Apache httpd is having "(13)Permission denied" error when SELinux is enabled

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Issue

  • We see the error like below in httpd logs, we need to avoid those "permission denied...." but I do not know how, do you have any idea how I permit the communication with the backend servers?
[Mon Mar 13 14:53:08 2017] [error] (13)Permission denied: proxy: HTTP: attempt to connect to 10.0.0.1:8183 (abc.example.com) failed
[Mon Mar 13 14:53:08 2017] [error] ap_proxy_connect_backend disabling worker for (abc.example.com)
  • How to setup httpd_can_network_connect value ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 6
  • Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)

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