<p>Sorry.</p>
<p>Formatting issues,  tying again. <br>
> For example "<a href="http://example.org/index.html">http://example.org/index.html</a>" time out but "<a href="https://example.org/index.html">https://example.org/index.html</a>" works. That make me suspect the RewriteRule is wrong, but haven't figured what I may be missing despite tinkering with it for 2 hours night. Hoping someone could easily notice my mistake, would highly appreciate any pointer.<br>

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<p>RewriteEngine On <br>
<VirtualHost *:80> <br>
<Location /soap/servlet/>                    ProxyPass <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8080/soap/servlet/ProxyPassReverse">http://127.0.0.1:8080/soap/servlet/ProxyPassReverse</a> <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8080/soap/servlet/">http://127.0.0.1:8080/soap/servlet/</a></Location></p>

<p><Location /> <br>
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/soap/servlet [NC] <br>
   RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off.            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{ REQUEST_URI} [R,L] <br>
</Location> <br>
</VirtualHost> </p>
<p>> Or better, would there be a better way of achieving the same goal?<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
> William</p>