How to redirect HTTP request to different local web servers

Question

I have a Linux machine and some applications are running web interfaces.

I'd like to create a web server, opened to the Internet, in order to access these local web interfaces (or web interface on others local machines).

Example, from the Internet:

http(s)://mywebserver/webmin  --> redirects to localhost:10000  (webmin interface)
http(s)://mywebserver/bitt   --> redirects to localhost:1234  (bittorrent client interface)
http(s)://mywebserver/httpd   --> redirects to localhost:88  (mini http server)
http(s)://mywebserver/ddwrt  --> redirects to 192.168.0.254:80  (dd-wrt interface)

etc...

Do you know a way to do this? I tried "pound" reverse proxy, but it doesn't work.

Answer 1

You're definitely looking for a reverse proxy and Pound can do exactly what you want. So can a whole host of other reverse proxy technologies such as Varnish, Nginx, Apache, HAProxy, and others. To understand the difference take a look at this SO Q&A titled: Difference between proxy server and reverse proxy server.

Here's an example Pound configuration which should give you a rough idea of what you're looking for, from the article titled: Pound secure reverse proxy "how to". There's also another good example here, titled: Pound - Reverse Proxy Server.

ListenHTTP
  Address 192.168.1.5
  Port    80

    Service
      URL "/webmin"
      BackEnd
        Address localhost
        Port    10000
      End
    End

    Service
      URL "/bitt"
      BackEnd
        Address localhost
        Port    1234
      End
    End

End
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