Hi, Thank you for the suggestion :) I will give it a shot but I am really too deep into my setup to be doing any big changes or something new! So while I try to google and learn more about setting up mod_proxy, I would really appreciate if someone can tell me:
How do I go about configuring apache to forward the outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat through JK connector? This should be something pretty standard for anyone who has ever moved Tomcat from a local testing env. (localhost) to a production env. (real ip) ...right? Thanks, - Pulkit On 12/23/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > use mod_proxy, much easier, and in our tests has proven to scale better, > and you will wanna look for a directive called ProxyHostPreserve so that > request.getServerName returns the right name, > then the IP address will be stored in x-forwarded-for header in the HTTP > request. > > Filip > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I have successfully configured Apache to forward requests to my Tomcat > > instance. But it does so...only for requests whose IP resolves to > > 127.0.0.1 > > > > If I try to access a page through apache server (that's actually on > > tomcat) > > with the outside-facing-ip of my computer it fails. > > > > For example: > > 1) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:666/blah/serveMe.html"; FAILS with > a > > 404 (apache does not forward properly) > > > > 2) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:8080/blah/serveMe.html"; SUCCEEDS > > (tomcat seems to be ok when it gets the request directly, so it has to > be > > a > > forwarding failure by apache in the previous case) > > > > 3) URL: "http://my.domain.com:666/blah/serveMe.html"; SUCCEEDS (I > have > > " > > my.domain.com" mapped to "127.0.0.1" in my windows' hosts file) > > > > 4) URL: "http://localhost:666/blah/serveMe.html"; SUCCEEDS > > > > I think this happens because the 1st request (the one with the outside > > facing ip) is not forwarded to Tomcat by apache. > > a) The apache error logs show that Apache is trying to look for the page > > in > > the wrong place > > b) The access logs ofcourse show a 404 because it can't find the page to > > serve > > > > Now, I have read a few threads and been on a few forums and apparently > my > > worker.properties file is supposed to be as simple as this: > > ------------------------ > > worker.list=ajp13 > > worker.ajp13.port=8009 > > worker.ajp13.host=my.domain.com > > worker.ajp13.type=ajp13 > > ----------------------- > > > > I also tried putting my outside-facing-ip and localhost as values for " > > worker.ajp13.host" but it didn't seem to make any difference at all. > > > > In that case I must ask all of you: > > Question 1: How do I go about configuring apache to forward the > > outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat? If it is not done in > > workers.properties...then where is it handled? > > Question 2: Or am I wrong and it is actually handled by > > workers.properties? > > Even then, how? > > > > Thanks in advance to all those who answer and all those who take the > time > > to > > read this. > > > > Cheers, > > - Pulkit > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
