[ale] How to proxy a web app via Apache & SSH?

[Benjamin Scherrey]

    I have a CRM application that I intend, if its successful, to deploy 
on an internet hosted server. However, I am still doing testing and 
configuration on it so, for now, I want to run it from my local machine 
at home yet still be able to access it via my web page. This way I can 
see how the thing is running and make a lot of little changes real quick 
(like reload the entire database) without being limited by bandwidth or 
non-physical access to the machine. This is also a stop-gap temporary 
solution and does not warrent setting up IPSec.

    So... my idea is that I would like to be able to use ssh port 
forwarding to make it appear that my application is running on the 
internet server. My user should be able to go to www.myserver.com/myapp 
and have my apache webserver redirect this request via ssh to my inhouse 
machine. This will give me a secure connection to my internal host 
without having to setup SSL or give away my internal static IP address 
to users. Does Apache have this capability? Is my idea a valid one or 
more of a PITA than its worth?

    Appreciate any recommendations on getting my idea to work or a 
better approach that addresses my issues. Doesn't sound like a hard 
thing but I'm a software developer, not a system admin guy. Just know 
enough to get by generally.

    thanx & later,

       Ben Scherrey