Hello

Having got a basic Pound up and running I now want to make it do it's
stuff.

So far, what works is

UrlGroup ".*"
HeadRequire Host ".*www.mycompany.com.*"
BackEnd 10.0.0.1,80,1
EndGroup

What we need to do is this:-

www,mycompany.com ------>10.0.0.1
www.mycompany.com/nest ------>10.0.0.2
www.mycompany.com/work------>10.0.0.3
www.mycompany.com/play------>10.0.0.4

and this is where I get lost. I've tried using
HeadRequire Host ".*www.mycompany.com/nest.*"
with various permutations after the / and I just get a 503 error.

By changing the backend address I can make the same bare header work with
any of the servers, it's only when I try to add on the /xxxx it goes all
odd.

I've tried using the UrlGroup entry like a <Location> as in Apache i.e
UrlGroup "./net" and permutations, but again no luck.

The backend servers are all running IIS and I have created a virtual
directory that points back to the normal home page for the site using the
/nnnn bits referred to but with no success.

As I see it all we're trying to do is create a link that makes Pound say
"when I get www.mycompany.com/nest in a header I'll just pass the traffic
to the backend server".

Sorry to be a pain, and I know the answer has to be simple - but I just
cannot work out what it is. Any advice gratefully rec'd

Robin

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Robin,

You can do this by using multiple UrlGroup directives.  For example:

UrlGroup "/nest.*"
HeadRequire Host ".*www.mycompany.com.*"
BackEnd 10.0.0.2,80,1
EndGroup

UrlGroup "/work.*"
HeadRequire Host ".*www.mycompany.com.*"
BackEnd 10.0.0.3,80,1
EndGroup

UrlGroup "/paly.*"
HeadRequire Host ".*www.mycompany.com.*"
BackEnd 10.0.0.4,80,1
EndGroup

UrlGroup ".*"
HeadRequire Host ".*www.mycompany.com.*"
BackEnd 10.0.0.1,80,1
EndGroup

If all your requests are comming in for the same host (www.mycompany.com) you
can leave the HeadRequire directives off completely.

John D.

********** Original Email *********
** To:   pound(at)apsis.ch
** From: "Robin Collins" <Robin.Collins(at)elateral.com>
** Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:23:13 +0000
**********

Hello

Having got a basic Pound up and running I now want to make it do it's
stuff.

So far, what works is

UrlGroup ".*"
HeadRequire Host ".*www.mycompany.com.*"
BackEnd 10.0.0.1,80,1
EndGroup

What we need to do is this:-

www,mycompany.com ------>10.0.0.1
www.mycompany.com/nest ------>10.0.0.2
www.mycompany.com/work------>10.0.0.3
www.mycompany.com/play------>10.0.0.4

and this is where I get lost. I've tried using
HeadRequire Host ".*www.mycompany.com/nest.*"
with various permutations after the / and I just get a 503 error.

By changing the backend address I can make the same bare header work with
any of the servers, it's only when I try to add on the /xxxx it goes all
odd.

I've tried using the UrlGroup entry like a <Location> as in Apache i.e
UrlGroup "./net" and permutations, but again no luck.

The backend servers are all running IIS and I have created a virtual
directory that points back to the normal home page for the site using the
/nnnn bits referred to but with no success.

As I see it all we're trying to do is create a link that makes Pound say
"when I get www.mycompany.com/nest in a header I'll just pass the traffic
to the backend server".

Sorry to be a pain, and I know the answer has to be simple - but I just
cannot work out what it is. Any advice gratefully rec'd

Robin

e-solutions for marketing
http://www.elateral.com/uk

Elateral Limited, Crosby Way, Farnham, GU9 7XX, UK
Tel. +44 (0)1252 740740
Fax. +44 (0)1252 740741
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