-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 André,
On 1/14/15 6:46 AM, André Warnier wrote: > Jose María Zaragoza wrote: >> Hello: >> >> I would like to create a web filter to forward some requests to >> another webserver, >> >> The filter receives an "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" >> request , inspects the value of a parameter and chooses to >> forward to another remote webserver ( as a proxy ) >> >> I've seen some posts where they open a HttpURLConnection to >> remote server and send the request. This is right for me, but I'd >> would like if there is another way ( easier ) to implement it. >> > > Hi. > > The only easier way is to do your proxying before the request even > gets to Tomcat (e.g. via an Apache httpd front-end, which > conditionally proxies to Tomcat or to the other webserver). That > is easier, because Apache httpd already has well-tested and > widely-used proxy modules built-in. But of course it depends on > whether the Apache front-end would be able to test the "parameter" > you are referring to. (It can do that kind of thing via Apache > directives such as "SetEnvIf", and via mod_rewrite). +1000 > For Tomcat, there is no such ready-made Proxy webapp available, so > you have to do it yourself. That can be relatively simple or quite > complicated, depending on what the requests are and what the > proxied-to application is like. There was a thread on this list a > couple of days ago which was related to a similar case. This is not a good use of anyone's time, unless they want to start a new medium-scale project to create a Java webapp-based reverse proxy :) - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJUtrz/AAoJEBzwKT+lPKRYHSwP/2KYaadoHmHVvz9pOD5BU6ms hIxEIXboe7PHbonnX0fKSAZbwbw5HlT4+FlTprk2Pxs3ITnwskR10+IOwSFZUoeC A36YaJGcj2k//qdrSdnTpaD5qtqrOb1TOb/jqtKalHDcggnSua5578cITJ5RoS/F VbIGcowlqKQizI4tdKWDrSN6L6A221ufzgFCBay4bqUy/uxZid8TCm/axJEamB6j sW+USeoyVWd5Z0jDUN9stJHu3DlBnGpgNClywGsGVsV0YGP9Sn/88I99d7Ovf2d8 I2K4A8RPbXViTLoZuIAO++Ve5KVpMesZKvJyakWBzH/qY1VRIKKDSG5kdzg0ixkG 5/nE1Zxso8qgGc1jCJKIg6tceJmEYWMK6+5R/iSBmRY45ATvepRkrzWmiVcyyln4 E5sg/G7GLZEIFiVGIUjwlcRIJQWEfx7huTmZgxzmzq5PZGi2kXTGy5qjAUOa3Cen H3IharFiNO0E8LclhWccjZ3NFWs9dhuxGPukCeVjE9hrD61okXbD4fLxElmnsZUU MFGtR2sia3uqV4XpobpWyc724lFhleufMOmfBR6+cNd3n63PE+EwuM1UdUrtbRGn yCOJ9xbIGc+z97GKwcxF+Rd7nkNJLlIU6NbDAbZB0O2Dk+Q5ztLLHag9qOgV374i AzQr9JxR85rris5ytnCy =KZAI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
