Hi Len, I guess, then you are off on a 3-tier-setup track, i.e.
Tier 1 - Apache + this Tier requires the (loadbalanced?) public IP + this service's public IP needs to be pointed at from the DNS entries of all your apps + includes your rewrite rules here + targets are into mountpoints of ofbiz app(s) on Tier2 Tier 2 - OFBiz + this Tier can run with a private IP + conventions on OFBiz mountpoints are relevant to your rewrite rules Tier 3 - Database + configure this tier just as described in the OFBiz setup guides Regards Carsten 2009/12/8 Len Shein <[email protected]> > Yes the assumption is correct, besides the fact I have converted an old > site > to new which means I will need to maintain the old urls for a time being > and > redirect (301 redirect) to the new I also need some redirecting for SEO > purposes and the bot engine urls coming in. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carsten Schinzer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 6:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Apache Mod Rewrite Rules > > Len, > > > I still do not see your reply to the "why rewrite" question? Is the > assumption made above correct? Can you let us know what the background is? > We're at risk to be off into assumptions while not looking at what the > requirement really is. > > All the above is correct, however a solution for rewriting is then probably > putting an Apache (or other httpd) in front of OFBiz. > > OFBiz as such is agnostic of the URL is serves (that is my understanding). > As such, it may be enough to manage multiple DNS entries for your domains > to > your public IP and then make sure the default app (assumed, ecommerce) is > mounted to webroot. > > Regards > > > Carsten > > > 2009/12/7 Jeroen van der Wal <[email protected]> > > > John, > > > > That's a really good excuse to do url-rewriting. In that case you might > > want > > to take a look at nginx (http://wiki.nginx.org/Main) as a high > performance > > http server. Or Apache... > > > > -Jeroen > > > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:27 PM, John D. Hays <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Jeroen, > > > > > > I can tell you for long established e-Commerce sites old URLs are very > > > important. They are contained in correspondence, blogs, other > websites, > > > etc. and you don't want your customer or prospective customer to get > lost > > on > > > the way to the "new" page they are looking for. > > > > > > > > > On Dec 7, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Jeroen van der Wal wrote: > > > > > > Hi Len, > > >> > > >> It sill puzzles me why you think you need a url rewriting. Do you want > a > > >> loadbalancer, reverse proxy or image caching? Provide us your > scenario, > > >> you > > >> don't want all the hassle that comes with url rewrite for just > exposing > > >> Ofbiz to the world. > > >> > > >> -Jeroen > > >> > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best > > Carsten Schinzer > > Waisenhausstr. 53a > 80637 München > Germany > > -- Best Carsten Schinzer Waisenhausstr. 53a 80637 München Germany
