proxy</dfn> or <dfn>gateway</dfn>. The <var>path</var> is the name of
a local virtual path; <var>url</var> is a partial URL for the
remote server and cannot include a query string.</p>
+
<note><strong>Note: </strong>This directive cannot be used within a
<code><Directory></code> context.</note>
usually be set <strong>off</strong> when using
<directive>ProxyPass</directive>.</note>
+ <p>Support for using a Unix Domain Socket is available by using a target
+ of <code>socket=percent-encoded-path</code>. For example, to target the
+ UDS at /home/www/socket you would use
+ <code>http://socket=%2Fhome%2Fwww%2Fsocket</code></p>
+
<p>Suppose the local server has address <code>http://example.com/</code>;
then</p>