On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 4:53 PM Michael Osipov <micha...@apache.org> wrote: > > Folks, > > I'd like to put some effort into the DefaultServlet and the WebDAV servlet > to align them more with mod_autoindex and add some minor improvements if I > can cover my usecases here at work. > > Currently, I use mod_dav which I want to replace with the WebDAV servlet > because I don't have the authz components in HTTPd like I have in Tomcat > (it is rather a pain since I need to sync groups into a local file). > > The config in HTTPd is straight forward: > > <LocationMatch "^/(backend-dev|content-dev|prod)/dav(/|$)(.*)"> > > ProxyPassMatch "!" > > </LocationMatch> > > > > AliasMatch "^/(backend-dev|content-dev|prod)/dav(/|$)(.*)" "/var/foo/$1$2$3" > > <DirectoryMatch "^/var/foo/(backend-dev|content-dev|prod)(/|$)(.*)"> > > Dav On > > AuthType GSSAPI > > AuthName "Foo WebDAV Repository" > > AuthzSendForbiddenOnFailure On > > Options Indexes > > IndexOptions FancyIndexing FoldersFirst Charset=UTF-8 NameWidth=* > > SuppressDescription > > <Limit GET HEAD OPTIONS PROPFIND> > > AuthGroupFile /var/foo/db/apache-groups.txt > > Require group foo-maintainers bar-maintainers baz-maintainers > > </Limit> > > AddDefaultCharset utf-8 > > AddType text/plain .log .tex > > </DirectoryMatch> > > /(backend-dev|content-dev|prod) are proxied to three Tomcat instances, the > config above would be replaced with subcontexts at > /(backend-dev|content-dev|prod)#dav > (solely for the DAV purpose) where the web.xml contains: > > <servlet> > > <servlet-name>webdav</servlet-name> > > > > <servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.servlets.WebdavServlet</servlet-class> > > <init-param> > > <param-name>listings</param-name> > > <param-value>true</param-value> > > </init-param> > > <init-param> > > <param-name>showServerInfo</param-name> > > <param-value>false</param-value> > > </init-param> > > <init-param> > > <param-name>sortListings</param-name> > > <param-value>true</param-value> > > </init-param> > > <init-param> > > <param-name>sortDirectoriesFirst</param-name> > > <param-value>true</param-value> > > </init-param> > > <init-param> > > <param-name>fileEncoding</param-name> > > <param-value>UTF-8</param-value> > > </init-param> > > <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> > > </servlet> > > > > <servlet-mapping> > > <servlet-name>webdav</servlet-name> > > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > > </servlet-mapping> > > > > <security-constraint> > > <web-resource-collection> > > <web-resource-name>WebDAV</web-resource-name> > > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > > </web-resource-collection> > > <auth-constraint> > > <role-name>Foo Maintainer</role-name> > > <role-name>Bar Maintainer</role-name> > > <role-name>Baz Maintainer</role-name> > > </auth-constraint> > > </security-constraint> > > and the context.xml (for backend-dev): > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <Context> > > <Listener > > className="org.apache.catalina.core.PropertiesRoleMappingListener" /> > > > > <Valve > > className="net.sf.michaelo.tomcat.authenticator.SpnegoAuthenticator" > > loginEntryName="tomcat-accept" > > sendAuthInfoResponseHeaders="true" /> > > > > <Realm > > className="net.sf.michaelo.tomcat.realm.PacDataActiveDirectoryRealm" > > loginEntryName="tomcat-accept" /> > > > > <Resources> > > <PostResources base="/var/foo/backend-dev" > > > > className="org.apache.catalina.webresources.DirResourceSet" > > webAppMount="/" /> > > </Resources> > > </Context> > > It just works from the browser, CarotDAV, the Windows Explorer, and > py-webdavclient3. > > Now my question/concern is the Javadoc of the servlet [1] says: > > The WebDAVServlet must not be used as the default servlet (ie mapped to > > '/') as it will not work in this configuration. > > Well, it works, doesn't it? And the sample below maps to root as well: > > <servlet-mapping> > > <servlet-name>webdav</servlet-name> > > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > > </servlet-mapping> > > So what is it now, can I safely use the servlet with this setup? > There is nothing else in this WAR file except context.xml, web.xml and > a properties file.
/* mapping is very different from /. / is the default servlet. /* is not and has a priority over it. The javadoc which you linked to has a mapping example of the WebDAV servlet using /*, which is 100% ok. Rémy > Michael > > [1] > https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/api/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
