Redirect Apache application to dot net core application - apache

Question

I have a server which uses a domain example.com. I am using apache to run this web server. I have also installed Dot Net core and published a Dot Net core app to /var/www/app location.
I a trying to access this application using example.com/api
This below is what I have tried in 000-default.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin root#example.com
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
the below is what I hvae added for the application
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com/api
ProxyPreserveHost On
<Proxy *>
Order allow, deny
Allow from all
</Proxy>
ProxyPass / http://localhost:5000/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:5000/
</VirtualHost>
I have also tried the below configuration.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com/api
redirect / http://localhost:5000/
</VirtualHost>
can someone please help me find what am I doing wrong and how to achieve this properly.

Answer 1

This is solved by enabling proxy and proxy_http using commands below.
a2enmod proxy
a2enmod proxy_http
Also configured the Proxy inside the virtual host as follows.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin root#example.com
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
#Below 3 lines worked
ProxyPreserveHost On
Proxypass "/api/" "http://localhost:5000/"
ProxyPassReverse "/api/" "http://localhost:5000/"
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>