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Re: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from
ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat?
use mod_proxy, much easier, and in our tests has proven to scale better,
and you will wanna look for a directive called ProxyHostPreserve so that
request.getServerName returns the right name,
then the IP address will be stored in x-forwarded-for header in the HTTP
request.
Filip
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have successfully configured Apache to forward requests to my Tomcat
> instance. But it does so...only for requests whose IP resolves to
> 127.0.0.1
>
> If I try to access a page through apache server (that's actually on
> tomcat)
> with the outside-facing-ip of my computer it fails.
>
> For example:
> 1) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:666/blah/serveMe.html" FAILS with a
> 404 (apache does not forward properly)
>
> 2) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:8080/blah/serveMe.html" SUCCEEDS
> (tomcat seems to be ok when it gets the request directly, so it has to be
> a
> forwarding failure by apache in the previous case)
>
> 3) URL: "http://my.domain.com:666/blah/serveMe.html" SUCCEEDS (I have
> "
> my.domain.com" mapped to "127.0.0.1" in my windows' hosts file)
>
> 4) URL: "http://localhost:666/blah/serveMe.html" SUCCEEDS
>
> I think this happens because the 1st request (the one with the outside
> facing ip) is not forwarded to Tomcat by apache.
> a) The apache error logs show that Apache is trying to look for the page
> in
> the wrong place
> b) The access logs ofcourse show a 404 because it can't find the page to
> serve
>
> Now, I have read a few threads and been on a few forums and apparently my
> worker.properties file is supposed to be as simple as this:
> ------------------------
> worker.list=ajp13
> worker.ajp13.port=8009
> worker.ajp13.host=my.domain.com
> worker.ajp13.type=ajp13
> -----------------------
>
> I also tried putting my outside-facing-ip and localhost as values for "
> worker.ajp13.host" but it didn't seem to make any difference at all.
>
> In that case I must ask all of you:
> Question 1: How do I go about configuring apache to forward the
> outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat? If it is not done in
> workers.properties...then where is it handled?
> Question 2: Or am I wrong and it is actually handled by
> workers.properties?
> Even then, how?
>
> Thanks in advance to all those who answer and all those who take the time
> to
> read this.
>
> Cheers,
> - Pulkit
>
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RE: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat?
Posted by Daniel Blumenthal <da...@wordchamp.com>.
Pulkit,
I don't have any experience with WinServer (strictly a Linux man), but if it
works... Also, it was my understanding (last time I checked) that no one's
maintaining the old jk connector code - possibly because your method is now
the recommended way? I don't know.
Good luck!
Daniel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pulkit Singhal [mailto:pulkitsinghal@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 6:29 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List; daniel@wordchamp.com
> Subject: Re: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from
> ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat?
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Firstly, Thank you for your response.
>
> Secondly, I must confess that I failed to grasp some of it
> due to my ignorance of Unix. I understood the overall idea
> but found myself scared/hesitant in implementing it as I'm
> using Win Server 2003. I'm a bit perplexed by the contents
> you said I could add to workers2.properties as I was not
> aware that fields were acceptable in such format. May be its
> the type of connector you are using or maybe its just my lack
> of experience/knowledge.
>
> I did find a soulution of ***sorts** which I would like to
> share with all of you so that you may comment/bash on its
> weaknesses/lamenesses thus helping me in finding a better one:
>
> *sigh* I just:
>
> a) Removed the "127.0.0.1 my.server.com" mapping from the
> hosts file.
>
> b) Added another Virtual Host to my server.xml
> file...resulting in something like this:
>
> <!-- Define the default virtual host -->
> <Host name="localhost" ...>
> <Listener
> className="org.apache.jk.config.ApacheConfig"
>
> modJk="c:/apps/apache/apache2/modules/mod_jk-
> apache-2.0.55.so" />
> </Host>
>
> <!-- Define the hack virtual host for external-facing-ip
> requests>
> <Host name="my.server.com" ...>
> <Listener
> className="org.apache.jk.config.ApacheConfig"
>
> modJk="c:/apps/apache/apache2/modules/mod_jk-
> apache-2.0.55.so" />
> </Host>
>
> c) This happened to do the job, as now the file that Tomcat
> was auto-generating for use by Apache had some lines that
> accounted for the proper forwarding of external-facing-ip
> requests as well :) These were not there earlier and the file
> I speak of is "tomcat_home\conf\auto\mod_jk.conf" )
>
> d) I still feel a bit jilted because my solution seems
> repetitive...there are 2 virtual hosts that are located in
> the exact same place and to top it off they have the same
> listeners inside them. They are identical in every aspect.
> I HAD tried entering <Alias>my.server.com</Alias> under the
> localhost virtual-host but that did not seem to do the job...
> so I settled for having this repitition.
>
> Do let me know of your thoughts on this...
>
> Cheers,
> - Pulkit
>
> On 12/25/05, Daniel Blumenthal <da...@wordchamp.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've set up my system so that Apache handles all requests, and
> > forwards to the servlet when the path is www.mysite.com/myservlet/*.
> >
> > Following are my installation notes.
> > (note that there's a slightly newer version of the JK connector)
> >
> > % tar zxf jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-src-current.tar.gz
> > % cd jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.2-src/jk/native2
> > % ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
> > % make
> > % su
> > % cp ../build/jk2/apache2/mod_jk2.so /usr/local/apache/modules % cp
> > ../build/jk2/apache2/jkjni.so /usr/local/apache/modules
> >
> > make sure that httpd owns the apache directory
> >
> > tomcat/server.xml: make sure that the following connector
> is uncommented:
> > <Connector
> className="org.apache.ajp.tomcat4.Ajp13Connector" port="8009"
> > minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75" acceptCount="10" debug="0"/>
> >
> > create a "workers2.properties" file in
> /usr/local/apache/conf with the
> > following contents:
> > [logger]
> > level=DEBUG
> > [shm]
> > file=/usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm
> > size=1048576
> > [channel.socket:localhost:8009]
> > info=Ajp13 forwarding over socket
> > tomcatId=localhost:8009
> > [uri:/myservlet/*]
> > context=/myservlet
> >
> > % touch /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm % chown httpd
> > /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm % chgrp httpd
> > /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm
> >
> > add the following line to /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
> > LoadModule jk2_module modules/mod_jk2.so
> >
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Pulkit Singhal [mailto:pulkitsinghal@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 1:12 PM
> > > To: Tomcat Users List
> > > Subject: Re: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from
> > > ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat?
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Thank you for the suggestion :)
> > > I will give it a shot but I am really too deep into my
> setup to be
> > > doing any big changes or something new! So while I try to
> google and
> > > learn more about setting up mod_proxy, I would really
> appreciate if
> > > someone can tell me:
> > >
> > > How do I go about configuring apache to forward the
> > > outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat through JK connector?
> > >
> > > This should be something pretty standard for anyone who has ever
> > > moved Tomcat from a local testing env. (localhost) to a
> production
> > > env. (real ip) ...right?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > - Pulkit
> > >
> > > On 12/23/05, devlists@hanik.com <de...@hanik.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > use mod_proxy, much easier, and in our tests has proven
> to scale
> > > > better, and you will wanna look for a directive called
> > > > ProxyHostPreserve so that request.getServerName returns
> the right
> > > > name, then the IP address will be stored in x-forwarded-for
> > > header in
> > > > the HTTP request.
> > > >
> > > > Filip
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have successfully configured Apache to forward
> requests to my
> > > > > Tomcat instance. But it does so...only for requests whose IP
> > > > > resolves to
> > > > > 127.0.0.1
> > > > >
> > > > > If I try to access a page through apache server (that's
> > > actually on
> > > > > tomcat)
> > > > > with the outside-facing-ip of my computer it fails.
> > > > >
> > > > > For example:
> > > > > 1) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:666/blah/serveMe.html"
> > > FAILS with
> > > > a
> > > > > 404 (apache does not forward properly)
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:8080/blah/serveMe.html"
> > > SUCCEEDS
> > > > > (tomcat seems to be ok when it gets the request directly,
> > > so it has
> > > > > to
> > > > be
> > > > > a
> > > > > forwarding failure by apache in the previous case)
> > > > >
> > > > > 3) URL: "http://my.domain.com:666/blah/serveMe.html"
> > > SUCCEEDS (I
> > > > have
> > > > > "
> > > > > my.domain.com" mapped to "127.0.0.1" in my windows'
> hosts file)
> > > > >
> > > > > 4) URL: "http://localhost:666/blah/serveMe.html"
> > > SUCCEEDS
> > > > >
> > > > > I think this happens because the 1st request (the one
> with the
> > > > > outside facing ip) is not forwarded to Tomcat by apache.
> > > > > a) The apache error logs show that Apache is trying to
> > > look for the
> > > > > page in the wrong place
> > > > > b) The access logs ofcourse show a 404 because it
> can't find the
> > > > > page to serve
> > > > >
> > > > > Now, I have read a few threads and been on a few forums and
> > > > > apparently
> > > > my
> > > > > worker.properties file is supposed to be as simple as this:
> > > > > ------------------------
> > > > > worker.list=ajp13
> > > > > worker.ajp13.port=8009
> > > > > worker.ajp13.host=my.domain.com
> > > > > worker.ajp13.type=ajp13
> > > > > -----------------------
> > > > >
> > > > > I also tried putting my outside-facing-ip and localhost
> > > as values for "
> > > > > worker.ajp13.host" but it didn't seem to make any
> > > difference at all.
> > > > >
> > > > > In that case I must ask all of you:
> > > > > Question 1: How do I go about configuring apache to
> forward the
> > > > > outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat? If it is not done in
> > > > > workers.properties...then where is it handled?
> > > > > Question 2: Or am I wrong and it is actually handled by
> > > > > workers.properties?
> > > > > Even then, how?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance to all those who answer and all those
> > > who take the
> > > > time
> > > > > to
> > > > > read this.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > - Pulkit
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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Re: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat?
Posted by Pulkit Singhal <pu...@gmail.com>.
Hi Daniel,
Firstly, Thank you for your response.
Secondly, I must confess that I failed to grasp some of it due to my
ignorance of Unix. I understood the overall idea but found myself
scared/hesitant in implementing it as I'm using Win Server 2003. I'm a bit
perplexed by the contents you said I could add to workers2.properties as I
was not aware that fields were acceptable in such format. May be its the
type of connector you are using or maybe its just my lack of
experience/knowledge.
I did find a soulution of ***sorts** which I would like to share with all of
you so that you may comment/bash on its weaknesses/lamenesses thus helping
me in finding a better one:
*sigh* I just:
a) Removed the "127.0.0.1 my.server.com" mapping from the hosts file.
b) Added another Virtual Host to my server.xml file...resulting in something
like this:
<!-- Define the default virtual host -->
<Host name="localhost" ...>
<Listener className="org.apache.jk.config.ApacheConfig"
modJk="c:/apps/apache/apache2/modules/mod_jk-
apache-2.0.55.so" />
</Host>
<!-- Define the hack virtual host for external-facing-ip
requests>
<Host name="my.server.com" ...>
<Listener className="org.apache.jk.config.ApacheConfig"
modJk="c:/apps/apache/apache2/modules/mod_jk-
apache-2.0.55.so" />
</Host>
c) This happened to do the job, as now the file that Tomcat was
auto-generating for use by Apache had some lines that accounted for the
proper forwarding of external-facing-ip requests as well :)
These were not there earlier and the file I speak of is
"tomcat_home\conf\auto\mod_jk.conf" )
d) I still feel a bit jilted because my solution seems repetitive...there
are 2 virtual hosts that are located in the exact same place and to top it
off they have the same listeners inside them. They are identical in every
aspect.
I HAD tried entering <Alias>my.server.com</Alias> under the localhost
virtual-host but that did not seem to do the job... so I settled for having
this repitition.
Do let me know of your thoughts on this...
Cheers,
- Pulkit
On 12/25/05, Daniel Blumenthal <da...@wordchamp.com> wrote:
>
> I've set up my system so that Apache handles all requests, and forwards to
> the servlet when the path is www.mysite.com/myservlet/*.
>
> Following are my installation notes.
> (note that there's a slightly newer version of the JK connector)
>
> % tar zxf jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-src-current.tar.gz
> % cd jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.2-src/jk/native2
> % ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
> % make
> % su
> % cp ../build/jk2/apache2/mod_jk2.so /usr/local/apache/modules
> % cp ../build/jk2/apache2/jkjni.so /usr/local/apache/modules
>
> make sure that httpd owns the apache directory
>
> tomcat/server.xml: make sure that the following connector is uncommented:
> <Connector className="org.apache.ajp.tomcat4.Ajp13Connector" port="8009"
> minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75" acceptCount="10" debug="0"/>
>
> create a "workers2.properties" file in /usr/local/apache/conf with the
> following contents:
> [logger]
> level=DEBUG
> [shm]
> file=/usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm
> size=1048576
> [channel.socket:localhost:8009]
> info=Ajp13 forwarding over socket
> tomcatId=localhost:8009
> [uri:/myservlet/*]
> context=/myservlet
>
> % touch /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm
> % chown httpd /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm
> % chgrp httpd /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm
>
> add the following line to /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
> LoadModule jk2_module modules/mod_jk2.so
>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pulkit Singhal [mailto:pulkitsinghal@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 1:12 PM
> > To: Tomcat Users List
> > Subject: Re: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from
> > ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat?
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thank you for the suggestion :)
> > I will give it a shot but I am really too deep into my setup
> > to be doing any big changes or something new! So while I try
> > to google and learn more about setting up mod_proxy, I would
> > really appreciate if someone can tell me:
> >
> > How do I go about configuring apache to forward the
> > outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat through JK connector?
> >
> > This should be something pretty standard for anyone who has
> > ever moved Tomcat from a local testing env. (localhost) to a
> > production env. (real ip) ...right?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > - Pulkit
> >
> > On 12/23/05, devlists@hanik.com <de...@hanik.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > use mod_proxy, much easier, and in our tests has proven to scale
> > > better, and you will wanna look for a directive called
> > > ProxyHostPreserve so that request.getServerName returns the right
> > > name, then the IP address will be stored in x-forwarded-for
> > header in
> > > the HTTP request.
> > >
> > > Filip
> > >
> > > > Hello Everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I have successfully configured Apache to forward requests to my
> > > > Tomcat instance. But it does so...only for requests whose IP
> > > > resolves to
> > > > 127.0.0.1
> > > >
> > > > If I try to access a page through apache server (that's
> > actually on
> > > > tomcat)
> > > > with the outside-facing-ip of my computer it fails.
> > > >
> > > > For example:
> > > > 1) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:666/blah/serveMe.html"
> > FAILS with
> > > a
> > > > 404 (apache does not forward properly)
> > > >
> > > > 2) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:8080/blah/serveMe.html"
> > SUCCEEDS
> > > > (tomcat seems to be ok when it gets the request directly,
> > so it has
> > > > to
> > > be
> > > > a
> > > > forwarding failure by apache in the previous case)
> > > >
> > > > 3) URL: "http://my.domain.com:666/blah/serveMe.html"
> > SUCCEEDS (I
> > > have
> > > > "
> > > > my.domain.com" mapped to "127.0.0.1" in my windows' hosts file)
> > > >
> > > > 4) URL: "http://localhost:666/blah/serveMe.html"
> > SUCCEEDS
> > > >
> > > > I think this happens because the 1st request (the one with the
> > > > outside facing ip) is not forwarded to Tomcat by apache.
> > > > a) The apache error logs show that Apache is trying to
> > look for the
> > > > page in the wrong place
> > > > b) The access logs ofcourse show a 404 because it can't find the
> > > > page to serve
> > > >
> > > > Now, I have read a few threads and been on a few forums and
> > > > apparently
> > > my
> > > > worker.properties file is supposed to be as simple as this:
> > > > ------------------------
> > > > worker.list=ajp13
> > > > worker.ajp13.port=8009
> > > > worker.ajp13.host=my.domain.com
> > > > worker.ajp13.type=ajp13
> > > > -----------------------
> > > >
> > > > I also tried putting my outside-facing-ip and localhost
> > as values for "
> > > > worker.ajp13.host" but it didn't seem to make any
> > difference at all.
> > > >
> > > > In that case I must ask all of you:
> > > > Question 1: How do I go about configuring apache to forward the
> > > > outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat? If it is not done in
> > > > workers.properties...then where is it handled?
> > > > Question 2: Or am I wrong and it is actually handled by
> > > > workers.properties?
> > > > Even then, how?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance to all those who answer and all those
> > who take the
> > > time
> > > > to
> > > > read this.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > - Pulkit
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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RE: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat?
Posted by Daniel Blumenthal <da...@wordchamp.com>.
I've set up my system so that Apache handles all requests, and forwards to
the servlet when the path is www.mysite.com/myservlet/*.
Following are my installation notes.
(note that there's a slightly newer version of the JK connector)
% tar zxf jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-src-current.tar.gz
% cd jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.2-src/jk/native2
% ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
% make
% su
% cp ../build/jk2/apache2/mod_jk2.so /usr/local/apache/modules
% cp ../build/jk2/apache2/jkjni.so /usr/local/apache/modules
make sure that httpd owns the apache directory
tomcat/server.xml: make sure that the following connector is uncommented:
<Connector className="org.apache.ajp.tomcat4.Ajp13Connector" port="8009"
minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75" acceptCount="10" debug="0"/>
create a "workers2.properties" file in /usr/local/apache/conf with the
following contents:
[logger]
level=DEBUG
[shm]
file=/usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm
size=1048576
[channel.socket:localhost:8009]
info=Ajp13 forwarding over socket
tomcatId=localhost:8009
[uri:/myservlet/*]
context=/myservlet
% touch /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm
% chown httpd /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm
% chgrp httpd /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm
add the following line to /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
LoadModule jk2_module modules/mod_jk2.so
I hope this helps.
Daniel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pulkit Singhal [mailto:pulkitsinghal@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 1:12 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from
> ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat?
>
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for the suggestion :)
> I will give it a shot but I am really too deep into my setup
> to be doing any big changes or something new! So while I try
> to google and learn more about setting up mod_proxy, I would
> really appreciate if someone can tell me:
>
> How do I go about configuring apache to forward the
> outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat through JK connector?
>
> This should be something pretty standard for anyone who has
> ever moved Tomcat from a local testing env. (localhost) to a
> production env. (real ip) ...right?
>
> Thanks,
> - Pulkit
>
> On 12/23/05, devlists@hanik.com <de...@hanik.com> wrote:
> >
> > use mod_proxy, much easier, and in our tests has proven to scale
> > better, and you will wanna look for a directive called
> > ProxyHostPreserve so that request.getServerName returns the right
> > name, then the IP address will be stored in x-forwarded-for
> header in
> > the HTTP request.
> >
> > Filip
> >
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > >
> > > I have successfully configured Apache to forward requests to my
> > > Tomcat instance. But it does so...only for requests whose IP
> > > resolves to
> > > 127.0.0.1
> > >
> > > If I try to access a page through apache server (that's
> actually on
> > > tomcat)
> > > with the outside-facing-ip of my computer it fails.
> > >
> > > For example:
> > > 1) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:666/blah/serveMe.html"
> FAILS with
> > a
> > > 404 (apache does not forward properly)
> > >
> > > 2) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:8080/blah/serveMe.html"
> SUCCEEDS
> > > (tomcat seems to be ok when it gets the request directly,
> so it has
> > > to
> > be
> > > a
> > > forwarding failure by apache in the previous case)
> > >
> > > 3) URL: "http://my.domain.com:666/blah/serveMe.html"
> SUCCEEDS (I
> > have
> > > "
> > > my.domain.com" mapped to "127.0.0.1" in my windows' hosts file)
> > >
> > > 4) URL: "http://localhost:666/blah/serveMe.html"
> SUCCEEDS
> > >
> > > I think this happens because the 1st request (the one with the
> > > outside facing ip) is not forwarded to Tomcat by apache.
> > > a) The apache error logs show that Apache is trying to
> look for the
> > > page in the wrong place
> > > b) The access logs ofcourse show a 404 because it can't find the
> > > page to serve
> > >
> > > Now, I have read a few threads and been on a few forums and
> > > apparently
> > my
> > > worker.properties file is supposed to be as simple as this:
> > > ------------------------
> > > worker.list=ajp13
> > > worker.ajp13.port=8009
> > > worker.ajp13.host=my.domain.com
> > > worker.ajp13.type=ajp13
> > > -----------------------
> > >
> > > I also tried putting my outside-facing-ip and localhost
> as values for "
> > > worker.ajp13.host" but it didn't seem to make any
> difference at all.
> > >
> > > In that case I must ask all of you:
> > > Question 1: How do I go about configuring apache to forward the
> > > outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat? If it is not done in
> > > workers.properties...then where is it handled?
> > > Question 2: Or am I wrong and it is actually handled by
> > > workers.properties?
> > > Even then, how?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance to all those who answer and all those
> who take the
> > time
> > > to
> > > read this.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > - Pulkit
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat?
Posted by Pulkit Singhal <pu...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
Thank you for the suggestion :)
I will give it a shot but I am really too deep into my setup to be doing any
big changes or something new! So while I try to google and learn more about
setting up mod_proxy, I would really appreciate if someone can tell me:
How do I go about configuring apache to forward the outside-facing-ip
requests to Tomcat through JK connector?
This should be something pretty standard for anyone who has ever moved
Tomcat from a local testing env. (localhost) to a production env. (real ip)
...right?
Thanks,
- Pulkit
On 12/23/05, devlists@hanik.com <de...@hanik.com> wrote:
>
> use mod_proxy, much easier, and in our tests has proven to scale better,
> and you will wanna look for a directive called ProxyHostPreserve so that
> request.getServerName returns the right name,
> then the IP address will be stored in x-forwarded-for header in the HTTP
> request.
>
> Filip
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I have successfully configured Apache to forward requests to my Tomcat
> > instance. But it does so...only for requests whose IP resolves to
> > 127.0.0.1
> >
> > If I try to access a page through apache server (that's actually on
> > tomcat)
> > with the outside-facing-ip of my computer it fails.
> >
> > For example:
> > 1) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:666/blah/serveMe.html" FAILS with
> a
> > 404 (apache does not forward properly)
> >
> > 2) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:8080/blah/serveMe.html" SUCCEEDS
> > (tomcat seems to be ok when it gets the request directly, so it has to
> be
> > a
> > forwarding failure by apache in the previous case)
> >
> > 3) URL: "http://my.domain.com:666/blah/serveMe.html" SUCCEEDS (I
> have
> > "
> > my.domain.com" mapped to "127.0.0.1" in my windows' hosts file)
> >
> > 4) URL: "http://localhost:666/blah/serveMe.html" SUCCEEDS
> >
> > I think this happens because the 1st request (the one with the outside
> > facing ip) is not forwarded to Tomcat by apache.
> > a) The apache error logs show that Apache is trying to look for the page
> > in
> > the wrong place
> > b) The access logs ofcourse show a 404 because it can't find the page to
> > serve
> >
> > Now, I have read a few threads and been on a few forums and apparently
> my
> > worker.properties file is supposed to be as simple as this:
> > ------------------------
> > worker.list=ajp13
> > worker.ajp13.port=8009
> > worker.ajp13.host=my.domain.com
> > worker.ajp13.type=ajp13
> > -----------------------
> >
> > I also tried putting my outside-facing-ip and localhost as values for "
> > worker.ajp13.host" but it didn't seem to make any difference at all.
> >
> > In that case I must ask all of you:
> > Question 1: How do I go about configuring apache to forward the
> > outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat? If it is not done in
> > workers.properties...then where is it handled?
> > Question 2: Or am I wrong and it is actually handled by
> > workers.properties?
> > Even then, how?
> >
> > Thanks in advance to all those who answer and all those who take the
> time
> > to
> > read this.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Pulkit
> >
>
>
>
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