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Hiawatha version: 8.2
Operating System: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASEp2

I am planning to switch from Pound/Apache to Nginx/Hiawatha, but since Hiawatha now has reverse proxy functionality I can eliminate Nginx. However, I am unsure of what I would need in hiawatha.conf.

This is part of the nginx.conf to handle reverse proxying now:

        server {
           listen  192.168.1.104:80;
           server_name  mydomain.com www.mydomain.com;
           access_log  /var/log/nginx/mydomain.com.access.log ;
           error_log    /var/log/nginx/mydomain.com.error.log ;    

           location / {
              proxy_pass    http://192.168.1.101:8080/ ;
              include        /usr/local/etc/nginx/proxy.conf;
           }
        }

And in my current hiawatha.conf for the relevant sections

Binding {
        Port = 80
        Interface = 192.168.1.26
}

Binding {
        BindingID = BIND1
        Interface = 192.168.1.101
        Port = 8080
}

VirtualHost {
        Hostname = www.mydomain.com
        WebsiteRoot = /var/www/domains/www.mydomain.com/htdocs
        RequiredBinding = BIND1
        StartFile = index.html
        AccessLogfile = /var/www/domains/www.mydomain.com/logs/access.log
        ErrorLogfile = /var/www/domains/www.mydomain.com/logs/error.log
}

So I have nginx listening on 1.104 and hiawatha listening on 1.26 and when a request for www.mydomain.com comes in on 1.104 on nginx, it is redirected to hiawatha which serves the VirtualHost mydomain.com on 1.101:8080.

How would I be able to do that with Hiawatha using ReverseProxy and Hiawatha also serving the Virutal Hosts?

If you replace nginx with Hiawatha, use the following reverse proxy configuration to redirect requests to the other Hiawatha webserver:

VirtualHost {
    Hostname = www.mydomain.com
    ....
    ReverseProxy .* http://192.168.1.101:8080/
}

This is for the 1.104 server.

So for a Hiawatha reverse proxy to replace the nginx reverse proxy, I could use a config like this for the 4 domains I have (ficticious domains used as examples)?

Binding {
        Port = 80
        Interface = 192.168.1.104
}

VirtualHost {    
    Hostname = www.mydomain.com    
    ReverseProxy .* http://192.168.1.201:8080/
}

VirtualHost {    
    Hostname = www.otherdomain.com   
    ReverseProxy .* http://192.168.1.202:8080/
}

VirtualHost {    
    Hostname = www.itsmydomain.com   
    ReverseProxy .* http://192.168.1.203:8080/}
}

VirtualHost {    
    Hostname = www.anotherdomain.com    
    ReverseProxy .* http://192.168.1.204:8080/
}

And for the other web server that serves content I could keep my original hiawatha.conf?

Binding {
        Port = 80
        Interface = 192.168.1.26
}

Binding {
        BindingID = BIND1
        Interface = 192.168.1.201
        Port = 8080
}

Binding {
        BindingID = BIND2
        Interface = 192.168.1.202
        Port = 8080
}

Binding {
        BindingID = BIND3
        Interface = 192.168.1.203
        Port = 8080
}

Binding {
        BindingID = BIND4
        Interface = 192.168.1.204
        Port = 8080
}

VirtualHost {
        Hostname = www.mydomain.com
        WebsiteRoot = /var/www/domains/www.mydomain.com/htdocs
        RequiredBinding = BIND1
        StartFile = index.html
        AccessLogfile = /var/www/domains/www.mydomain.com/logs/access.log
        ErrorLogfile = /var/www/domains/www.mydomain.com/logs/error.log
}

VirtualHost {
        Hostname = www.otherdomain.com
        WebsiteRoot = /var/www/domains/www.otherdomain.com/htdocs
        RequiredBinding = BIND2
        StartFile = index.html
        AccessLogfile = /var/www/domains/www.otherdomain.com/logs/access.log
        ErrorLogfile = /var/www/domains/www.otherdomain.com/logs/error.log
}

VirtualHost {
        Hostname = www.itsmydomain.com
        WebsiteRoot = /var/www/domains/www.itsmydomain.com/htdocs
        RequiredBinding = BIND3
        StartFile = index.html
        AccessLogfile = /var/www/domains/www.itsmydomain.com/logs/access.log
        ErrorLogfile = /var/www/domains/www.itsmydomain.com/logs/error.log
}

VirtualHost {
        Hostname = www.anotherdomain.com
        WebsiteRoot = /var/www/domains/www.anotherdomain.com/htdocs
        RequiredBinding = BIND4
        StartFile = index.html
        AccessLogfile = /var/www/domains/www.anotherdomain.com/logs/access.log
        ErrorLogfile = /var/www/domains/www.anotherdomain.com/logs/error.log
}

Correct. But I don't see why you want the BindingID / RequiredBinding construction. What's the use of it?

It was my (incorrect) assumption I need the BindingID/RequiredBinding to specify which domain belongs to which IP.

Ok, np. Does the provided solution work for you?

Yes, thank you!

I much prefer Hiawatha to Apache (which I never liked). And now that Hiawatha has reverse proxy functionality, I don't need to maintain another web server (nginx).

Thank you again for Hiawatha and for your technical support!!