Re: [OT] Re: Alias URL

2009-10-06 Thread Peter Crowther
[Very off-topic] 2009/10/5 Caldarale, Charles R chuck.caldar...@unisys.com: From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] I was going to say Evil Geniuses (O'Reilly). But I don't know who was first. The book is just a collection of the User Friendly strips; excellent reference manual. It's

Re: [OT] Alias URL

2009-10-06 Thread André Warnier
David Kerber wrote: Pid Ster wrote: YDHTVO ??? Haven't seen that one before. D Neither have I. You Don't Have To ... ? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Alias URL

2009-10-06 Thread André Warnier
Caldarale, Charles R wrote: From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] Subject: Re: Alias URL (stop Tomcat first) Step 1 : you will need 2 Host .. sections in Tomcat's configuration file server.xml. Currently, there is only one. Actually, the one will suffice, if the OP is willing

Re: Alias URL

2009-10-06 Thread André Warnier
Johnson, Rob E wrote: Andre thanks for all your help that worked. I can use the alias, and I can still hit the other webapps. Also thanks to Martin Gainty and his help. No thanks required, we live to help. Martin and I, the winning team... :-)

Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Johnson, Rob E
Hi, I have apache tomcat 5.5 installed and I am trying to setup an alias url. Our host directory is localhost and we have a site called webtop. I have create an alias on our DNS (IIS) server http://webtop. I want a user to enter this url and have it open http://localhost:8080/webtop. I've

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] Subject: Alias URL I have apache tomcat 5.5 installed and I am trying to setup an alias url. Why? By default, Tomcat will listen on all IP addresses assigned to the box it's running on. Our host directory is localhost and we have a site

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Johnson, Rob E
I have apache tomcat 5.5 installed and I am trying to setup an alias url. Why? By default, Tomcat will listen on all IP addresses assigned to the box it's running on. Because the current url has the server name in address. Our host directory is localhost and we have a site called

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] Subject: RE: Alias URL Because the current url has the server name in address. Obviously true, but irrelevant. If you look in the server.xml file the code has Host name=localhost. This also means it is using the computer name in the url

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Johnson, Rob E
: RE: Alias URL From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] Subject: RE: Alias URL Because the current url has the server name in address. Obviously true, but irrelevant. If you look in the server.xml file the code has Host name=localhost. This also means it is using the computer name

Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Mark Thomas
-questions.html Mark -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:chuck.caldar...@unisys.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:54 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Alias URL From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] Subject: RE: Alias URL Because the current

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Johnson, Rob E
thanks -Original Message- From: Mark Thomas [mailto:ma...@apache.org] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:07 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Alias URL Johnson, Rob E wrote: Chuck Caldarale you've offerec absolutely no help. You contradict your own questions and rude. I do

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] Subject: RE: Alias URL You contradict your own questions and rude. Sorry that I've offended you - I certainly had no intent to do so. Please point out any contradictions in what I've said, and where it has been rude. - Chuck

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Johnson, Rob E
as the default homepage. So the alias http://webtop would open http://servername/webtop. -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:chuck.caldar...@unisys.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:12 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Alias URL From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] Subject: RE: Alias URL So my goal is to use an alias in the url and not the server name. This still isn't clear to me. I'm confused over your port usage: who is listening on port 80? Why is port 8080 of interest in the original

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Johnson, Rob E
: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:34 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Alias URL From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] Subject: RE: Alias URL So my goal is to use an alias in the url and not the server name. This still isn't clear to me. I'm confused over your port usage: who

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] Subject: RE: Alias URL Currently tomcat is set to listen on port 8080. I can easily open port 80 so that is not an issue. Sounds like an appropriate thing to do, so you don't have to play with URL rewriting anywhere. We do have other

Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread André Warnier
Caldarale, Charles R wrote: From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] ... Hi guys, can I jump in here ? I believe that you are being a bit tough on Rob here. Obviously, he is not a Tomcat expert, and more used to IIS and the MS way of things, than to Apache httpd and Tomcat. And in

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Johnson, Rob E
Is that correct ? This is correct Sorry to be slow to respond I have to jump into a few meetings today. Thanks, Rob -Original Message- From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:55 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Alias URL Caldarale, Charles R

[OT] Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Pid Ster
... the real pros use text files, and a vi editor). The last time someone said that, the Argument ended with a discussion about electron microscopes... p - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For

Re: [OT] Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Crowther
2009/10/5 Pid Ster p...@pidster.com:  ... the real pros use text files, and a vi editor). The last time someone said that, the Argument ended with a discussion about electron microscopes... Well I edited the inodes by hand. With a magnet. (Bonus points if you know the origin of the quote)

Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread André Warnier
Johnson, Rob E wrote: Hi, What you would like is that : - when a user enters the URL http://imsden.mms; (or http://imsden.mms:8080;), he continues to get the standard Tomcat homepage - when a user enters the URL http://webtop; (or http://webtop:8080;), he gets immediately the first page of

RE: [OT] Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: peter.crowth...@googlemail.com [mailto:peter.crowth...@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Peter Crowther Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Alias URL Well I edited the inodes by hand. With a magnet. (Bonus points if you know the origin of the quote) This may not be the origin, but I think it's one

Re: [OT] Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread André Warnier
Caldarale, Charles R wrote: From: peter.crowth...@googlemail.com [mailto:peter.crowth...@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Peter Crowther Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Alias URL Well I edited the inodes by hand. With a magnet. (Bonus points if you know the origin of the quote) This may not be the origin

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] Subject: Re: Alias URL (stop Tomcat first) Step 1 : you will need 2 Host .. sections in Tomcat's configuration file server.xml. Currently, there is only one. Actually, the one will suffice, if the OP is willing to eliminate Tomcat's existing

RE: [OT] Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Alias URL I was going to say Evil Geniuses (O'Reilly). But I don't know who was first. The book is just a collection of the User Friendly strips; excellent reference manual. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN

RE: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Johnson, Rob E
: Alias URL Johnson, Rob E wrote: Hi, What you would like is that : - when a user enters the URL http://imsden.mms; (or http://imsden.mms:8080;), he continues to get the standard Tomcat homepage - when a user enters the URL http://webtop; (or http://webtop:8080;), he gets immediately

Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread Pid Ster
-sa.com] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 3:54 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Alias URL Johnson, Rob E wrote: Hi, What you would like is that : - when a user enters the URL http://imsden.mms; (or http://imsden.mms:8080;), he continues to get the standard Tomcat homepage - when a user

Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread David Kerber
André Warnier wrote: Caldarale, Charles R wrote: From: Johnson, Rob E [mailto:rob.john...@mms.gov] ... Usually also, MS products are designed to be configured primarily through a graphical interface, while many open-source products are mainly configured by means of text files (for Tomcat,

Re: Alias URL

2009-10-05 Thread David Kerber
Pid Ster wrote: On 5 Oct 2009, at 23:47, Johnson, Rob E rob.john...@mms.gov wrote: Andre thanks for all your help that worked. I can use the alias, and I can still hit the other webapps. Also thanks to Martin Gainty and his help. YDHTVO ??? Haven't seen that one before. D