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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Mike Rea <mi...@gmail.com> on 2010/09/30 22:29:53 UTC

[users@httpd] Win2003, Apache2.2 & Tomcat6 Apache proxy to Tomcat

I am running a Win2003 server using Apache2.2 to basically just proxy to
Tomcat6 with SSL.

I had tried running just tomcat6 but from everything that I read it was
better for SSL traffic to proxy using Apache, so that is what i did.

Right now I am just pointing it to the Tomcat default page, that is easy
enough to change later.

Here is where I am at.

1. On the server if I go to http: //localhost: it brings up the page fine.
2. On the server https: //localhost   also brings up the page fine.  Of
course I do get a certificate error because the SSL cert is for my domain.
But it does work and the samples run fine.

3. From either the server or another PC, if I goto http: //my. domain.com
it works fine and brings up the Tomcat default page.
4. From either place going to https  the browser says waiting and eventually
returns an error.

In my httpd.conf file I have:

Listen 80
Listen 443
The mod_proxy 's, mod_ssl & mod_vhost_alias are all turned on.



In my httpd-vhosts.conf file here is what I have:

NameVirtualHost *:80 (although on this try it isn't named, shows error in
the logs but doesnt seem to hurt anything)
NameVirtualHost *:443
<IfModule ssl_module>
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
</IfModule>
ProxyPass / http: //localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http: //localhost:8080/
<VirtualHost *:443>
    SSLEngine On
    SSLProxyEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/certname.cer
    SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/keyname.key
ProxyPass / httpa: //localhost:8443/
ProxyPassReverse / httpa: //localhost:8443/
    ErrorLog "logs/mydomain.com-error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/mydomain.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>

I have tried several different rewrites on this and just not getting it to
work.
I did put the port 80 => 8080 pass in a VirtualHost tag, it works fine on
http: //localhost  but when using https it gives some bogus message of the
server being too busy.
I took the 443 =>8443 directives out of the VirtualHost tag and that works
fine on http: //localhost  but when using https it goes to the Apache
default page.
No matter what I do, I still get an error from http: //my. domain.com while
http: //my. domain.com runs fine.

Any ideas?  I am definately not an expert with Apache setup.  I am more a DB
& ERP system guy who has been writting more and more jsp apps.
Now I have one that I need to secure and having one heck of a time doing it.
(Sorry for the spaces.  e-mail was seeing them as URLs and the listserv SPAM
filter was blocking the email)
Thanks in advance for any help.
Mike

Re: [users@httpd] Win2003, Apache2.2 & Tomcat6 Apache proxy to Tomcat

Posted by Mike Rea <mi...@gmail.com>.
Made the change to port 8080.
I also changed the host file on the server to bypass DNS for
www.mydomain.com and to just loop back to the local IP address instead.
Between those 2 one of them worked.
>From the outside I am getting a connection time out in Firefox.
So, since it is working fine from the server, with it not having to leave
the network and come back in, I am assuming that https traffic is being
blocked by the firewall.  At least that seems reasonable to me. I do not do
the firewall work for this company but I would think when I asked them to
open up internet traffic to this server that they would of opened up port 80
& 443 traffic, but who knows.
Thanks,
Hopefully this has taken care of my problem.
Mike

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Rainer Jung <ra...@kippdata.de> wrote:

> On 01.10.2010 13:05, Mike Rea wrote:
>
>> Sorry.
>> Yes they are https, not https just me mis-typing.
>> The email client was seeing all of those as links and the apache
>> listserv bounced my original email as spam.  So I added the spaces to
>> get it to go thru.  They are not in the conf files.
>> Yes general message in IE, I will try it in firefox and others and see
>> what I get.  Really not getting anything in the error log, first place I
>> looked.
>> Thanks
>>
>
> Don't overlook my hint about using port 8080 instead of 8443.
>
>  On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Rainer Jung <rainer.jung@kippdata.de
>> <ma...@kippdata.de>> wrote:
>>
>>    On 30.09.2010 22:29, Mike Rea wrote:
>>
>>        I am running a Win2003 server using Apache2.2 to basically just
>>        proxy to
>>        Tomcat6 with SSL.
>>
>>        I had tried running just tomcat6 but from everything that I read
>>        it was
>>        better for SSL traffic to proxy using Apache, so that is what i
>> did.
>>
>>        Right now I am just pointing it to the Tomcat default page, that
>>        is easy
>>        enough to change later.
>>
>>        Here is where I am at.
>>
>>        1. On the server if I go to http: //localhost: it brings up the
>>        page fine.
>>        2. On the server https: //localhost   also brings up the page
>>        fine.  Of
>>        course I do get a certificate error because the SSL cert is for my
>>        domain.  But it does work and the samples run fine.
>>
>>        3. From either the server or another PC, if I goto http: //my.
>>        domain.com <http://domain.com/> <http://domain.com
>>
>>        <http://domain.com/>>   it works fine and brings up the Tomcat
>>
>>        default page.
>>        4. From either place going to https  the browser says waiting and
>>        eventually returns an error.
>>
>>        In my httpd.conf file I have:
>>
>>        Listen 80
>>        Listen 443
>>        The mod_proxy 's, mod_ssl & mod_vhost_alias are all turned on.
>>
>>
>>
>>        In my httpd-vhosts.conf file here is what I have:
>>
>>        NameVirtualHost *:80 (although on this try it isn't named, shows
>>        error
>>        in the logs but doesnt seem to hurt anything)
>>        NameVirtualHost *:443
>>        <IfModule ssl_module>
>>        SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
>>        SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
>>        </IfModule>
>>        ProxyPass / http: //localhost:8080/
>>        ProxyPassReverse / http: //localhost:8080/
>>        <VirtualHost *:443>
>>             SSLEngine On
>>             SSLProxyEngine on
>>             SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/certname.cer
>>             SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/keyname.key
>>
>>
>>    I assume you have a more complete SSL config included, like setting
>>    the cipher suite and enabling SSL session handling. See the default
>>    configuration provided with the Apache web server.
>>
>>
>>        ProxyPass / httpa: //localhost:8443/
>>        ProxyPassReverse / httpa: //localhost:8443/
>>
>>
>>    httpa does not exist, and the space between the scheme and the rest
>>    of the URL won't be good either. What do you really have in your
>>    config here?
>>
>>    If you only want Tomcat to do http and the Apache reverse proxy
>>    should do the full https, then use again
>>
>>
>>    ProxyPass / http: //localhost:8080/
>>    ProxyPassReverse / http: //localhost:8080/
>>
>>             ErrorLog "logs/mydomain.com-error.log"
>>             CustomLog "logs/mydomain.com-access.log" common
>>        </VirtualHost>
>>
>>
>>        I have tried several different rewrites on this and just not
>>        getting it
>>        to work.
>>        I did put the port 80 => 8080 pass in a VirtualHost tag, it
>>        works fine
>>        on http: //localhost  but when using https it gives some bogus
>>        message
>>        of the server being too busy.
>>        I took the 443 =>8443 directives out of the VirtualHost tag and
>> that
>>        works fine on http: //localhost  but when using https it goes to
>> the
>>        Apache default page.
>>        No matter what I do, I still get an error from http: //my.
>>        domain.com <http://domain.com/>
>>        <http://domain.com <http://domain.com/>> while http: //my.
>>        domain.com <http://domain.com/> <http://domain.com
>>
>>        <http://domain.com/>>
>>
>>        runs fine.
>>
>>        Any ideas?  I am definately not an expert with Apache setup.  I
>>        am more
>>        a DB & ERP system guy who has been writting more and more jsp apps.
>>        Now I have one that I need to secure and having one heck of a
>>        time doing it.
>>        (Sorry for the spaces.  e-mail was seeing them as URLs and the
>>        listserv
>>        SPAM filter was blocking the email)
>>        Thanks in advance for any help.
>>        Mike
>>
>>
>>    If it still doesn't work:
>>
>>    What error message do you get in the client? If it is the general
>>    error message provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer, use some
>>    other browser to see the full error message.
>>
>>    Is there any message in the error log of Apache?
>>
>>    Regards,
>>
>>    Rainer
>>
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Re: [users@httpd] Win2003, Apache2.2 & Tomcat6 Apache proxy to Tomcat

Posted by Rainer Jung <ra...@kippdata.de>.
On 01.10.2010 13:05, Mike Rea wrote:
> Sorry.
> Yes they are https, not https just me mis-typing.
> The email client was seeing all of those as links and the apache
> listserv bounced my original email as spam.  So I added the spaces to
> get it to go thru.  They are not in the conf files.
> Yes general message in IE, I will try it in firefox and others and see
> what I get.  Really not getting anything in the error log, first place I
> looked.
> Thanks

Don't overlook my hint about using port 8080 instead of 8443.

> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Rainer Jung <rainer.jung@kippdata.de
> <ma...@kippdata.de>> wrote:
>
>     On 30.09.2010 22:29, Mike Rea wrote:
>
>         I am running a Win2003 server using Apache2.2 to basically just
>         proxy to
>         Tomcat6 with SSL.
>
>         I had tried running just tomcat6 but from everything that I read
>         it was
>         better for SSL traffic to proxy using Apache, so that is what i did.
>
>         Right now I am just pointing it to the Tomcat default page, that
>         is easy
>         enough to change later.
>
>         Here is where I am at.
>
>         1. On the server if I go to http: //localhost: it brings up the
>         page fine.
>         2. On the server https: //localhost   also brings up the page
>         fine.  Of
>         course I do get a certificate error because the SSL cert is for my
>         domain.  But it does work and the samples run fine.
>
>         3. From either the server or another PC, if I goto http: //my.
>         domain.com <http://domain.com/> <http://domain.com
>         <http://domain.com/>>   it works fine and brings up the Tomcat
>
>         default page.
>         4. From either place going to https  the browser says waiting and
>         eventually returns an error.
>
>         In my httpd.conf file I have:
>
>         Listen 80
>         Listen 443
>         The mod_proxy 's, mod_ssl & mod_vhost_alias are all turned on.
>
>
>
>         In my httpd-vhosts.conf file here is what I have:
>
>         NameVirtualHost *:80 (although on this try it isn't named, shows
>         error
>         in the logs but doesnt seem to hurt anything)
>         NameVirtualHost *:443
>         <IfModule ssl_module>
>         SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
>         SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
>         </IfModule>
>         ProxyPass / http: //localhost:8080/
>         ProxyPassReverse / http: //localhost:8080/
>         <VirtualHost *:443>
>              SSLEngine On
>              SSLProxyEngine on
>              SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/certname.cer
>              SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/keyname.key
>
>
>     I assume you have a more complete SSL config included, like setting
>     the cipher suite and enabling SSL session handling. See the default
>     configuration provided with the Apache web server.
>
>
>         ProxyPass / httpa: //localhost:8443/
>         ProxyPassReverse / httpa: //localhost:8443/
>
>
>     httpa does not exist, and the space between the scheme and the rest
>     of the URL won't be good either. What do you really have in your
>     config here?
>
>     If you only want Tomcat to do http and the Apache reverse proxy
>     should do the full https, then use again
>
>
>     ProxyPass / http: //localhost:8080/
>     ProxyPassReverse / http: //localhost:8080/
>
>              ErrorLog "logs/mydomain.com-error.log"
>              CustomLog "logs/mydomain.com-access.log" common
>         </VirtualHost>
>
>
>         I have tried several different rewrites on this and just not
>         getting it
>         to work.
>         I did put the port 80 => 8080 pass in a VirtualHost tag, it
>         works fine
>         on http: //localhost  but when using https it gives some bogus
>         message
>         of the server being too busy.
>         I took the 443 =>8443 directives out of the VirtualHost tag and that
>         works fine on http: //localhost  but when using https it goes to the
>         Apache default page.
>         No matter what I do, I still get an error from http: //my.
>         domain.com <http://domain.com/>
>         <http://domain.com <http://domain.com/>> while http: //my.
>         domain.com <http://domain.com/> <http://domain.com
>         <http://domain.com/>>
>
>         runs fine.
>
>         Any ideas?  I am definately not an expert with Apache setup.  I
>         am more
>         a DB & ERP system guy who has been writting more and more jsp apps.
>         Now I have one that I need to secure and having one heck of a
>         time doing it.
>         (Sorry for the spaces.  e-mail was seeing them as URLs and the
>         listserv
>         SPAM filter was blocking the email)
>         Thanks in advance for any help.
>         Mike
>
>
>     If it still doesn't work:
>
>     What error message do you get in the client? If it is the general
>     error message provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer, use some
>     other browser to see the full error message.
>
>     Is there any message in the error log of Apache?
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Rainer
>
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Re: [users@httpd] Win2003, Apache2.2 & Tomcat6 Apache proxy to Tomcat

Posted by Mike Rea <mi...@gmail.com>.
Sorry.
Yes they are https, not https just me mis-typing.
The email client was seeing all of those as links and the apache listserv
bounced my original email as spam.  So I added the spaces to get it to go
thru.  They are not in the conf files.

Yes general message in IE, I will try it in firefox and others and see what
I get.  Really not getting anything in the error log, first place I looked.
Thanks

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Rainer Jung <ra...@kippdata.de> wrote:

> On 30.09.2010 22:29, Mike Rea wrote:
>
>> I am running a Win2003 server using Apache2.2 to basically just proxy to
>> Tomcat6 with SSL.
>>
>> I had tried running just tomcat6 but from everything that I read it was
>> better for SSL traffic to proxy using Apache, so that is what i did.
>>
>> Right now I am just pointing it to the Tomcat default page, that is easy
>> enough to change later.
>>
>> Here is where I am at.
>>
>> 1. On the server if I go to http: //localhost: it brings up the page fine.
>> 2. On the server https: //localhost   also brings up the page fine.  Of
>> course I do get a certificate error because the SSL cert is for my
>> domain.  But it does work and the samples run fine.
>>
>> 3. From either the server or another PC, if I goto http: //my.
>> domain.com <http://domain.com>   it works fine and brings up the Tomcat
>>
>> default page.
>> 4. From either place going to https  the browser says waiting and
>> eventually returns an error.
>>
>> In my httpd.conf file I have:
>>
>> Listen 80
>> Listen 443
>> The mod_proxy 's, mod_ssl & mod_vhost_alias are all turned on.
>>
>>
>>
>> In my httpd-vhosts.conf file here is what I have:
>>
>> NameVirtualHost *:80 (although on this try it isn't named, shows error
>> in the logs but doesnt seem to hurt anything)
>> NameVirtualHost *:443
>> <IfModule ssl_module>
>> SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
>> SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
>> </IfModule>
>> ProxyPass / http: //localhost:8080/
>> ProxyPassReverse / http: //localhost:8080/
>> <VirtualHost *:443>
>>     SSLEngine On
>>     SSLProxyEngine on
>>     SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/certname.cer
>>     SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/keyname.key
>>
>
> I assume you have a more complete SSL config included, like setting the
> cipher suite and enabling SSL session handling. See the default
> configuration provided with the Apache web server.
>
>
> ProxyPass / httpa: //localhost:8443/
>> ProxyPassReverse / httpa: //localhost:8443/
>>
>
> httpa does not exist, and the space between the scheme and the rest of the
> URL won't be good either. What do you really have in your config here?
>
> If you only want Tomcat to do http and the Apache reverse proxy should do
> the full https, then use again
>
>
> ProxyPass / http: //localhost:8080/
> ProxyPassReverse / http: //localhost:8080/
>
>      ErrorLog "logs/mydomain.com-error.log"
>>     CustomLog "logs/mydomain.com-access.log" common
>> </VirtualHost>
>>
>>
>> I have tried several different rewrites on this and just not getting it
>> to work.
>> I did put the port 80 => 8080 pass in a VirtualHost tag, it works fine
>> on http: //localhost  but when using https it gives some bogus message
>> of the server being too busy.
>> I took the 443 =>8443 directives out of the VirtualHost tag and that
>> works fine on http: //localhost  but when using https it goes to the
>> Apache default page.
>> No matter what I do, I still get an error from http: //my. domain.com
>> <http://domain.com> while http: //my. domain.com <http://domain.com>
>>
>> runs fine.
>>
>> Any ideas?  I am definately not an expert with Apache setup.  I am more
>> a DB & ERP system guy who has been writting more and more jsp apps.
>> Now I have one that I need to secure and having one heck of a time doing
>> it.
>> (Sorry for the spaces.  e-mail was seeing them as URLs and the listserv
>> SPAM filter was blocking the email)
>> Thanks in advance for any help.
>> Mike
>>
>
> If it still doesn't work:
>
> What error message do you get in the client? If it is the general error
> message provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer, use some other browser to
> see the full error message.
>
> Is there any message in the error log of Apache?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rainer
>
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Re: [users@httpd] Win2003, Apache2.2 & Tomcat6 Apache proxy to Tomcat

Posted by Rainer Jung <ra...@kippdata.de>.
On 30.09.2010 22:29, Mike Rea wrote:
> I am running a Win2003 server using Apache2.2 to basically just proxy to
> Tomcat6 with SSL.
>
> I had tried running just tomcat6 but from everything that I read it was
> better for SSL traffic to proxy using Apache, so that is what i did.
>
> Right now I am just pointing it to the Tomcat default page, that is easy
> enough to change later.
>
> Here is where I am at.
>
> 1. On the server if I go to http: //localhost: it brings up the page fine.
> 2. On the server https: //localhost   also brings up the page fine.  Of
> course I do get a certificate error because the SSL cert is for my
> domain.  But it does work and the samples run fine.
>
> 3. From either the server or another PC, if I goto http: //my.
> domain.com <http://domain.com>   it works fine and brings up the Tomcat
> default page.
> 4. From either place going to https  the browser says waiting and
> eventually returns an error.
>
> In my httpd.conf file I have:
>
> Listen 80
> Listen 443
> The mod_proxy 's, mod_ssl & mod_vhost_alias are all turned on.
>
>
>
> In my httpd-vhosts.conf file here is what I have:
>
> NameVirtualHost *:80 (although on this try it isn't named, shows error
> in the logs but doesnt seem to hurt anything)
> NameVirtualHost *:443
> <IfModule ssl_module>
> SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
> SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
> </IfModule>
> ProxyPass / http: //localhost:8080/
> ProxyPassReverse / http: //localhost:8080/
> <VirtualHost *:443>
>      SSLEngine On
>      SSLProxyEngine on
>      SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/certname.cer
>      SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/keyname.key

I assume you have a more complete SSL config included, like setting the 
cipher suite and enabling SSL session handling. See the default 
configuration provided with the Apache web server.

> ProxyPass / httpa: //localhost:8443/
> ProxyPassReverse / httpa: //localhost:8443/

httpa does not exist, and the space between the scheme and the rest of 
the URL won't be good either. What do you really have in your config here?

If you only want Tomcat to do http and the Apache reverse proxy should 
do the full https, then use again

ProxyPass / http: //localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http: //localhost:8080/

>      ErrorLog "logs/mydomain.com-error.log"
>      CustomLog "logs/mydomain.com-access.log" common
> </VirtualHost>
>
>
> I have tried several different rewrites on this and just not getting it
> to work.
> I did put the port 80 => 8080 pass in a VirtualHost tag, it works fine
> on http: //localhost  but when using https it gives some bogus message
> of the server being too busy.
> I took the 443 =>8443 directives out of the VirtualHost tag and that
> works fine on http: //localhost  but when using https it goes to the
> Apache default page.
> No matter what I do, I still get an error from http: //my. domain.com
> <http://domain.com> while http: //my. domain.com <http://domain.com>
> runs fine.
>
> Any ideas?  I am definately not an expert with Apache setup.  I am more
> a DB & ERP system guy who has been writting more and more jsp apps.
> Now I have one that I need to secure and having one heck of a time doing it.
> (Sorry for the spaces.  e-mail was seeing them as URLs and the listserv
> SPAM filter was blocking the email)
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Mike

If it still doesn't work:

What error message do you get in the client? If it is the general error 
message provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer, use some other browser 
to see the full error message.

Is there any message in the error log of Apache?

Regards,

Rainer

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