Same deal. Apache doesn't know anything about webapps. You just send requests for certain hosts to tomcat using workers2.properties. Tomcat then uses its <host> entries to decide which webapp get what.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Curwen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:27 AM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: From which apache virtual host did a request come from? > > > Actually, I was speaking about virtual hosts in Apache Web Server. ;) > > A few more details: > > I have an application that parses the URI for some > parameters. Basically > the sponsors hate URLs that look like: > http://www.foo.com/?foo=a&bar=b&baz=c > > So my fix was to parse the URI for the parameters in a known order. > http://www.foo.com/a/b/c > > They don't like this either. less typing, cleaner, but *still* not > 'friendly'. I might tell them that people using the web are used to > this sort of thing by now, but hey, they're the sponsors and they want > it different. > > So my last option is to flatten the parameters and use a subdomain. > > http://abc.foo.com/ > http://xyz.foo.com/ > > So that's two virtual hosts in Apache, jk mounted to a single > (default) > application on Tomcat. That's possible, right? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:59 AM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: From which apache virtual host did a request come from? > > > > > > > > It's within <Host>. > > > > John > > > > Angus Mezick wrote: > > > > > Isn't there an <Alias> tag within <Context>? > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: John Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:32 AM > > >>To: Tomcat Users List > > >>Subject: Re: From which apache virtual host did a request > come from? > > >> > > >> > > >>Mike Curwen wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>>1) Is it possible to mount several virtual hosts to the same web > > >>>application (the default one, as it happens) > > >> > > >>I think this is possible, though maybe not desired. > > >> > > >>You can see this with the manager app. Setup a bunch of > > >>virtual hosts > > >>that have the same appBase, with Contexts that have the > > same docBase, > > >>and you will be able to reach the same application on any > > of the host > > >>names. I determined that it was better to give a separate > > appBase to > > >>each virtual host. > > >> > > >>If you mean setting separate appBase's for each virtual host, > > >>and still > > >>being able to access the same webapp (Context with the same > > >>docBase not > > >>a copy of the webapp in another docBase), I would say "no". > > It's at > > >>least a security risk. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. > > >> > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
