title: How to configure https for an apache redirecting to tomcat via mod_proxy connector (ajp)
body: <p>I have an apache server on an linux system (on amazon aws), running with https. I also have an tomcat on it. I want to use the apache as a front door to the tomcat. I enabled the mod_proxy module for the apache and the redirection to the tomcat works fine and looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
     ServerName my.domain.com
  
     #Log
     ErrorLog /var/log/ajp.error.log
     CustomLog /var/log/ajp.log combined
  
     #AJP configuration
     &lt;Proxy *&gt;
         Order deny,allow
         Deny from all
         Allow from all
     &lt;/Proxy&gt;
  
     ProxyRequests Off
  
     ProxyPass / ajp://localhost:8009/
     ProxyPassReverse / ajp://localhost:8009/
  
   &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I added this lines at the bottom of my file httpd.conf in /etc/httpd/conf.d folder. </p>
  
  <p>But if I add another VirtualHost in the httpd.conf file to redirect to https, the redirection to https works but the apache Test page will be shown, not the tomcat page. If I remove this redirection VirtualHost the apache tomcat page will be shown. I also enabled the mod_rewrite module. The https stuff I configured in ssl.conf (/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf) and it works fine. There I setup the ssl certificates and if the client make an request with an known https certificate the server will answer the request. Else not.</p>
  
  <p>The VirtualHost for the https redirection I added to the httpd.conf looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
           ServerName my.domain.com
           RewriteEngine on
           ReWriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
           RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [NC,R,L]
      &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can you please help me? What I am doing wrong here? Should I make changes in the /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf file? I am very </p>