Can "/control" be removed/changed in this section of a web.xml file?
<servlet> <servlet-name>ControlServlet</servlet-name> <display-name>ControlServlet</display-name> <description>Main Control Servlet</description> <servlet-class>org.ofbiz.webapp.control.ControlServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>ControlServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/control/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> ----- Original Message ----- From: "BJ Freeman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:58:23 AM (GMT-0700) America/Denver Subject: Re: Remove(Mask) Control Servlet URI -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The link i gave has an example in it. euronymous sent the following on 1/23/2009 2:52 AM: > Thank you Jaques and BJ to have replied to my question... > > but I still don't understand how to solve my problem. > > We're already using in production proxy_ajp with tomcat, to run ofbiz behind > apache and manage SSL on apache. I tried a lot to understand mod_rewrite, > and how it works, but without success...Well I was able to remove "control" > from the incoming request, but clearly ofbiz add it if by default if it > cannot find it in the request. > > I was more confortable with urlrewrite... > So please post an example solution to my problem (mod_rewrite or > urlrewrite), if you already got a chance to analyze it. > > Using urlrewrite I was able to remove "control" filtering the outgoing > requests....but how can I automatically add it in incoming requests? > > Thanks for your support > > Michele > > > > jacques.le.roux wrote: >> Thanks BJ, >> >> That's also what I suggested on dev ML >> So +2 for Apache mod_rewrite so far ;o) >> >> Jacques >> >> From: "BJ Freeman" <[email protected]> > I have not done this, but just some thoughts. > 1) you need to start at > ^/applicationname/control/ if your using any of the application that > come with ofbiz, since there is a a control.xml for each application. > and then direct to the application. > so even if you removed the /control > you still need the /applicationname in the URL > I did attempt at one time to put all the applications thru one > control.xml but ran into integration problems. > > lets say you have only one application and you are not calling any other > of the built-in screens. > another approach is to use an apache front end and ajp > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/FAQ+-+Tips+-+Tricks+-+Cookbook+-+HowTo#FAQ-Tips-Tricks-Cookbook-HowTo-HTTPD > > > you can use rewrite rules > > > euronymous sent the following on 1/22/2009 11:26 AM: >>>>> Hi list... >>>>> Jaques correctly pointed to post my question here, instead of Dev: here >>>>> it >>>>> is...Hope someone is gonna help us ;) Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Hi list >>>>> >>>>> we were looking around possibilities to remove the Control Servlet from >>>>> a >>>>> customized application, in a way that the frontend will not contain in >>>>> the >>>>> URL /control/. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to do that directly in the application web.xml >>>>> descriptor? >>>>> That's just a strange request of one of our customers...for us it is >>>>> definitely ok to leave it ;) But you all know that customer request must >>>>> be >>>>> satisfied (as much as we can)... >>>>> >>>>> We tried urlrewrite, without totally success. Using a rule like the >>>>> following one, we were able to filter the content generated from >>>>> response.encodeURL: >>>>> >>>>> <outbound-rule> >>>>> <note> >>>>> When response.encodeURL is called (RequestHandler.encodeURL) >>>>> the url /control/something will be rewritten to /something. >>>>> >>>>> The above rule and this outbound-rule means that end users >>>>> should never see the >>>>> url /control/something /something both in thier location bar >>>>> and >>>>> in hyperlinks >>>>> in your pages. >>>>> </note> >>>>> <from>^/control/(.*)$</from> >>>>> <to>/$1</to> >>>>> </outbound-rule> >>>>> >>>>> Anyway we need also another rule to filter input...something like this >>>>> (not >>>>> working): >>>>> >>>>> <rule> >>>>> <note> >>>>> Requests without /control/ will be silently rewritten. >>>>> </note> >>>>> >>>>> <from>^/(.+)$</from> >>>>> <to>/control/$1</to> >>>>> </rule> >>>>> >>>>> I've read that months ago Jaques was speaking on urlrewrite... >>>>> Is there someone that had our same necessity before? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks list, thanks Ofbiz developers >>>>> >>>>> Michele Orrù >>> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJeaLPrP3NbaWWqE4RAhwOAJ9sRiHl49Zcro/05o0GeRpQi2vTZQCePzLW moboY0T3Sjc7MzSYVKMgkHk= =829H -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
