It would probably help if the mod_jk howto contained an example showing
how to run the examples through Apache. For example, I have Tomcat 3.2.2
running nicely and get the examples to run using http://servername:8080/
to launch the examples. When I connect Apache to Tomcat, using
http://servername/ doesn't recognize that the "/" context should go to
ROOT. And going into http://servername/ROOT/ gets you into trouble when
it tries to go to the examples context.
Eitan Ben Noach wrote:
>I had the same servlet-mapping problems and the right ApJServMount command
>is:
>
>ApJServMount /<context_path>/myServlet /<context_path>/myServlet
>
>( You must omit the 'servlet' string from the mount command ! )
>
>In that way Apache knows to redirect /myServlet URL to Tomcat.
>
>You can make it more straight foreword and redirect every thing under
><context_path>
>to Tomcat by:
>
>ApJServMount /<context_path> /<context_path>
>
>But then also static files ( like HTMLs and GIFs ) will be directed as well
>to Tomcat ( which usually you don't want )
>
>You are right, and I don't have the answer for this, that in order to
>redirect only servlets from Apache to Tomcat we need to write specifically
>the servlets url-pattern in a special ApJServMount command, which actually
>duplicates the information in the web.xml file.
>
>Very bad!!. Does any body have the answer for it?
>
>I have some thoughts that the using Jk_mod maybe more flexible, but didn't
>yet check it.
>
>Eitan Ben-Noach
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Colin Hawkett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:19 AM
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Apache - Tomcat - Servlet Mapping
>>
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>> This question seems to be popping up pretty regularly,
>>but I couldn't
>>extract a solution to my problem - namely: getting apache to recognise
>>servlet-mappings. I am running tomcat 3.2.2 and apache 1.3.11
>>on win98.
>>
>>I have a web application packaged up as a war file and deployed to the
>>webapps directory. The web.xml file contains (among other things)
>>
>><servlet>
>> <servlet-name>theServlet</servlet-name>
>> <servlet-class>com.myco.test.TheServlet</servlet-class>
>></servlet>
>>
>><servlet-mapping>
>> <servlet-name>theServlet</servlet-name>
>> <url-pattern>/myServlet</url-pattern>
>></servlet-mapping>
>>
>>Now, I've confirmed that the mapping is correct by accessing
>>it using the
>>URL
>>
>>http://myserver:8080/<context_path>/myServlet - This is
>>fine, no problems
>>
>>As I understand it, this is connecting to the tomcat web
>>server (on port
>>8080), which is aware of the servlet mapping because it has
>>read the web.xml
>>file for application. And this is how I would expect it to
>>work. Cool.
>>
>>However, I don't want Tomcat to be my web server. I want
>>apache to be my
>>webserver. So I try to access the application using the URL
>>
>>http://myserver/<context_path>/myServlet - This fails!
>>
>>everything about the web-app works with apache except the
>>servlet mapping,
>>so I assume Apache is unaware of it. The closest thing to a
>>solution I have
>>found is that I need to add a line to 'tomcat-apache.conf' that looks
>>something like -
>>
>>ApJServMount /<context_path>/myServlet
>>/<context_path>/servlet/theServlet
>>
>>which seems like a really annoying thing to have to do. The
>>whole point of
>>web-apps is that you define everything you need to in
>>web.xml, so that you
>>don't have to change configuration files on the deployment
>>system. If this
>>is necessary, then what is the point of the servlet-mapping?
>>Surely tomcat
>>should generate the necessary ApJServMount lines in
>>"tomcat-apache.conf" when it starts up and reads web.xml?
>>
>>So, the big question is -
>>
>>* Is it possible to get apache to recognise servlet mappings
>>defined in a
>>web-app's web.xml without explicitly making a modification to
>>an apache
>>config file? If so, how?
>>
>>* If not can someone give a concrete example of a servlet
>>mapping, and the
>>corresponding ApJServMount line that will get apache to recognise that
>>mapping?
>>
>>I hope this all makes sense - appreciation in advance,
>>
>>Colin
>>
>>
>
