> I have apache tomcat 5.5 installed and I am trying to setup an alias > url.
Why? By default, Tomcat will listen on all IP addresses assigned to the box it's running on. Because the current url has the server name in address. > Our host directory is "localhost" and we have a site called webtop. Your terminology is ambiguous. What do you mean by "our host directory is localhost"? If you look in the server.xml file the code has Host name=localhost. This also means it is using the computer name in the url. What do you mean by "site" (webapp, perhaps)? Under tomcat manager we've created a site/folder called webtop (http://localhost:8080/webtop) > I have create an alias on our DNS (IIS) server http://webtop. The http:// must not be part of the DNS entry. Another ambiguity: IIS is a web server, not a DNS server; what did you really do? Be specific. Is IIS front-ending Tomcat? We are using a Windows 2003 box as the DNS server on our domain. I've set the alias in the DNS server: (Alias) = webtop fully qualified domain name = imsden.mms. So now in IE, I can type in http://webtop and get http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html. But I want to get http://imsden:8080/webtop. > I want a user to enter this url and have it open > http://localhost:8080/webtop. Do you have IIS listening on port 80? I have appache listening to port 80 in server.xml so I don't need to include the :8080. If you want IIS to forward specific requests to Tomcat, have you read the relevant doc? http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/reference/iis.html No, If I had IIS on this server instead of tomcat I could simply set the folder/website I want to be the default home page. > I've tried a number of settings in the server.xml file but nothing has > worked yet. Not surprising, because nothing should have to be changed in Tomcat, unless you need to enable the AJP connector. - Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:chuck.caldar...@unisys.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 9:52 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Alias URL > From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] > Subject: Alias URL > > I have apache tomcat 5.5 installed and I am trying to setup an alias > url. Why? By default, Tomcat will listen on all IP addresses assigned to the box it's running on. > Our host directory is "localhost" and we have a site called webtop. Your terminology is ambiguous. What do you mean by "our host directory is localhost"? What do you mean by "site" (webapp, perhaps)? > I have create an alias on our DNS (IIS) server http://webtop. The http:// must not be part of the DNS entry. Another ambiguity: IIS is a web server, not a DNS server; what did you really do? Be specific. Is IIS front-ending Tomcat? > I want a user to enter this url and have it open > http://localhost:8080/webtop. Do you have IIS listening on port 80? If you want IIS to forward specific requests to Tomcat, have you read the relevant doc? http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/reference/iis.html > I've tried a number of settings in the server.xml file but nothing has > worked yet. Not surprising, because nothing should have to be changed in Tomcat, unless you need to enable the AJP connector. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
