Apache mod_proxy recipies

Recipies

IPv6 enable an IPv4 only site with reverse proxying

Prerequisites

• mod_proxy is loaded
• mod_http_proxy is loaded
• An AAAA record in DNS with the same name as the website
• An A record in DNS like ipv4.<domain> pointing the same IP as the website.

<VirtualHost [2a01::d0:d0]:80>
  ServerName  bun.ch
  ServerAlias www.bun.ch
  LogLevel warn
  ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/bun.ch-ipv6-proxy.error.log
  CustomLog /var/log/apache2/bun.ch-ipv6-proxy.access.log combined
  <IfModule mod_proxy.c>
    ProxyRequests On 
    <Proxy http://ipv4.bun.ch/*>
      Order deny,allow
      Allow from all
      ProxySet connectiontimeout=5 timeout=30 
    </Proxy> 
    <LocationMatch "/">
      ProxyPass        http://ipv4.bun.ch/
      ProxyPassReverse http://ipv4.bun.ch/
    </LocationMatch> 
  </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>