On 7/22/2016 4:14 PM, Christopher Schultz wrote: > Paul, > > On 7/21/16 5:08 PM, Paul Roubekas wrote: > > On 7/21/2016 2:21 PM, Coty Sutherland wrote: > >>> Actually my requirement is not that complex. All I need to do > >>> is host TomEE (a Tomcat 7 superset), Bugzilla and phpBB (forum > >>> software) on the same server. It is my understanding the I > >>> need httpd to do this. > >> TomEE can run outside of a web server (its it's on web > >> container), but Bugzilla and phpBB seem to require a webserver to > >> run, so you're correct there. If you install Bugzilla and phpBB > >> in httpd, then it should be accessible via http://host/bugzilla > >> (or whatever the path is). Tomcat would be accessible via > >> http://host:8080/. If you wanted tomcat to be accessible via > >> http://host/tomcat, then you'd have to proxy to it. > > understood. > >> > >>> It is also my understanding that I needed mod_jk to have the > >>> httpd route to TomEE (Tomcat 7). I have TomEE running on the > >>> server now. > >> Unless you only have an AJP connector on TomEE (which isn't > >> likely) it's probably easier/less work for you to use mod_proxy > >> (or mod_proxy_ajp even if you want AJP traffic) instead of > >> mod_jk. It's provided by the httpd package that's likely already > >> installed. You just need to setup ProxyPass[Reverse] rules as > >> documented here: > >> https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass. > >> > >> > I'd also suggest setting proxyName and proxyPort on your connector so > >> that any links generated by your application don't try and bypass > >> the proxy (see: > >> https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/http.html#Common_Attr > ibutes). > > >> > Don't know what AJP is. Therefore I assume it is not in use. If my > > understand of AJP is correct, based on a 5 minute read on > > Wikipedia, I only have one server so there is no value in AJP for > > me. > > If you are starting from scratch, I would recommend using mod_proxy > for your proxying with httpd. It comes pre-built with whatever binary > httpd distribution you got, and is arguably easier to configure. > > You can even use either HTTP or AJP as the protocol to connect httpd > -> Tomcat. I would recommend mod_proxy_http just because it's > basically the simplest to configure. If you want to use TLS and get > the certificate information over to Tomcat/TomEE, it's a bit easier to > do with AJP, but not impossible with HTTP. > I have pages that require HTTPS. > I was just assuming you knew you wanted mod_jk and were looking for a > binary. > > Apologies for the confusion. No problem. > > httpd + Tomcat/TomEE is quite easy to get set up with mod_proxy_http. > Simply: > > 1. Configure Tomcat/TomEE as usual, with an HTTP connector listening > on some port (probably 8080 is already being used if you have the > default configuration). > > 2. Enable mod_proxy and mod_proxy_ajp in httpd. You may also want > mod_proxy_balancer if you have multiple Tomcat/TomEE nodes you want to > use for load-balancing. Only one server. No load balancing at this time. > > 3. Configure a <Proxy> directive in your httpd configuration that > looks something like this: > > ProxyPass /webappname/ http://tomcathost:8080/webappname/ > ProxyPassReverse /webappname/ http://tomcathost:8080/webappname/ I have a requirement that when a user enters /http://www.myhost.com they get the TomEE website. That is why my configuration is as below.
ProxyPass / ... ProxyPassReverse / ... > > Bounce httpd and hit http://httpdhost/webappname/index.jsp and your > request should go through the reverse-proxy (that's httpd) through to > the Tomcat/TomEE node. The "ProxyPassReverse" will re-write certain > response HTTP header fields as they are passed-back to the client, so > that the client will see the "outside" view of the back-end server, > instead of the "inside view" -- that is, the client will see > http://httpdhost/ as the base URL instead of http://tomcathost:8080/ > as the base URL. > > Write back with any questions or problems. > > Welcome to the community! > > -chris > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > -- The people that bring you Usque <http://Usque.software/>.
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