On 01/11/2010 21:48, Richard G Curry wrote: > I am trying to understand how the ISAPI Redirector functions at an > overview level but deeper than this: The request comes into IIS where > the ISAPI Redirector filter sends the servlet and JSP requests to the > Tomcat server. I know the redirector works with AJP13 to redirect > requests to the Tomcat container. What I want to know is HOW that is > done. Is it a redirected HTTP request, a 301 redirect or is it a > port-to-port connection between the AJP13 processor and the defined > instance in the workers.properties file?
It's not a redirect.
The request data is converted to the AJP13 binary protocol which is
received by an AJP connector in Tomcat.
> As this properties file defines
> the host name of the server holding the Tomcat instance, this can be on
> a different server than the IIS server, correct?
Yes.
> Then does AJP13
> 'connect' directly to the defined server ("localhost" in all the
> examples I have seen) and the defined port ("8009" in the same
> examples)?
The connector opens multiple connections to the Tomcat server.
> If you know of a diagram that shows how this works, please share the
> link to that resouce.
I don't sorry.
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