mod_certheaders
Oracle HTTP Server Modules
7-5
mod_certheaders
Enables reverse proxies that terminate SSL connections in front of Oracle HTTP
Server to transfer information regarding SSL connection, such as SSL client
certificate information, to Oracle HTTP Server, and applications running behind
Oracle HTTP Server. This information is transferred from the reverse proxy to
Oracle HTTP Server using HTTP headers. The information is transferred from the
headers to the standard CGI environment variable, which
mod_ossl
or
mod_ssl
populates if the SSL connection is terminated by Oracle HTTP Server. It also enables
certain requests to be treated as HTTPS requests even though they are received
through HTTP.
Perform the following steps to configure
mod_certheaders
:
1.
Configure Oracle HTTP Server to load
mod_certheaders
. To do this, add a
LoadModule
directive to
httpd.conf
file.
■
UNIX:
LoadModule certheaders_module libexec/mod_
certheaders.so
■
Windows:
LoadModule certheaders_module
modules/ApacheModuleCertHeaders.dll
2.
Specify which headers should be translated to CGI environment variables. This
can be achieved by using the
AddCertHeader
directive. This directive takes a
single argument, which is the CGI environment variable that should be
populated from a HTTP header on incoming requests. For example, to populate
the
SSL_CLIENT_CERT
CGI environment variable, add the following line to
httpd.conf
:
AddCertHeader SSL_CLIENT_CERT
The
AddCertHeader
directive can be a global setting if it is placed in the base
virtual server section of
httpd.conf
. It can be specific to a single virtual host
by placing it within a virtual host container, or it can be specific to a set of URIs
by placing it within a
<Directory>
or
<Location>
container directive within
httpd.conf
. The combination of these directives are additive, so that for a
given URI, all directives that are specific to that URI will be added to any that
are specific to that request’s virtual host, which will be added to any that is
defined for that base virtual host.
Summary of Contents for HTTP Server
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Page 60: ...Configuring Reverse Proxies and Load Balancers 5 8 Oracle HTTP Server Administrator s Guide ...
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