Question

Is it possible use mod_rewrite to resolve addresses hosted on another server?

Say I want to setup this URL:

http://www.myserver.com/myfolder/

To actually resolve to:

http://www.anotherserver.com/anotherfolder/

If so, could you provide a RewriteRule example?

Answer 1

You can use the P flag in a mod_rewrite rule to get that substitution URL requested by mod_proxy:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^myfolder/$ http://other.example.com/anotherfolder/ [P]

Now when a client is requesting /myfolder/ from your server, it will request http://other.example.com/anotherfolder/ and send the response from that server back to the client.