--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "J.A. Rottman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > something that I noticed while testing hte mod_proxy > config, when you are trying to use the samples that > come with flex, you are unable to view the source code > for the samples because there is an httpservice error. > > > I also would like to see a working config with mod_jk. > After the 6-7 times trying to get it to work, I was > never able to get it working properly. > > --- charlespaz1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Would you be willing to share your mod_jk > > configuration? Everything > > I've found has been either out of date or so grossly > > inaccurate to be > > useless. > > > > I realize that all requests to Tomcat through > > mod_proxy are > > indentified as coming from the proxy server, > > however, for my current > > development process, that is acceptable. Eventually > > I'd like to get > > mod_jk working, but that's a priority issue, and it > > isn't one right now. > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Raymond" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > While I strongly recommend the use of Apache as a > > front end for Tomcat > > > in production, the use of mod_jk and mod_proxy > > have some interesting > > > implications with respect to Flex. In my > > experience, Macromedia was > > > not helpful in resolving these issues. > > > > > > IMHO, mod_jk is much better than mod_proxy. It's > > a shame the > > > documentation is so obscure ... but I think it is > > better now than it > > > used to be. > > > > > > If you use mod_proxy, realize that anytime you try > > to reference the > > > users IP address, you will be getting the address > > of the proxy server, > > > not the user. By the time the request gets > > through the flex proxy > > > (not mod_proxy) to your servlet, the orignal info > > is gone. In many > > > cases you really want to know where your customers > > are coming from. > > > The way around this is to create a servlet filter > > that saves the > > > original ip address before the flex proxy so that > > you can later > > > retrieve it after the flex proxy hands the request > > to your service. > > > (Confusing eh? There are two proxies here: the > > apache mod_proxy and > > > the tomcat flex proxy). > > > > > > I believe there were some strange interactions > > between mod_proxy and > > > ssl. One that comes to mind is that the flex > > server thinks it is > > > dealing with http so it generates an html mxml > > wrapper that references > > > things via http. This causes clients to get the > > "some of the > > > information on this page is insecure" message. > > > > > > Now mod_jk has had problems with the flex proxy. > > Your mileage may > > > vary: > > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders@yahoogroups.com/msg05870.html > > > > > > It's been a while but I think there may have been > > some other issues > > > with HttpSevices (but I'm not sure on this). > > We've worked around all > > > of them, but we did have to deal with them > > unexpectedly. Surely > > > others must have run into these roadblocks as > > well. Perhaps few are > > > using the combination of tools we use: apache, > > mod_jk, tomcat, ssl, > > > httpservice, custom authentication, etc. I've > > always reported these > > > to customer service and logged them as bugs, so > > perhaps they will be > > > addressed in a future version of Flex. Then > > again, these types of > > > bugs so easily fall in a sea of finger pointing, > > non-trivial test case > > > setups, and passing the buck. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
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