Webapp, Apache + SSL questions[WAS:A bunch of webapp questions!]

[Sam Ewing <ja...@yahoo.com>]

Would appreciate any help here!

--- Sam Ewing <ja...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 1. I have the following directive in my httpd.conf
> 
>  WebAppDeploy     examples conn /examples
> 
> I find that if I start Tomcat and then Apache, for a
> little while Apache 
> cannot even serve up content outside the web
> application path 
> (eg. http://localhost/) *until* Tomcat finishes
> coming
> up. 
> 
> If Tomcat is shut down, or completely up things work
> fine.
> 
> So the question is, who is serving up the static
> content *outside* the web 
> application path? If Tomcat then why? (its outside
> the
> web app path!!) If not 
> Tomcat, then why cant I get at http://localhost??
> 
> 2. SSL scenarios:
> 
>   a) Apache handles SSL and not Tomcat
>     
>      In httpd.conf, I put a the following inside my
> virtual host:
> 
>      SSLEngine on
>      WebAppDeploy   examples conn /examples
> 
>      Now, if in the Connector in server.xml, if I
> *PUT* secure=true,
>      scheme=https, is the connection between Apache
> and Tomcat secure?
> 
>      If I *DONT* put secure=true, scheme=https, is
> the
> connection between 
>      Apache and Tomcat insecure?
> 
>    b) Tomcat handles SSL
> 
>       Couldn't get this too work! Did a secure=true,
> scheme=https in server.xml
>       and used keytool to get me keystore etc.. but
> NEITHER of the URLs worked 
> 
>        https://localhost/examples
>        http://localhost/examples
> 
>       (SSLEngine not set in httpd.conf)
> 
> 3. If I have JSPs scattered all over my web site,
> can
> I in some way redirect 
>    only the JSPs to Tomcat?
> 
> Thanks!
> 


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