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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Brandon Cruz <bc...@norvax.com> on 2001/04/06 00:17:48 UTC
virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
I sent a message a while ago, but don't think it went though. Basically, I
am using Tomcat as a servlet/jsp engine for a site that uses Apache as the
webserver. Only problem is that I am on one server with several virtual
host directories. I want to be able to put .jsp files into each vhost
directory. Has anyone done anything like this with either tomcat or some
other product that can plug into apache and serve jsp's and servlets? Any
help or tips would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks!
Brandon
RE: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
Posted by Brandon Cruz <bc...@norvax.com>.
Does anyone have any experience with several virtual hosts, all running
tomcat in one virtual machine? This seems to be the best solution for us to
keep within our server's limits. We have many sites and that many JVM's
would take all our resources. Any help would be greatly appreciated. What
does your tomcat-apache.conf look like, what does your server.xml look like,
do you use mod_jserv, and do you just include the tomcat-apache.conf in your
httpd.conf file? Thanks!
Brandon Cruz
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Kilbride [mailto:jeff@kilbride.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 9:46 PM
To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: Re: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
Hi Brandon,
I'm doing a lot of virtual hosting with Apache + Tomcat, but in my case only
one of my Vhosts needs Tomcat. So, I'm setting mine up with the "one JVM for
all hosts" config. It's actually pretty simple.
Use the <Host> directive in your server.xml file:
<Host name="your.vhost.domain" >
<Context path=""
docBase="/path/to/your/docBase"
crossContext="false"
debug="0"
reloadable="true"
</Context>
</Host>
In either your httpd.conf or mod_jk.conf, add your Vhost:
(can be name-based or ip-based)
<VirtualHost 111.222.333.444>
ServerName your.vhost.domain
ServerAdmin your_admin@domain
DocumentRoot "/path/to/your/normal/html"
JkMount /servlet/* ajp13
JkMount /*.jsp ajp13
Alias /alias_dir "/path/to/your/docBase"
<Directory "/path/to/your/docBase">
allow from all
</Directory>
<Location "/alias_dir/WEB-INF">
AllowOverride None
deny from all
</Location>
<Location "/alias_dir/META-INF">
AllowOverride None
deny from all
</Location>
</VirtualHost>
This simple config works for me. You can add several Vhosts this way, as
long as you don't mind running them in the same JVM. Check out the mod_jk
Howto. That's where I got most of this info.
Thanks,
--jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Tatum" <sc...@wcom.com>
To: <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
> Your first message went through. Tomcat can do exactly what you need. It
can be
> configured to run several vhosts, each as their own application. Normally
you
> give each vhost its own Tomcat instance, to provide a clean separation of
> runtime enviroments between sites. It also gives you the ability to
restart one
> Tomcat instance without having to bring them all down (at least, with
ajp12). I
> believe that you can also run them all under one Tomcat instance. I have
done
> this before with Tomcat standalone, I assume it also works connected to
Apache,
> but I recommend going the separate VM route if you are running vhosts.
>
> I recommend the latest version of Apache (currently 1.3.19) and Tomcat
3.2.1. I
> think 3.2.2 will be out in the next couple of weeks, it would be a good
choice
> as well. You should use mod_jk, and not mod_jserv. I recommend getting
both the
> binary and source versions of 3.2.1. Use the binary version for Tomcat
itself,
> and use the source version just for compiling mod_jk. Configuring
> Apache+Tomcat+mod_jk+vhosts is not a trivial task for sure, and there's
not a
> concise resource for setting it all up. The documentation that comes with
> Tomcat has a lot of information, but the pieces you need are spread across
> several documents. Be sure to read the mod_jk howto, as well as the
workers
> howto.
>
> As far as configuration goes, don't use the automatically generated config
> files - they aren't going to have what you want for vhosts. Just create
them
> from scratch. With the aforementioned setup, the important config files
are
> server.xml, workers.properties, uriworkermap.properties, and mod_jk.conf.
A few
> other files (web.xml, web.dtd, tomcat-users.xml, tomcat.policy) are also
> important, just not usually for initial setup. When you find the section
in the
> documentation that talks about creating a separate server.xml file for
each
> vhost, you are looking in the right place. In order to do separate VM's
that is
> the route you need to go. Also, watch out for the dreaded CPU loop, which
is
> easy to do with virtual hosts. See the 3.2.1 release notes, section 6.11
for
> that. I've had some interesting experiences with that issue in the past
couple
> of days, and I'm going to make a separate post to the group with some
insights
> I haven't seen posted yet.
>
> Tomcat is well suited for what you want to do, but I can assure you it's
going
> to take a couple of hours minimum figuring out how to configure it the way
you
> want it. So grab your favorite drink and have a seat. If you encounter any
> snags along the way (which you will) mail to the group or to me
personally,
> preferably to the group. I will respond either way. :) (now that I have
caught
> up on my 1500 message backlog, ugh) Good luck!
>
> -Scott
>
> --
> Scott Tatum | scott.tatum@wcom.com
> Senior Applications Developer, Special Projects
> WorldCom | http://www.wcom.com/
>
> Brandon Cruz wrote:
>
> > I sent a message a while ago, but don't think it went though.
Basically, I
> > am using Tomcat as a servlet/jsp engine for a site that uses Apache as
the
> > webserver. Only problem is that I am on one server with several virtual
> > host directories. I want to be able to put .jsp files into each vhost
> > directory. Has anyone done anything like this with either tomcat or
some
> > other product that can plug into apache and serve jsp's and servlets?
Any
> > help or tips would be greatly appreciated!!!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Brandon
>
>
>
>
Re: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
Posted by Jeff Kilbride <je...@kilbride.com>.
Hi Brandon,
I'm doing a lot of virtual hosting with Apache + Tomcat, but in my case only
one of my Vhosts needs Tomcat. So, I'm setting mine up with the "one JVM for
all hosts" config. It's actually pretty simple.
Use the <Host> directive in your server.xml file:
<Host name="your.vhost.domain" >
<Context path=""
docBase="/path/to/your/docBase"
crossContext="false"
debug="0"
reloadable="true"
</Context>
</Host>
In either your httpd.conf or mod_jk.conf, add your Vhost:
(can be name-based or ip-based)
<VirtualHost 111.222.333.444>
ServerName your.vhost.domain
ServerAdmin your_admin@domain
DocumentRoot "/path/to/your/normal/html"
JkMount /servlet/* ajp13
JkMount /*.jsp ajp13
Alias /alias_dir "/path/to/your/docBase"
<Directory "/path/to/your/docBase">
allow from all
</Directory>
<Location "/alias_dir/WEB-INF">
AllowOverride None
deny from all
</Location>
<Location "/alias_dir/META-INF">
AllowOverride None
deny from all
</Location>
</VirtualHost>
This simple config works for me. You can add several Vhosts this way, as
long as you don't mind running them in the same JVM. Check out the mod_jk
Howto. That's where I got most of this info.
Thanks,
--jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Tatum" <sc...@wcom.com>
To: <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
> Your first message went through. Tomcat can do exactly what you need. It
can be
> configured to run several vhosts, each as their own application. Normally
you
> give each vhost its own Tomcat instance, to provide a clean separation of
> runtime enviroments between sites. It also gives you the ability to
restart one
> Tomcat instance without having to bring them all down (at least, with
ajp12). I
> believe that you can also run them all under one Tomcat instance. I have
done
> this before with Tomcat standalone, I assume it also works connected to
Apache,
> but I recommend going the separate VM route if you are running vhosts.
>
> I recommend the latest version of Apache (currently 1.3.19) and Tomcat
3.2.1. I
> think 3.2.2 will be out in the next couple of weeks, it would be a good
choice
> as well. You should use mod_jk, and not mod_jserv. I recommend getting
both the
> binary and source versions of 3.2.1. Use the binary version for Tomcat
itself,
> and use the source version just for compiling mod_jk. Configuring
> Apache+Tomcat+mod_jk+vhosts is not a trivial task for sure, and there's
not a
> concise resource for setting it all up. The documentation that comes with
> Tomcat has a lot of information, but the pieces you need are spread across
> several documents. Be sure to read the mod_jk howto, as well as the
workers
> howto.
>
> As far as configuration goes, don't use the automatically generated config
> files - they aren't going to have what you want for vhosts. Just create
them
> from scratch. With the aforementioned setup, the important config files
are
> server.xml, workers.properties, uriworkermap.properties, and mod_jk.conf.
A few
> other files (web.xml, web.dtd, tomcat-users.xml, tomcat.policy) are also
> important, just not usually for initial setup. When you find the section
in the
> documentation that talks about creating a separate server.xml file for
each
> vhost, you are looking in the right place. In order to do separate VM's
that is
> the route you need to go. Also, watch out for the dreaded CPU loop, which
is
> easy to do with virtual hosts. See the 3.2.1 release notes, section 6.11
for
> that. I've had some interesting experiences with that issue in the past
couple
> of days, and I'm going to make a separate post to the group with some
insights
> I haven't seen posted yet.
>
> Tomcat is well suited for what you want to do, but I can assure you it's
going
> to take a couple of hours minimum figuring out how to configure it the way
you
> want it. So grab your favorite drink and have a seat. If you encounter any
> snags along the way (which you will) mail to the group or to me
personally,
> preferably to the group. I will respond either way. :) (now that I have
caught
> up on my 1500 message backlog, ugh) Good luck!
>
> -Scott
>
> --
> Scott Tatum | scott.tatum@wcom.com
> Senior Applications Developer, Special Projects
> WorldCom | http://www.wcom.com/
>
> Brandon Cruz wrote:
>
> > I sent a message a while ago, but don't think it went though.
Basically, I
> > am using Tomcat as a servlet/jsp engine for a site that uses Apache as
the
> > webserver. Only problem is that I am on one server with several virtual
> > host directories. I want to be able to put .jsp files into each vhost
> > directory. Has anyone done anything like this with either tomcat or
some
> > other product that can plug into apache and serve jsp's and servlets?
Any
> > help or tips would be greatly appreciated!!!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Brandon
>
>
>
>
Re: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
Posted by Scott Tatum <sc...@wcom.com>.
Your first message went through. Tomcat can do exactly what you need. It can be
configured to run several vhosts, each as their own application. Normally you
give each vhost its own Tomcat instance, to provide a clean separation of
runtime enviroments between sites. It also gives you the ability to restart one
Tomcat instance without having to bring them all down (at least, with ajp12). I
believe that you can also run them all under one Tomcat instance. I have done
this before with Tomcat standalone, I assume it also works connected to Apache,
but I recommend going the separate VM route if you are running vhosts.
I recommend the latest version of Apache (currently 1.3.19) and Tomcat 3.2.1. I
think 3.2.2 will be out in the next couple of weeks, it would be a good choice
as well. You should use mod_jk, and not mod_jserv. I recommend getting both the
binary and source versions of 3.2.1. Use the binary version for Tomcat itself,
and use the source version just for compiling mod_jk. Configuring
Apache+Tomcat+mod_jk+vhosts is not a trivial task for sure, and there's not a
concise resource for setting it all up. The documentation that comes with
Tomcat has a lot of information, but the pieces you need are spread across
several documents. Be sure to read the mod_jk howto, as well as the workers
howto.
As far as configuration goes, don't use the automatically generated config
files - they aren't going to have what you want for vhosts. Just create them
from scratch. With the aforementioned setup, the important config files are
server.xml, workers.properties, uriworkermap.properties, and mod_jk.conf. A few
other files (web.xml, web.dtd, tomcat-users.xml, tomcat.policy) are also
important, just not usually for initial setup. When you find the section in the
documentation that talks about creating a separate server.xml file for each
vhost, you are looking in the right place. In order to do separate VM's that is
the route you need to go. Also, watch out for the dreaded CPU loop, which is
easy to do with virtual hosts. See the 3.2.1 release notes, section 6.11 for
that. I've had some interesting experiences with that issue in the past couple
of days, and I'm going to make a separate post to the group with some insights
I haven't seen posted yet.
Tomcat is well suited for what you want to do, but I can assure you it's going
to take a couple of hours minimum figuring out how to configure it the way you
want it. So grab your favorite drink and have a seat. If you encounter any
snags along the way (which you will) mail to the group or to me personally,
preferably to the group. I will respond either way. :) (now that I have caught
up on my 1500 message backlog, ugh) Good luck!
-Scott
--
Scott Tatum | scott.tatum@wcom.com
Senior Applications Developer, Special Projects
WorldCom | http://www.wcom.com/
Brandon Cruz wrote:
> I sent a message a while ago, but don't think it went though. Basically, I
> am using Tomcat as a servlet/jsp engine for a site that uses Apache as the
> webserver. Only problem is that I am on one server with several virtual
> host directories. I want to be able to put .jsp files into each vhost
> directory. Has anyone done anything like this with either tomcat or some
> other product that can plug into apache and serve jsp's and servlets? Any
> help or tips would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brandon
RE: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
Posted by Brandon Cruz <bc...@norvax.com>.
Thanks saurabh, I was having problems last friday because the binary version
of mod_jk wasn't working. I've got it all figured out now though.
Brandon
-----Original Message-----
From: Saurabh Shukla [mailto:saurabh@cysphere.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 3:41 AM
To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: RE: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
There have been plenty of replies on this, please search through the
archives.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brandon Cruz [mailto:bcruz@norvax.com]
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 3:48 AM
To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
I sent a message a while ago, but don't think it went though. Basically, I
am using Tomcat as a servlet/jsp engine for a site that uses Apache as the
webserver. Only problem is that I am on one server with several virtual
host directories. I want to be able to put .jsp files into each vhost
directory. Has anyone done anything like this with either tomcat or some
other product that can plug into apache and serve jsp's and servlets? Any
help or tips would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks!
Brandon
RE: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
Posted by Saurabh Shukla <sa...@cysphere.com>.
There have been plenty of replies on this, please search through the
archives.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brandon Cruz [mailto:bcruz@norvax.com]
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 3:48 AM
To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
I sent a message a while ago, but don't think it went though. Basically, I
am using Tomcat as a servlet/jsp engine for a site that uses Apache as the
webserver. Only problem is that I am on one server with several virtual
host directories. I want to be able to put .jsp files into each vhost
directory. Has anyone done anything like this with either tomcat or some
other product that can plug into apache and serve jsp's and servlets? Any
help or tips would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks!
Brandon