apache, tomcat http to https redirect

[Kiarna Boyd]

Good afternoon,

I have a functional apache web server(2.0.52) and Tomcat(5.0.28) app 
server install. I'm trying to figure out the best way to do a redirect 
to enforce SSL logins.
I can rewrite the URL with the webserver mod_rewrite BEFORE the JkMount 
directives are applied but not after as it is handed off to the Tomcat 
server.
So if my URL has a tomcat mount pattern in it, the rewrites do not get 
applied.
I find that this is a problem in general that the web server rules get 
ignored when passed to the JkMount.


I prefer having my certs and SSL work happening in the web server level 
rather than the app server.
Is there a graceful way of transforming the URL that I'm overlooking 
besides putting it in the app code?

Thank you!

-Kiarna