Hi Brandon,
I'm doing a lot of virtual hosting with Apache + Tomcat, but in my case only
one of my Vhosts needs Tomcat. So, I'm setting mine up with the "one JVM for
all hosts" config. It's actually pretty simple.
Use the <Host> directive in your server.xml file:
<Host name="your.vhost.domain" >
<Context path=""
docBase="/path/to/your/docBase"
crossContext="false"
debug="0"
reloadable="true"
</Context>
</Host>
In either your httpd.conf or mod_jk.conf, add your Vhost:
(can be name-based or ip-based)
<VirtualHost 111.222.333.444>
ServerName your.vhost.domain
ServerAdmin your_admin@domain
DocumentRoot "/path/to/your/normal/html"
JkMount /servlet/* ajp13
JkMount /*.jsp ajp13
Alias /alias_dir "/path/to/your/docBase"
<Directory "/path/to/your/docBase">
allow from all
</Directory>
<Location "/alias_dir/WEB-INF">
AllowOverride None
deny from all
</Location>
<Location "/alias_dir/META-INF">
AllowOverride None
deny from all
</Location>
</VirtualHost>
This simple config works for me. You can add several Vhosts this way, as
long as you don't mind running them in the same JVM. Check out the mod_jk
Howto. That's where I got most of this info.
Thanks,
--jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Tatum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: virtual hosting with tomcat and apache
> Your first message went through. Tomcat can do exactly what you need. It
can be
> configured to run several vhosts, each as their own application. Normally
you
> give each vhost its own Tomcat instance, to provide a clean separation of
> runtime enviroments between sites. It also gives you the ability to
restart one
> Tomcat instance without having to bring them all down (at least, with
ajp12). I
> believe that you can also run them all under one Tomcat instance. I have
done
> this before with Tomcat standalone, I assume it also works connected to
Apache,
> but I recommend going the separate VM route if you are running vhosts.
>
> I recommend the latest version of Apache (currently 1.3.19) and Tomcat
3.2.1. I
> think 3.2.2 will be out in the next couple of weeks, it would be a good
choice
> as well. You should use mod_jk, and not mod_jserv. I recommend getting
both the
> binary and source versions of 3.2.1. Use the binary version for Tomcat
itself,
> and use the source version just for compiling mod_jk. Configuring
> Apache+Tomcat+mod_jk+vhosts is not a trivial task for sure, and there's
not a
> concise resource for setting it all up. The documentation that comes with
> Tomcat has a lot of information, but the pieces you need are spread across
> several documents. Be sure to read the mod_jk howto, as well as the
workers
> howto.
>
> As far as configuration goes, don't use the automatically generated config
> files - they aren't going to have what you want for vhosts. Just create
them
> from scratch. With the aforementioned setup, the important config files
are
> server.xml, workers.properties, uriworkermap.properties, and mod_jk.conf.
A few
> other files (web.xml, web.dtd, tomcat-users.xml, tomcat.policy) are also
> important, just not usually for initial setup. When you find the section
in the
> documentation that talks about creating a separate server.xml file for
each
> vhost, you are looking in the right place. In order to do separate VM's
that is
> the route you need to go. Also, watch out for the dreaded CPU loop, which
is
> easy to do with virtual hosts. See the 3.2.1 release notes, section 6.11
for
> that. I've had some interesting experiences with that issue in the past
couple
> of days, and I'm going to make a separate post to the group with some
insights
> I haven't seen posted yet.
>
> Tomcat is well suited for what you want to do, but I can assure you it's
going
> to take a couple of hours minimum figuring out how to configure it the way
you
> want it. So grab your favorite drink and have a seat. If you encounter any
> snags along the way (which you will) mail to the group or to me
personally,
> preferably to the group. I will respond either way. :) (now that I have
caught
> up on my 1500 message backlog, ugh) Good luck!
>
> -Scott
>
> --
> Scott Tatum | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Senior Applications Developer, Special Projects
> WorldCom | http://www.wcom.com/
>
> Brandon Cruz wrote:
>
> > I sent a message a while ago, but don't think it went though.
Basically, I
> > am using Tomcat as a servlet/jsp engine for a site that uses Apache as
the
> > webserver. Only problem is that I am on one server with several virtual
> > host directories. I want to be able to put .jsp files into each vhost
> > directory. Has anyone done anything like this with either tomcat or
some
> > other product that can plug into apache and serve jsp's and servlets?
Any
> > help or tips would be greatly appreciated!!!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Brandon
>
>
>
>
