Hi Charlene:
I'm no networking expert, but here are my general thoughts.
1) I imagine accessing a file directly (e.g. /ccn/sitemap.xmap) works,
because it sounds like DSpace is being stored in the DocumentRoot of Apache.
However, since DSpace isn't being served directly by Apache, I don't see why
they would've told you to put it there :S. It could (perhaps even 'should')
be somewhere else, since Tomcat is the only thing that needs to access
DSpace directly. Apache (httpd) should just be acting as a proxy.
2) How is Tomcat configured? Check out Tomcat's server.xml (or the other xml
files you might've created to store your webapp config in). What paths are
used? What port is used? Following standard instructions, I'm guessing port
8080 and /xmlui. If you go to your virtual server's IP address followed by
that port and path (e.g. www.example.com:8080/xmlui), do you see DSpace?
3) Connect Apache (httpd) and Tomcat. I haven't used .htaccess files for a
while (since I've had access to the virtual host configuration) and I tend
to use mod_proxy rather than mod_rewrite, so I'm not much help with that
RewriteRule. Here is a non-DSpace example using mod_proxy though (which is
dead easy): http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc-archive/jk2/proxy.html.
I tend to run Tomcat on 8080 so I would write something like the following
in an Apache vhost running on port 80:
ProxyPass /xmlui <http://localhost:8080/xmlui> http://localhost:8080/xmlui
ProxyPassReverse /xmlui <http://localhost:8080/xmlui>
http://localhost:8080/xmlui
If you're running your xmlui as the default webapp in Tomcat, it would be
something like :
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/
It looks like you're using mod_proxy_ajp, which I've never used but there's
some info here: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy_ajp.html
Looks like the same thing except using ajp and thus 8009 which appears to be
the port associated with the AJP connector. You might be running into issues
there but I have no idea.
In any case, you should be able to use the above Proxy directives when using
a .htaccess file as well, except that the root (i.e. "/") will be the
directory in which your htaccess file resides (I think).
So, if I understand correctly, the following rule should work provided that
"ccn" is your xmlui webapp. If "ccn" isn't the name that denotes your xmlui
webapp in your Tomcat config, you're probably going to run into trouble.
RewriteRule ^(/.*)$ ajp://localhost:8009/ccn/$1 [P,L]
4) Other thoughts.if you're getting 403 errors.make sure that Tomcat can
read the DSpace directory. You might also want to check the Apache config to
make sure that there isn't an Apache directive that is controlling access to
that directory.
Ultimately, I would just to see if you can access DSpace through Tomcat, and
if so, then try to work out the proxy.
Good luck!
-David
From: Charlene Chinda Barina [mailto:cbar...@uw.edu]
Sent: Friday, 21 February 2014 3:32 AM
To: dspace-tech
Subject: [Dspace-tech] Installing Dspace 4.x on a server running tomcat
behind apache that also runs drupal - can't access dspace
Hi,
I'm a bit confused about what's going on in this installation.
We're on a virtual server and they are running tomcat behind apache. They've
told me to create a subdirectory in /www for dspace, and using tomcat
manager, which is www/ccn, I was able to successfully deploy the xmlui
webapp from that (according to what tomcat manager says). The problem is, I
can't seem to figure out how to actually access the site.
I've tried the url in a brower with the server IP address/ccn, and it gives
me a 403 forbidden. I've also tried the link directly from the server in
lynx with localhost/ccn and it still gives me a 403 forbidden. I've changed
build.properties baseurl and url files to all sorts of variations of the IP
address, localhost, using no ports, using ports 80 and 8080 explicitly, and
nothing going.
In case this is useful to know, the admins also said I had to use a
.htaccess files with something like this:
RewriteRule ^(/.*)$ ajp://localhost:8009/ccn/$1 [P,L]
If I try to access a file directly, e.g., /ccn/sitemap.xmap, it does load
up.
The other piece is that the main site is running on drupal, which does url
rewrites(?)/redirects(?) as well, such as www.website/contact
<http://www.website/contact> , so I am wondering if this is affecting my
attempts to get dspace on the site as a subdirectory.
Greatly appreciate any ideas, insights, or thoughts on how I could actually
see the site.
Thanks,
Charlene
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The Information School
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