Thanks for the tips.
> What I haven't tried to do yet (time, I always need more
> time) is sit down
> and distinguish between forcing all static content (.html,
> .gif, .jpeg, etc)
> to be done via Apache (though mod_webapp...since we all know
> that mod_jk can
> in fact do this).
Well I have scoured the web, mailing lists, FAQ's and anything else related to tomcat
or webapp and still have no idea if this is possible. I am starting to think it is
not. But best of luck if you decide go and do this and let me know if its successful!
:)
I am most likely going to just use mod_jk now.
If you are interested, this is what I did in my latest attempt.
in httpd.conf:
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<IfModule mod_webapp.c>
WebAppConnection conn warp 127.0.0.1:8008
WebAppDeploy examples conn /examples
WebAppDeploy manager conn /manager
WebAppDeploy . conn /
WebAppInfo /webapp-info
</IfModule>
========================
in server.xml:
========================
<!-- Define an Apache-Connector Service -->
<Service name="Tomcat-Apache">
<Connector className="org.apache.catalina.connector.warp.WarpConnector"
port="8008" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75"
enableLookups="true" appBase="/web/docroot"
acceptCount="10" debug="0"/>
<!-- Replace "localhost" with what your Apache "ServerName" is set to -->
<Engine className="org.apache.catalina.connector.warp.WarpEngine"
name="myhost.mydomain.com" debug="0">
<!-- Global logger unless overridden at lower levels -->
<Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
prefix="apache_log." suffix=".txt"
timestamp="true"/>
<!-- Because this Realm is here, an instance will be shared globally -->
<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.MemoryRealm" />
</Engine>
</Service>
======================
That configuration *did* allow me to process JSP's that were within my html docroot,
but the downside is that my apache aliases, such as my cgi-bin, were lost, and other
Apache directives such as index files were ignored. I know some of these issues can be
fixed by changing the tomcat configuration, but I would rather keep configuration
settings like those in my httpd.conf and not have to copy them over to the tomcat
config every time i make a change.
> That being said there are still ways to make this steup
> function/process
> files differently. On the page you quoted, as an example, I
> placed a 'note'
> that talks about how Apache analyzes 'Location' directives
> before sending
> them off to WARP, unlike how Apache ends up 'ignoring' 'Directory'
> directives. Through the 'Location' directive you can actually
> have some
> other module process the files.
I thought perhaps I could try using the 'Files' directive, but on further analysis is
doesn't look like it would work:
<Files *.jsp>
WebAppConnection conn warp 127.0.0.1:8008
WebAppDeploy . conn /what/would/go/here?
Options Indexes ExecCGI
</Files>
Thanks to those who have tried to help me. I appreciate it. If anyone out there has
managed to get JSP's *within the web docroot* processed with mod_webapp while at the
same time having apache serve the static files and otherwise handle serving, PLEASE
LET ME KNOW!! If no-one has, perhaps we should let the developers know...
-Brian
