)

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