Apache HTTP Proxying on non-default Ports

I’ve started proxying certain services through Apache to be able to have them on different machines than the main site/service.

Unfortunately I get tripped up every time I have to redo the proxy setup so here is the run down:

1.) Enable the mod: a2enmod proxy_http

2.) Add the services to ports.conf:

NameVirtualHost *:8090
NameVirtualHost *:8443
Listen 8090
#SSL port
Listen 8443

3.) Allow proxying in mods-enabled/proxy.conf:

<Proxy *>
        AddDefaultCharset off
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
        #Allow from .example.com
</Proxy>

4.) Finally set it up in the virtual host config:

<VirtualHost *:8443>
        ServerName mysite.com
        ServerAlias *.mysite.com
        ProxyRequests off
        ProxyPass / http://ip.to.some.machine:8090/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://ip.to.some.machine:8090/
        SSLEngine on
        SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/main_cert.crt
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/mysite.key
        SSLCACertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/mysite_inter.crt
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:8090>
        ServerName mysite.com
        ServerAlias *.mysite.com
        ProxyRequests off
        ProxyPass / http://ip.to.some.machine:8090/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://ip.to.some.machine:8090/
</VirtualHost>

5.) Open up ports 8090 and 8443 in IP Tables and restart Apache.

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