proxying to apache/svn, COPY fails, but without HTTPS

[Igor Sysoev]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:18:23PM +0200, Samuel Vogel wrote:

> Am 10.08.09 16:50, schrieb Samuel Vogel:
> >Hey guys,
> >
> >We proxy http://svn.domain.com:80 to http://localhost:81, where an 
> >apache server with mod_dav_svn is listening, which is binding only to 
> >127.0.0.1:81.
> >We do get a "502 Bad Gateway" for COPY requests. This topic came up a 
> >couple of times on the list, but issues with HTTPS vs. HTTP always 
> >caused the problems.
> >This is however not the case with out setup, the SVN client uses HTTP 
> >and we proxy to the backend via HTTP.
> >
> >Our nginx config:
> >server {
> >    listen   80;
> >    server_name svn.domain.com;
> >
> >    location / {
> >        proxy_pass http://localhost:81;
> >    }
> >}
> >
> >Apache config:
> >Listen 127.0.0.1:81
> >
> >    ServerName svn.domain.com
> >    UseCanonicalName On
> >
> ><Location />
> >        DAV svn
> >        SVNParentPath "/var/lib/svn"
> ></Location>
> >
> >Any hints how this could be solved?
> >
> >Regards,
> >Samy
> I have now changed my nginx config as follows:
> 
> server {
>     listen   80;
>     server_name svn.domain.com;
> 
>     location / {
>         set $dest $http_destination;
>         if ($http_destination ~ "^http://svn.domain.com/(.+)") {
>             set $dest http://localhost:81/$1;
>         }
> 
>         proxy_set_header Destination $dest;
> 
>         proxy_pass http://localhost:81;
>     }
> }
> 
> Now the COPY Request looks as follows (captured with tcpdump):
> COPY /tourvital/!svn/bc/120/trunk HTTP/1.0
> Destination: 
> http://localhost:81/tourvital/!svn/wrk/0200ab05-2301-0010-93d2-4be8b1bacda6/branches/test
> Host: localhost:81
> 
> Shouldn't this be working?

This should work.


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