How to disable http to https re-direct in Jenkins? - apache

Question

I currently have Jenkins running behind SSL with http re-driecting to https. For a custom integration which doesn't support SSL yet, I need to disable the http to https re-direct. I am unable to do so by commenting the re-direct in apache conf.
Following is my apache config.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName jenkins-tb.myorg.com
ServerAlias www.jenkins-tb.myorg.com
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyVia On
Redirect permanent / https://jenkins-tb.myorg.com/
# RewriteEngine On
# RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
# RewriteRule ^/?login/(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/login/$1 [R,L]
</Virtualhost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName jenkins-tb.myorg.com
ServerAlias www.jenkins-tb.myorg.com
SSLEngine On
SSLProxyEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/crt/jenkins-asd.myorg.com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/key/server_jenkins-asd.myorg.com.key
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/
# ProxyPassReverse /login http://jenkins-thunderbolt.myorg.com/login
# ProxyPassReverse /login https://jenkins-thunderbolt.myorg.com/login
ProxyPass /sonar http://localhost:9000/sonar
ProxyPassReverse /sonar http://localhost:9000/sonar
RequestHeader set X_FORWARDED_PROTO "https"
RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Port "443"
SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1
SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1
<Proxy http://localhost:8080/*>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Proxy>
ProxyPreserveHost on
# AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
</VirtualHost>
How do i re-enable http without disabling https? Basically need to stop re-direction from http to https.

Answer 1

Based on you configuration, replace the <VirtualHost *:80> block with the following. But please note, passwords are now transfered in clear text.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName jenkins-tb.myorg.com
ServerAlias www.jenkins-tb.myorg.com
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPass /sonar http://localhost:9000/sonar
ProxyPassReverse /sonar http://localhost:9000/sonar
RequestHeader set X_FORWARDED_PROTO "http"
RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Port "80"
SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1
SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1
<Proxy http://localhost:8080/*>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Proxy>
ProxyPreserveHost on
</Virtualhost>
This also includes that /sonar is also available over http.