Is it possible to put Geoserver behind a proxy and access the WMS/WFS using OpenLayers

Question

I just start to work with Geoserver and Openlayers and one of the main concerns of the project now is do not expose the geoserver web interface outside of the internal network. No access to www.mydomain.com/geoserver/

However the application that is available in the Internet needs to get data (wms/wfs) from the GeoServer. This all through OpenLayers.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

You can have an apache httpd as frontend listening on port 80 with proyxing rewrite-rules (see mod_rewrite and mod_proxy) mapping /whateverurl on apache to /geoserver/wms on the geoserver running on another tcp port.

Se more: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html

Answer 2

It is possible, follow the instructions at http://ian01.geog.psu.edu/geoserver_docs/software/java.html but instead of /geoserver use /geoserver/wms and /geoserver/wfs

Answer 3

you can setup a reverse proxy. Then point OL to it like a normal url. I know you're not using ESRI but they have a guide online to setup a reverse proxy that would apply to your case.

Answer 4

You can look at these two project, maybe they can help you:

• GeoShield
• GeoPrisma