On 11/03/2011 18:07, Jason Pringle wrote: > What are the advantages or requirements (if any) for using a value other than > localhost, if not using virtual hosts? And if I read the docs correctly, any > value used must be either a valid IP or resolvable via DNS?
You can call it DefaultHost if you like. The only requirement is that the defaultHost specified in the Engine must be the name of a Host element contained by that Engine. > I haven't been able to find any references as to how the value actually gets > used by tomcat, only about how to match them up across the configuration > entries. Tomcat matches the Host header in the HTTP request to the host name. Any that don't match get sent to the default host. > In case it comes into the picture, we will be putting the tomcat instances > behind an httpd reverse proxy, in one case via mod_jk (as we need the sticky > session management and load balancing) and in the other likely with > mod_proxy/mod_proxy_ajp (as there will be a hardware loadbalancer and no > sessions). It doesn't matter in this case but thanks for providing the information. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
