[galaxy-dev] reason/advantages for making Galaxy proxy using mod_rewrite instead of mod_proxy

Hi all,

Sorry if this question has been asked before searched and couldn't find anyone specifically talking about this. In the Galaxy wiki under https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-central/wiki/Config/ApacheProxy there are instructions for setting up Galaxy behind a web server proxy. I wondered what are the reasons/advantages of doing a reverse proxy using all mod_rewrite directives (as shown in the instructions) vs doing a standard Apache front-end reverse proxy:

ProxyRequests Off ProxyPass / http://galaxy.host.domain:8080/ ProxyPassReverse / http://galaxy.host.domain:8080/

The instructions using mod_rewrite are making a reverse proxy too since the RewriteRule directive has the [P] flag.

regards, Leandro