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> Subject: Re: integrating Apache 2 server and Tomcat > From: bmill...@gmail.com > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:32:45 -0500 > > On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 08:59 -0500, Dimitrios Christodoulakis wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have been struggling for the past couple of weeks to redirect > > external traffic from the Apache 2 server to Tomcat 5.5 on a godaddy > > dedicated server. > > > > We have created a new domain on the server, which default public path > > is /home/myadmin/public_html/ when someone points there browser to > > www.mydomain.com > > > > At the same time I have uploaded and deployed the application under > > usr/java/tomcat-5.5/webapps/mydomain/ > > > > As I understand at this time web content is served by the apache > > server and not Tomcat. What I have been trying to do is to have all > > pages static and dynamic be served by Tomcat. > > > > Godaddy offers limited support unless we buy into their assisted > > service plan. I followed some steps they initially suggested which > > involved creating a symbolic link between the default public directory > > /home/myadmin/public_html/ and the application directory > > usr/java/tomcat-5.5/webapps/mydomain/ by using the command: > > > > ln -s /usr/java/tomcat-5.5/webapps/mydomain/index.html > > /home/myadmin/public_html > > > > With this I hoped all requests from www.mydomain.com going to > > /home/myadmin/public_html would be automatically redirected to the > > actual tomcat content starting with the deployed application's > > index.html page. But unfortunately this does not work. I am always > > returned the 404 error message. > > > > Is there a known or recommended way to resolve this issue? After some > > searching I believe there are workarounds involving editing the > > /usr/java/tomcat-5.5/conf/server.xml and the etc/httpd/conf/http.conf > > files. Would it be possible someone to provide some general steps how > > to do this? > > > > Many thanks for any practical help. > > > > > Well this is how I do it, your mileage will vary. > > I use mod_proxy_http with tomcat configured for just a http connector. > T > I setup a mod_proxy.conf file for the apache and I'll just show how I do > it for the tomcat examples. Apache serves the statis html & images, the > jsp/servlets are fed by tomcat. > > __BEGIN__ > <IfModule mod_proxy.c> > ####################################################################### > # MOD_PROXY CONFIGURATIONS # > ####################################################################### > LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so > > ProxyRequests Off > > # Make sure that the virtual host name is passed through to the > # backend servlet container for virtual host support. > ProxyPreserveHost On > > # Tell mod_mod proxy that it should not send back the body-content of > # error pages, but be fascist mg>what does this mean???????? > and use its local error pages if the > # remote HTTP stack is sending an HTTP 4xx or 5xx status code. > ProxyErrorOverride On > ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/ > > <Proxy *> > Order deny,allow > Allow from all > </Proxy> > > RewriteLog logs/rewrite_log > RewriteLogLevel 1 > > Alias /examples "/opt/webBaseDir/webapps/examples" > > <LocationMatch "/examples"> > <LimitExcept POST GET PUT> > Order Deny,Allow > Deny from all > Allow from none > </LimitExcept> > # The nastiness begins, let's fire up the "rewrite engine" > RewriteEngine On > # Everything ending in ".gif", ".jpg" or ".jpeg" will be served again > # directly by Apache, no need to bother the servlet container. As above > # this is the last rule as specified by the [L] flag at the end mg>for performance be judicious in all encompassing regular-expressions ..attempt to make rule as specific as possible mg>http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum92/2550.htm > RewriteRule \.(pl|php|cgi)$ - [PT,L] > RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|html)$ - [PT,L] > > # Everything that starts with a NON-CASE-SENSITIVE match (the NC flag) > # of "/WEB-INF" or "/WEB-INF/" is forbidden (the F flag). And again, > # this is the last rule (the L flag), nothing will be processed by the > # rewrite engine if this rule is matched > RewriteRule "^.*/WEB-INF/?(.*)" - [L,F,NC] mg>also you should leave cgi-bin alone mg>RewriteRule "^/cgi-bin/.*" "$0" [QSA,PT,L] mg>http://jonathan.tron.name/2006/07/26/apache-2-0-x-mongrel-mod_proxy-mod_rewrite-configuration > > # Any jsp, jspx, do, servlet get proxied MG>*should* be able to use assigned SERVER_NAME here > RewriteRule \.(jsp|jspx|do) "http://localhost:8080%{REQUEST_URI}"; [P,L] > RewriteRule "^/(.*)/servlet/(.*)" "http://localhost:8080%{REQUEST_URI}"; > [P,L] > </LocationMatch> > > </IfModule> > > __END__ > > > -- > Brian Millett - [ Sinclair, Zathras, and Garibaldi, "Babylon Squared"] > S: "Why do you need Babylon 5?" > Z: "Zathras tell, you let Zathras go? Finish what Zathras came for?" > G: "Zathras tells maybe we don't break Zathras scrawny little neck." 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