Mongrel users - Aug 2006 - Telling Apache Not to Send a Sub-Directory to the Cluster

Howdy,

I am using Apache 2.2 and Mongrel with great success.

I have a mod_rewrite question and I am NO expert. I think it''s really
simple
but I haven''t nailed it. I was hoping someone here could help.

I''m using Apache conf right out of the cluster example from the Mongrel
site.

I have a directory under my apps ''public'' directory called
''sendto''. Files
in that directory are accessible but I want to be able to provide a
directory listing for when no specific file is requested.

Right now, it seems that the requests to http://domain.com/sendto/ are being
sent to the cluster.

I am looking for a rewrite statement that basically tells Apache not to send
that specific URL pattern to the cluster.

Can anyone help?

Hunter

> Howdy,
>
> I am using Apache 2.2 and Mongrel with great success.
>
> I have a mod_rewrite question and I am NO expert. I think it''s
really simple
> but I haven''t nailed it. I was hoping someone here could help.
>
> I''m using Apache conf right out of the cluster example from the
Mongrel
> site.
>
> I have a directory under my apps ''public'' directory
called ''sendto''. Files
> in that directory are accessible but I want to be able to provide a
> directory listing for when no specific file is requested.
>
> Right now, it seems that the requests to http://domain.com/sendto/ are
being
> sent to the cluster.
>
> I am looking for a rewrite statement that basically tells Apache not to
send
> that specific URL pattern to the cluster.
Add a rewrite condition to the rule that sends things to the cluster 
saying that if the url matches this, that''s false so bail...

I''m not good enough to write out the rule on the fly, but the docs
should
get you there....

Thanks, that''s what I''m going for but just like you, not good
enough to get
there.

Been messing with the docs for the past hour and no luck yet. I was hoping a
guru could lend a hand.
> From: Philip Hallstrom <mongrel at philip.pjkh.com>
> Reply-To: <mongrel-users at rubyforge.org>
> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:56:28 -0500 (CDT)
> To: Mongrel <mongrel-users at rubyforge.org>
> Subject: Re: [Mongrel] Telling Apache Not to Send a Sub-Directory to the
> Cluster
> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> I am using Apache 2.2 and Mongrel with great success.
>> 
>> I have a mod_rewrite question and I am NO expert. I think it''s
really simple
>> but I haven''t nailed it. I was hoping someone here could help.
>> 
>> I''m using Apache conf right out of the cluster example from
the Mongrel
>> site.
>> 
>> I have a directory under my apps ''public'' directory
called ''sendto''. Files
>> in that directory are accessible but I want to be able to provide a
>> directory listing for when no specific file is requested.
>> 
>> Right now, it seems that the requests to http://domain.com/sendto/ are
being
>> sent to the cluster.
>> 
>> I am looking for a rewrite statement that basically tells Apache not to
send
>> that specific URL pattern to the cluster.
> 
> Add a rewrite condition to the rule that sends things to the cluster
> saying that if the url matches this, that''s false so bail...
> 
> I''m not good enough to write out the rule on the fly, but the docs
should
> get you there....

> Thanks, that''s what I''m going for but just like you, not
good enough to get
> there.
>
> Been messing with the docs for the past hour and no luck yet. I was hoping
a
> guru could lend a hand.
Turn up the log level for rewrite and watch it... that helps a lot when 
futzing with those things...

>
>> From: Philip Hallstrom <mongrel at philip.pjkh.com>
>> Reply-To: <mongrel-users at rubyforge.org>
>> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:56:28 -0500 (CDT)
>> To: Mongrel <mongrel-users at rubyforge.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Mongrel] Telling Apache Not to Send a Sub-Directory to
the
>> Cluster
>>
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> I am using Apache 2.2 and Mongrel with great success.
>>>
>>> I have a mod_rewrite question and I am NO expert. I think
it''s really simple
>>> but I haven''t nailed it. I was hoping someone here could
help.
>>>
>>> I''m using Apache conf right out of the cluster example
from the Mongrel
>>> site.
>>>
>>> I have a directory under my apps ''public''
directory called ''sendto''. Files
>>> in that directory are accessible but I want to be able to provide a
>>> directory listing for when no specific file is requested.
>>>
>>> Right now, it seems that the requests to http://domain.com/sendto/
are being
>>> sent to the cluster.
>>>
>>> I am looking for a rewrite statement that basically tells Apache
not to send
>>> that specific URL pattern to the cluster.
>>
>> Add a rewrite condition to the rule that sends things to the cluster
>> saying that if the url matches this, that''s false so bail...
>>
>> I''m not good enough to write out the rule on the fly, but the
docs should
>> get you there....
>
>
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Hi!

On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 10:25:13AM -0700, HH wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> I am using Apache 2.2 and Mongrel with great success.
> 
> I have a mod_rewrite question and I am NO expert. I think it''s
really simple
> but I haven''t nailed it. I was hoping someone here could help.
> 
> I''m using Apache conf right out of the cluster example from the
Mongrel
> site.
I couldn''t find that, so I''m assuming your rewrite rules look
like this:

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .* balancer://mongrel_cluster%{REQUEST_URI}  [P,QSA,L]
> I have a directory under my apps ''public'' directory
called ''sendto''. Files
> in that directory are accessible but I want to be able to provide a
> directory listing for when no specific file is requested.
>
> Right now, it seems that the requests to http://domain.com/sendto/ are
being
> sent to the cluster.
> 
> I am looking for a rewrite statement that basically tells Apache not to
send
> that specific URL pattern to the cluster.
to achiee this, just add another RewriteCond line:

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/sendto
RewriteRule .* balancer://mongrel_cluster%{REQUEST_URI}  [P,QSA,L]

this excludes requests pointing to URIs starting with /sendto from being
sent via the balancer. Instead these requests will be served by Apache,
and directory listings can be allowed with something like

<Directory /path/to/public/sendto>
  Options Indexes
</Directory>


hth,
Jens


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