mod_jk2 and LocationMatch regexps

["Steven J. Owens" <pu...@darksleep.com>]

Hi,

     I'm trying to adjust the mod_jk2 JkUriSet entries for my server
(apache 2.0, mod_jk2, tomcat 4.x).

     Specifically, I'm trying to set up some static files to be served
by apache, not by tomcat.  However, it seems the LocationMatch is very
greedy and tends to intercept *all* requests that contain the path string.

     For example, assume I have the static file under apache htdocs:

/var/www/htdocs/stuff/foo_bar.html

     And I have a webapp under tomcat:

/opt/tomcat4/webapps/foo/

     I have this mod_jk2 entry:

<LocationMatch /foo>
JkUriSet worker ajp13:localhost:8009
</LocationMatch>


     This URL is properly forwarded to the tomcat foo webapp:

http://www.example.com/foo

     However, it *also* forwards:

http://www.example.com/stuff/foo/bar.html

     And even:

http://www.example.com/stuff/foo_bar.html
                                                                 

     According to the docs, LocationMatch is supposed to support a
regexp for the URL, but I can't seem to figure out how to get it to
only forward "foo" at the beginning of the path.  I tried:

<LocationMatch ^/foo>

     This caused:

[error] uriEnv.init() context must start with '/' in ^/foo

     I also tried:

<LocationMatch /^foo>

     Which simply didn't forward http://www.example.com/foo to
the webapp.

     I also tried simply changing LocationMatch to Location, in the
hopes that Location's simpler specification might naturally Do The
Right Thing.  But it didn't foward http://www.example.com/foo to the
webapp.
 
-- 
Steven J. Owens
puff@darksleep.com

"I'm going to make broad, sweeping generalizations and strong,
 declarative statements, because otherwise I'll be here all night and
 this document will be four times longer and much less fun to read.
 Take it all with a grain of salt." - http://darksleep.com/notablog


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