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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Dave Thomas - Geek For Hire Inc <da...@geekforhire.net> on 2000/10/05 03:17:35 UTC
name based virtual hosts for many domains
I need to setup Apache 1.3.12 and Tomcat 3.1 to support many name based
virtual hosts. (100+)
I have much experience with this on Apache but have never had to use name
based v-hosts with Tomcat. Can tomcat support this without a problem? Any
input on potential problems is greatly appreciated.
Dave Thomas
dave@geekforhire.net
Re: name based virtual hosts for many domains
Posted by Rick Castello <ri...@punk.net>.
A piggy-back question I have is, can you do so running Tomcat solo
(no apache running) without having to run multiple invocations of Tomcat?
-Rick
rick@punk.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Thomas - Geek For Hire Inc" <da...@geekforhire.net>
To: "Tomcat" <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 9:17 PM
Subject: name based virtual hosts for many domains
>
> I need to setup Apache 1.3.12 and Tomcat 3.1 to support many name based
> virtual hosts. (100+)
>
> I have much experience with this on Apache but have never had to use name
> based v-hosts with Tomcat. Can tomcat support this without a problem? Any
> input on potential problems is greatly appreciated.
>
> Dave Thomas
> dave@geekforhire.net
>
>
RE: name based virtual hosts for many domains
Posted by Joe Shevland <sh...@kpi.com.au>.
> System has 1GB of RAM and dual 600mhz P3's. Think that could handle 50?
Doubtful :) Here's one line item from 'top' under FreeBSD 3.5:
PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU CPU COMMAND
21477 root 18 0 72332K 6408K pause 17:18 0.00% 0.00% java
so it chews up a fair bit. Other than that though, I think it would be overkill... see below though.
>
> Do you know where I can find documentation on the virtual host support in
> 3.2b+?
Here's a reference that was posted recently that I haven't had time to investigate:
http://www.sfu.ca/~rslifka/tomcat/tomcat-apache-howto.html#virtual_hosting
Cheers,
Joe
RE: name based virtual hosts for many domains
Posted by Dave Thomas - Geek For Hire Inc <da...@geekforhire.net>.
System has 1GB of RAM and dual 600mhz P3's. Think that could handle 50?
Do you know where I can find documentation on the virtual host support in
3.2b+?
Thx,
Dave
> I've got a similar setup (though nowhere near as many vhosts),
> and you'll run into problems with Tomcat 3.1. Each virtual host
> will need its own instance of Tomcat running, which is not
> possible with 100+ vhosts unless you've got a seriously grunty box :)
>
> Here's an example of one:
>
> <VirtualHost w.x.y.z>
> ServerName www.host.com
> DocumentRoot /www/host.com/pages
> ApJServMount /http ajpv12://localhost:8007/root
> ...
> </VirtualHost>
>
> Each vhost will require the ApJServMount to point to a differing
> instance of the Tomcat application; I have one on ports 8007,
> 8008, etc ...
>
> But, Tomcat 3.2b and beyond have support for virtual hosts and
> from the sounds of it are faster and more stable, so you should
> be investigating these perhaps.
>
> Cheers,
> Joe
>
RE: name based virtual hosts for many domains
Posted by Joe Shevland <sh...@kpi.com.au>.
I've got a similar setup (though nowhere near as many vhosts), and you'll run into problems with Tomcat 3.1. Each virtual host will need its own instance of Tomcat running, which is not possible with 100+ vhosts unless you've got a seriously grunty box :)
Here's an example of one:
<VirtualHost w.x.y.z>
ServerName www.host.com
DocumentRoot /www/host.com/pages
ApJServMount /http ajpv12://localhost:8007/root
...
</VirtualHost>
Each vhost will require the ApJServMount to point to a differing instance of the Tomcat application; I have one on ports 8007, 8008, etc ...
But, Tomcat 3.2b and beyond have support for virtual hosts and from the sounds of it are faster and more stable, so you should be investigating these perhaps.
Cheers,
Joe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Thomas - Geek For Hire Inc [mailto:dave@geekforhire.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:18 PM
> To: Tomcat
> Subject: name based virtual hosts for many domains
>
>
>
> I need to setup Apache 1.3.12 and Tomcat 3.1 to support many name based
> virtual hosts. (100+)
>
> I have much experience with this on Apache but have never had to use name
> based v-hosts with Tomcat. Can tomcat support this without a problem? Any
> input on potential problems is greatly appreciated.
>
> Dave Thomas
> dave@geekforhire.net
>
>