[FIXED] How to correctly configure apache for reverse proxy serve django app

Issue

Hi I've been trying to correctly configure apache as reverse proxy for my django application. When served from port :4300 it goes all fine, but when I tried to use reverse-proxy all goes wrong.

When I try to acces when logged in

192.168.100.201/fact

I get the expected functionality, but when I press anything to admin app of django i get

192.168.100.201/admin

when I should get

192.168.100.201/fact/admin

Even if I write it in the browser I'm still redirected to 192.168.100.201/admin

I kwon that maybe is a dub question but it is something that I couldnt realize.

settings.py

"""

Django settings for SEMFAC project.

Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.11.13.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/
"""

import os
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))


# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'wkf8aie3kc6@xb0-_y%rwmp*tq)hqv7t+d0l6a9wop0l$1m336'

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['192.168.100.205','192.168.100.203','192.168.100.201']


# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'fact.apps.FactConfig',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'SEMFAC.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'SEMFAC.wsgi.application'


# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    }
}


# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
    },
]


# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/i18n/
LOCALE_PATHS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'locale'),
)

LANGUAGES = (
    ('en-US', _('English')),
    ('es-MX', _('Espanol')),
)

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'es-MX'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True


# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
LOGIN_URL = '/'
LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
TEMPLATE_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')

In the urls.py file this is the configuration

    from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^',include('fact.urls')),
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
]

In my django.conf file the configuration is the following

<VirtualHost 192.168.100.205:4300>
Alias /static /opt/SEMFAC/fact/static
<Directory /opt/SEMFAC/fact/static>
    Require all granted
</Directory>

<Directory /opt/SEMFAC/SEMFAC>
    <Files wsgi.py>
        Require all granted
    </Files>
</Directory>



WSGIDaemonProcess SEMFAC python-path=/opt/SEMFAC:/opt/SEMFAC/lib/python2.7/site-packages
WSGIProcessGroup SEMFAC
WSGIScriptAlias / /opt/SEMFAC/SEMFAC/wsgi.py
</VirtualHost>

And the configuration within apache i have

<Location /fact>
  ProxyPreserveHost On
  ProxyPass http://192.168.100.205:4300
  ProxyPassReverse http://192.168.100.205:4300
</Location>

Solution

So this is what did the trick

<VirtualHost 192.168.100.205:4300>
Alias /fact/static /opt/SEMFAC/fact/static
<Directory /opt/SEMFAC/fact/static>
    Require all granted
</Directory>

<Directory /opt/SEMFAC/SEMFAC>
    <Files wsgi.py>
        Require all granted
    </Files>
</Directory>


WSGIDaemonProcess SEMFAC python-path=/opt/SEMFAC:/opt/SEMFAC/lib/python2.7/site-packages
WSGIProcessGroup SEMFAC
WSGIScriptAlias /fact /opt/SEMFAC/SEMFAC/wsgi.py
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:*>
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    ProxyPass /fact http://192.168.100.205:4300/fact
    ProxyPassReverse /fact http://192.168.100.205:4300/fact

    ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

Answered By - marcolesh

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (PHPFixing Volunteer)