What are some best practices surrounding explicitly specifying context path? I remember reading somewhere that said it is ignored and should not be used? Is there any truth to this?
Instead of mod_jk do you think mod_proxy would make things easier for something like this? Rainer Jung-3 wrote: > > WillF wrote: >> I am currently using mod_jk as the connector and I have Apache as a front >> for >> tomcat5 by adding something like >> >> JkMount /helloworld/* ajp13 to the httpd.conf >> >> So when I go to www.domain.com/helloworld/ >> >> it forwards the request to tomcat and looks for the webapp who's context >> path is helloworld. This is all fine and good >> >> but what if i wanted something like >> >> >> www.domain.com/test/helloworld >> and i use JkMount /test/helloworld/* ajp13 >> >> how do i create the mapping then? Does it try to look for an app context >> path of /test/helloworld?? In tomcat can you even have an web application >> with that sort of path? > > Yes and yes. > > For multi-level context paths see e.g. > > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html > > and look out for the character "#". > >> Currently I have my Host container in server.xml set to www.domain.com, i >> even tried to www.domain.com/test/ but i dont think that did anything. > > If you want to have a direct context path on the front end Apache then > on the backend Tomcat, you can rewrite Requests and Location headers > (Redirect) with mod_rewrite, but that's a little tedious and can be > easily broken by the webapp (which can then be fixed with even ,more > work with mod_substitute). Think twice, if you really need different > context paths on the frontend and on the backend. > > For the request rewriting and redirect/cookie manipulation, mod_proxy > might be in better shape then mod_jk (which has other strengths but not > especially this area), for the correction of wrong links embedded in > content, you might want to look ak mod_substitute, mod_sed or > mod_proxy_html (note: mod_proxy_html != mod_proxy_http). > > Regards, > > Rainer > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/mod_jk-help%21-tp19200757p19202129.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
