I would add that you need
forwardAll="false" in your Listener configuration in server.xml. The default is "true", and if "true", ALL requests get passed to Tomcat. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert L Sowders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:02 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Static content > > > From your description we can only tell what you expect it to > do. To find > out where the problem is we will need to see your configs. > httpd.conf > mod_jk.conf server.xml etc etc. > > Till then we're just guessing. > > rls > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 09/18/2002 02:45 PM > Please respond to "Tomcat Users List" > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: Static content > > I am using Apache with Tomcat 3.2.4 and am trying to figure > out how the > connector really works. I am using mod_jk. Basically, the > question I > have > is: Does static content get served up by Apache or Tomcat? > I would like > static content to be served up by Apache, but I'm not > confident that it is > in my configuration. My normal configuration is to have all > of my files, > including static content, reside in the <tomcat_home>/webapps/app1 > directory. server.xml is configured such that the docbase for this > context > is "/". My apache config includes the mod_jk.conf-auto, which > automatically generates a "context" for app1 and JkMount > directives for > /*.jsp and /servlet/*. My DocumentRoot in httpd.conf is also > pointing to > the same directory (/tomcat/webapps/app1). Up until now, I > assumed that > Apache was only passing on request for jsps or servlets to > Tomcat, and > that > it was serving up static content itself. However, now I'm > skeptical and > here is why. If I change the DocumentRoot to a directory > outside of the > /tomcat/webapps directory, and place my static content there, > things seems > to function as expected. If I add another context in > /tomcat/webapps/test, > with a docbase of /test and place a static file in that > context, it stills > gets served up (which I would NOT expect, since my JkMounts > say to only > pass .jsp and servlet requests). This leads me to believe > that Apache is > passing requests to Tomcat based on the contexts that it > knows about > thru > mod_jk.conf, and not based on the JkMounts defined therein. > Does anyone > have specifics on how the connector really works? > This correspondence may contain information that is confidential, > proprietary or "non-public personal information", as that > term is defined > in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (collectively, "Confidential > Information"). > The Confidential Information is disclosed conditioned upon > your agreement > that you will treat all Confidential Information confidentially and in > accordance with applicable law, ensure that such information > is not used > or > disclosed except for the limited purpose for which it is > being provided > and > will notify and cooperate with Flagstar Bank regarding any requested > disclosure or any unauthorized disclosure or use of any Confidential > Information. By accepting and reviewing the Confidential > Information you > agree to indemnify Flagstar Bank against any losses or > expenses, including > attorney's fees that Flagstar Bank may incur as a result of any > unauthorized use or disclosure of the Confidential > Information due to your > acts or omissions. If this correspondence is received by a > party other > than the intended recipient, you are requested to immediately > notify us of > the erroneous delivery and return to us all information so delivered. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
