Here's a useful tip on using Apache without setting up any relays:

First, make sure that you build apache with proxy enabled (./configure --enable-proxy, for example). Then, add the following to your httpd.conf file. Modify the host name and URLs appropriately. Be sure to restart apache if you didn't already. Now, configure a TinyHttpServer (not an IPWebListener!) on the appropriate port (8008, in my example) and start it up. You should be able to reach your configure site by hitting apache with /configure/ as a path (note that the trailing slash is required).

When it's time to deploy you can look at further restricting who can access the /configure/ site as well as mapping urls like /shopping to /shopping/ (to avoid the problem of forgetting the trailing slash). mod-rewrite is good for this...

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