AWS Cloudfront + Load Balancer, url changes from main domain to load balancer subdomain
My setup is as follows:
- user types example.com on the browser
- request goes to AWS CloudFront, which redirects HTTP to HTTPS, and forwards the request to the AWS Elastic LoadBalancer (elb.example.com)
- LoadBalancer forwards the request to the EC2 instance running PHP Laravel framework
- EC2 responds normally
- user views the page correctly at example.com with everything else transparent to him
All this is perfectly what I want, HOWEVER .....
- If the user navigates to any button on the page, the url on the browser will become elb.example.com (it should stay example.com)
- If I go to view page source, all the links to any button on the page has the base url of elb.example.com (it should be example.com)
The reason is because EC2 see the request coming from the load balancer so it assumes the base url is elb.example.com and generates all links accordingly.
How do make EC2 see the base url as example.com ?
php .htaccess amazon-web-services amazon-ec2 amazon-cloudfront
asked Jul 9 '16 at 22:32
Dv_MH
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My setup is as follows:
- user types example.com on the browser
- request goes to AWS CloudFront, which redirects HTTP to HTTPS, and forwards the request to the AWS Elastic LoadBalancer (elb.example.com)
- LoadBalancer forwards the request to the EC2 instance running PHP Laravel framework
- EC2 responds normally
- user views the page correctly at example.com with everything else transparent to him
All this is perfectly what I want, HOWEVER .....
- If the user navigates to any button on the page, the url on the browser will become elb.example.com (it should stay example.com)
- If I go to view page source, all the links to any button on the page has the base url of elb.example.com (it should be example.com)
The reason is because EC2 see the request coming from the load balancer so it assumes the base url is elb.example.com and generates all links accordingly.
How do make EC2 see the base url as example.com ?
php .htaccess amazon-web-services amazon-ec2 amazon-cloudfront
asked Jul 9 '16 at 22:32
Dv_MH
51712059
Can you paste what is output of .htaccess? Also did you check the DB has URL "example.com" and not elb.example.com
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:06
.htaccess is a file, do you want me to share the file ? Please explain what do you mean by DB ? Do you mean database ? Cause database has nothing to do with this issue in my opinion
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:18
Ok Forget about the hatches and DB where is your website domain pointing ? is it using a C-name or an IP address?
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:36
Or I can trouble shoot the issue more fast if you give me the URL of your website.
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:38
I have an alias for my domain example.com pointing to d123456.cloudfront.net and an alias elb.example.com pointing to the load balancer
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:51
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My setup is as follows:
- user types example.com on the browser
- request goes to AWS CloudFront, which redirects HTTP to HTTPS, and forwards the request to the AWS Elastic LoadBalancer (elb.example.com)
- LoadBalancer forwards the request to the EC2 instance running PHP Laravel framework
- EC2 responds normally
- user views the page correctly at example.com with everything else transparent to him
All this is perfectly what I want, HOWEVER .....
- If the user navigates to any button on the page, the url on the browser will become elb.example.com (it should stay example.com)
- If I go to view page source, all the links to any button on the page has the base url of elb.example.com (it should be example.com)
The reason is because EC2 see the request coming from the load balancer so it assumes the base url is elb.example.com and generates all links accordingly.
How do make EC2 see the base url as example.com ?
php .htaccess amazon-web-services amazon-ec2 amazon-cloudfront
asked Jul 9 '16 at 22:32
Dv_MH
51712059
My setup is as follows:
- user types example.com on the browser
- request goes to AWS CloudFront, which redirects HTTP to HTTPS, and forwards the request to the AWS Elastic LoadBalancer (elb.example.com)
- LoadBalancer forwards the request to the EC2 instance running PHP Laravel framework
- EC2 responds normally
- user views the page correctly at example.com with everything else transparent to him
All this is perfectly what I want, HOWEVER .....
- If the user navigates to any button on the page, the url on the browser will become elb.example.com (it should stay example.com)
- If I go to view page source, all the links to any button on the page has the base url of elb.example.com (it should be example.com)
The reason is because EC2 see the request coming from the load balancer so it assumes the base url is elb.example.com and generates all links accordingly.
How do make EC2 see the base url as example.com ?
php .htaccess amazon-web-services amazon-ec2 amazon-cloudfront
php .htaccess amazon-web-services amazon-ec2 amazon-cloudfront
asked Jul 9 '16 at 22:32
Dv_MH
51712059
asked Jul 9 '16 at 22:32
Dv_MH
51712059
asked Jul 9 '16 at 22:32
Dv_MH
51712059
asked Jul 9 '16 at 22:32
Dv_MH
51712059
asked Jul 9 '16 at 22:32
Dv_MH
51712059
51712059
Can you paste what is output of .htaccess? Also did you check the DB has URL "example.com" and not elb.example.com
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:06
.htaccess is a file, do you want me to share the file ? Please explain what do you mean by DB ? Do you mean database ? Cause database has nothing to do with this issue in my opinion
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:18
Ok Forget about the hatches and DB where is your website domain pointing ? is it using a C-name or an IP address?
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:36
Or I can trouble shoot the issue more fast if you give me the URL of your website.
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:38
I have an alias for my domain example.com pointing to d123456.cloudfront.net and an alias elb.example.com pointing to the load balancer
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:51
|
show 2 more comments
Can you paste what is output of .htaccess? Also did you check the DB has URL "example.com" and not elb.example.com
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:06
.htaccess is a file, do you want me to share the file ? Please explain what do you mean by DB ? Do you mean database ? Cause database has nothing to do with this issue in my opinion
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:18
Ok Forget about the hatches and DB where is your website domain pointing ? is it using a C-name or an IP address?
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:36
Or I can trouble shoot the issue more fast if you give me the URL of your website.
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:38
I have an alias for my domain example.com pointing to d123456.cloudfront.net and an alias elb.example.com pointing to the load balancer
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:51
Can you paste what is output of .htaccess? Also did you check the DB has URL "example.com" and not elb.example.com
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:06
Can you paste what is output of .htaccess? Also did you check the DB has URL "example.com" and not elb.example.com
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:06
.htaccess is a file, do you want me to share the file ? Please explain what do you mean by DB ? Do you mean database ? Cause database has nothing to do with this issue in my opinion
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:18
.htaccess is a file, do you want me to share the file ? Please explain what do you mean by DB ? Do you mean database ? Cause database has nothing to do with this issue in my opinion
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:18
Ok Forget about the hatches and DB where is your website domain pointing ? is it using a C-name or an IP address?
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:36
Ok Forget about the hatches and DB where is your website domain pointing ? is it using a C-name or an IP address?
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:36
Or I can trouble shoot the issue more fast if you give me the URL of your website.
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:38
Or I can trouble shoot the issue more fast if you give me the URL of your website.
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:38
I have an alias for my domain example.com pointing to d123456.cloudfront.net and an alias elb.example.com pointing to the load balancer
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:51
I have an alias for my domain example.com pointing to d123456.cloudfront.net and an alias elb.example.com pointing to the load balancer
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:51
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This behavior likely results from the fact that by default CloudFront sets the Host: HTTP request header to the origin hostname, in this case elb.example.com. The application then presumably generates links based on that hostname.
If, instead, you configure CloudFront to whitelist that header for forwarding to the origin, the Host header sent by the browser (example.com) will be sent on to the application by CloudFront, so the application should behave more like you'd expect and use that value when generating the links. With this, CloudFront still uses the origin domain name to do the DNS lookup needed in order to establish the TCP connection to the origin (the ELB in this case), but stops injecting that hostname into the HTTP request headers.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/distribution-web-values-specify.html#DownloadDistValuesForwardHeaders
You'll find the host header under cache behavior settings -> cache based on selected request headers -> whitelist.
answered Jul 10 '16 at 4:46
Michael - sqlbot
87.8k12127190
Thanks for the great answer. I'm trying this now and will update you once I see results
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 9:52
1
Worked perfect. Thanks a lot for the very informative answer.
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 10:18
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This behavior likely results from the fact that by default CloudFront sets the Host: HTTP request header to the origin hostname, in this case elb.example.com. The application then presumably generates links based on that hostname.
If, instead, you configure CloudFront to whitelist that header for forwarding to the origin, the Host header sent by the browser (example.com) will be sent on to the application by CloudFront, so the application should behave more like you'd expect and use that value when generating the links. With this, CloudFront still uses the origin domain name to do the DNS lookup needed in order to establish the TCP connection to the origin (the ELB in this case), but stops injecting that hostname into the HTTP request headers.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/distribution-web-values-specify.html#DownloadDistValuesForwardHeaders
You'll find the host header under cache behavior settings -> cache based on selected request headers -> whitelist.
answered Jul 10 '16 at 4:46
Michael - sqlbot
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Thanks for the great answer. I'm trying this now and will update you once I see results
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 9:52
1
Worked perfect. Thanks a lot for the very informative answer.
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 10:18
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This behavior likely results from the fact that by default CloudFront sets the Host: HTTP request header to the origin hostname, in this case elb.example.com. The application then presumably generates links based on that hostname.
If, instead, you configure CloudFront to whitelist that header for forwarding to the origin, the Host header sent by the browser (example.com) will be sent on to the application by CloudFront, so the application should behave more like you'd expect and use that value when generating the links. With this, CloudFront still uses the origin domain name to do the DNS lookup needed in order to establish the TCP connection to the origin (the ELB in this case), but stops injecting that hostname into the HTTP request headers.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/distribution-web-values-specify.html#DownloadDistValuesForwardHeaders
You'll find the host header under cache behavior settings -> cache based on selected request headers -> whitelist.
answered Jul 10 '16 at 4:46
Michael - sqlbot
87.8k12127190
Thanks for the great answer. I'm trying this now and will update you once I see results
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 9:52
1
Worked perfect. Thanks a lot for the very informative answer.
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 10:18
add a comment |
This behavior likely results from the fact that by default CloudFront sets the Host: HTTP request header to the origin hostname, in this case elb.example.com. The application then presumably generates links based on that hostname.
If, instead, you configure CloudFront to whitelist that header for forwarding to the origin, the Host header sent by the browser (example.com) will be sent on to the application by CloudFront, so the application should behave more like you'd expect and use that value when generating the links. With this, CloudFront still uses the origin domain name to do the DNS lookup needed in order to establish the TCP connection to the origin (the ELB in this case), but stops injecting that hostname into the HTTP request headers.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/distribution-web-values-specify.html#DownloadDistValuesForwardHeaders
You'll find the host header under cache behavior settings -> cache based on selected request headers -> whitelist.
answered Jul 10 '16 at 4:46
Michael - sqlbot
87.8k12127190
This behavior likely results from the fact that by default CloudFront sets the Host: HTTP request header to the origin hostname, in this case elb.example.com. The application then presumably generates links based on that hostname.
If, instead, you configure CloudFront to whitelist that header for forwarding to the origin, the Host header sent by the browser (example.com) will be sent on to the application by CloudFront, so the application should behave more like you'd expect and use that value when generating the links. With this, CloudFront still uses the origin domain name to do the DNS lookup needed in order to establish the TCP connection to the origin (the ELB in this case), but stops injecting that hostname into the HTTP request headers.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/distribution-web-values-specify.html#DownloadDistValuesForwardHeaders
You'll find the host header under cache behavior settings -> cache based on selected request headers -> whitelist.
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Thanks for the great answer. I'm trying this now and will update you once I see results
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Jul 10 '16 at 9:52
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Worked perfect. Thanks a lot for the very informative answer.
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Jul 10 '16 at 10:18
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Thanks for the great answer. I'm trying this now and will update you once I see results
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 9:52
1
Worked perfect. Thanks a lot for the very informative answer.
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 10:18
Thanks for the great answer. I'm trying this now and will update you once I see results
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 9:52
Thanks for the great answer. I'm trying this now and will update you once I see results
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 9:52
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Worked perfect. Thanks a lot for the very informative answer.
– Dv_MH
Jul 10 '16 at 10:18
Worked perfect. Thanks a lot for the very informative answer.
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Jul 10 '16 at 10:18
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Can you paste what is output of .htaccess? Also did you check the DB has URL "example.com" and not elb.example.com
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:06
.htaccess is a file, do you want me to share the file ? Please explain what do you mean by DB ? Do you mean database ? Cause database has nothing to do with this issue in my opinion
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:18
Ok Forget about the hatches and DB where is your website domain pointing ? is it using a C-name or an IP address?
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:36
Or I can trouble shoot the issue more fast if you give me the URL of your website.
– error2007s
Jul 9 '16 at 23:38
I have an alias for my domain example.com pointing to d123456.cloudfront.net and an alias elb.example.com pointing to the load balancer
– Dv_MH
Jul 9 '16 at 23:51