On Nov 24, 2014 8:30 AM, "Tay Kai Yang" <kaiyang....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Daniel
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I have not used a webapp META-INF/context.xml before. So I had tried to
> refer to online examples.
>
> This is what I did.
>
> - Create context.xml in webapp/META-INF
> - This is what I have added in context.xml
>
>
> > -
> > - <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > - <Context copyXML="true" unpackWAR="true">
> > - <Valve
className="org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve"/>
> > - </Context>
> >
> > My rewrite.config in webapp/WEB-INF
>
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> >
> > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
> >
> > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !index
> >
> > RewriteRule (.*) index.jsp [L]
> >
> >
>
> And in my localhost.log
>
> 24-Nov-2014 10:39:56.163 FINE [localhost-startStop-1]
> >> org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve.startInternal Read
> >> configuration from: /WEB-INF/rewrite.config
> >
> > 24-Nov-2014 10:39:56.163 FINE [localhost-startStop-1]
> >> org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve.parse Add rule with
pattern
> >> (.*) and substitution index.jsp
> >
> > 24-Nov-2014 10:39:56.163 FINE [localhost-startStop-1]
> >> org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve.parse Add condition !-f
> >> test %{REQUEST_FILENAME} to rule with pattern (.*) and substitution
> >> index.jsp
> >
> > 24-Nov-2014 10:39:56.163 FINE [localhost-startStop-1]
> >> org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve.parse Add condition !-d
> >> test %{REQUEST_FILENAME} to rule with pattern (.*) and substitution
> >> index.jsp
> >
> > 24-Nov-2014 10:39:56.163 FINE [localhost-startStop-1]
> >> org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve.parse Add condition
!index
> >> test %{REQUEST_URI} to rule with pattern (.*) and substitution
index.jsp
> >
> >
> Seems that all the required components starts up fine. But I received this
> error when i try to access http://localhost:8080/{webapp}/, it shows the
> following on the response.
>
> *type* Exception report
> >
> > *message* *The resource path [null] is not valid*
> >
> > *description* *The server encountered an internal error that prevented
it
> > from fulfilling this request.*
> >
> > *exception*
> >
> > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The resource path [null] is not
valid
> >
org.apache.catalina.webresources.StandardRoot.validate(StandardRoot.java:237)
> >
org.apache.catalina.webresources.StandardRoot.getResource(StandardRoot.java:199)
> >
org.apache.catalina.webresources.StandardRoot.getResource(StandardRoot.java:193)
> >
org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.ResolverImpl.resolveResource(ResolverImpl.java:151)
> >
org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteCond$ResourceCondition.evaluate(RewriteCond.java:82)
> >
org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteCond.evaluate(RewriteCond.java:235)
> >
org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteRule.evaluate(RewriteRule.java:105)
> >
org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve.invoke(RewriteValve.java:311)
> >
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:79)
> >
org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:610)
> >
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:526)
> >
org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1078)
> >
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:655)
> >
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:277)
> >
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(AprEndpoint.java:2381)
> >
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(AprEndpoint.java:2370)
> >
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
> >
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
> >
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
> > java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
> >
Taking hints from doc page,
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/rewrite.html and your log, you
seems to be missing path prex in your substitution string. Can you prefix
/to index.jsp to your substituion string. That is:
RewriteRule (.*) index.jsp [L]
> > Checking localhost_access.log gives me
>
> 127.0.0.1 - - [24/Nov/2014:10:42:18 +0800] "GET /web/ HTTP/1.1" 500 2990
>
>
>
> I cannot figure out what is the problem, because I can't find anymore
> errors, or stacktrace in any of my logfiles, catalina.stderr etc...
>
> I can't find any information with regard to resource path [null]. What
have
> I missed out?
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Daniel Mikusa <dmik...@pivotal.io> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Tay Kai Yang <kaiyang....@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > > I have been reading up tomcat 8's user doc. But I have some problems
> > > understanding the setup of rewrite valve. I think I should add the
> > rewrite
> > > valve class name and XML settings to /conf/server.xml, but I am not
sure
> > > what to do next. Where should I place my rewrite.config, how do I
> > activate
> > > rewrite my war context only?
> > >
> >
> > See the second option here...
> >
> > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/rewrite.html#Configuration
> >
> > "It can also be in the context.xml of a webapp. The valve will then use
a
> > rewrite.config file containing the rewrite directives, it must be
placed in
> > the WEB-INF folder of the web application"
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Have anyone written a tutorial or can point me to a source for how-to?
> > >
> >
> > The docs seem pretty thorough but if you need a tutorial you could look
for
> > a mod_rewrite tutorial. This valve is designed to be similar to
> > mod_rewrite, so a tutorial for that should be mostly applicable here.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > > I am trying to set a single page angularjs app to point
> > > /context/path/path/... To /context/index.jsp
> > >
> > > Any idea on how to do that?
> >
> >
> > > Thanks.
> > > Kai yang
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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