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Note

This feature is available only on environments running on Cloud Next technologies. For using mod_proxy on the Cloud Classic infrastructure, contact Acquia Support.

Complex websites are often handled by multiple web servers, all containing the same code. Sometimes it can be necessary to split a website into multiple applications, all served from the same domain. The primary way of handling multiple, separate websites served under a single domain is to use a proxy server. A proxy server is usually another server that handles requests from resources on servers by clients.

For more information on the different proxies available on Cloud Platform, see Proxies and Acquia Cloud.

You can implement a mod_proxy configuration by using Apache's mod_proxy module on Cloud Platform. You can manage mod_proxy on each environment by using the self-service configuration settings in the Cloud Platform user interface.

Note

This feature is available only on environments running on Cloud Next technologies. For using mod_proxy on the Cloud Classic infrastructure, contact Acquia Support.

For more information on the different proxies available on Cloud Platform, see Proxies and Acquia Cloud.

Note

This feature is available only on environments running on Cloud Next technologies. For using mod_proxy on the Cloud Classic infrastructure, contact Acquia Support.

For more information on the different proxies available on Cloud Platform, see Proxies and Acquia Cloud.

Understand that using mod_proxy introduces a dependency on downstream systems that are external to Acquia. Such systems are outside the scope of Acquia's support or advice.
Know that dependency on any external service can negatively impact your Acquia-hosted sites.
Know that a proxy consumes threads from the allotted connections in Apache. Therefore, the available Apache pool might be overwhelmed when the web service that is proxied to is slow or unavailable.

From your Cloud Platform account, go to the environment on which you want to enable or disable mod_proxy.
Click Configuration.
Click the Proxy tab.
Do one of the following based on your requirement:
- To enable mod_proxy, set the Apache mod_proxy settings toggle to On.
- To disable mod_proxy, set the Apache mod_proxy settings toggle to Off.

Note
- When you enable or disable mod_proxy, the system creates a task in the Cloud Platform user interface. However, there is no log.
- To ensure enhanced security for your application, Acquia does not enable mod_proxy by default.

Understand that using mod_proxy introduces a dependency on downstream systems that are external to Acquia. Such systems are outside the scope of Acquia's support or advice.
Know that dependency on any external service can negatively impact your Acquia-hosted sites.
Know that a proxy consumes threads from the allotted connections in Apache. Therefore, the available Apache pool might be overwhelmed when the web service that is proxied to is slow or unavailable.

From your Cloud Platform account, go to the environment on which you want to enable or disable mod_proxy.
Click Configuration.
Click the Proxy tab.
Do one of the following based on your requirement:
- To enable mod_proxy, set the Apache mod_proxy settings toggle to On.
- To disable mod_proxy, set the Apache mod_proxy settings toggle to Off.

Note
- When you enable or disable mod_proxy, the system creates a task in the Cloud Platform user interface. However, there is no log.
- To ensure enhanced security for your application, Acquia does not enable mod_proxy by default.

Considerations before enabling mod_proxy

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Using mod_proxy on Cloud Next

Using mod_proxy on Cloud Next

Using mod_proxy on Cloud Next

Considerations before enabling mod_proxy

Enabling or disabling mod_proxy

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Considerations before enabling mod_proxy

Enabling or disabling mod_proxy

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