On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Mekkelsen Madden, Steve < steve.mekkelsenmad...@pega.com> wrote:
> One thing you could do is have an entry in your webapps\ROOT folder called > like: MyAppRedirect.html (name can be anything) > Inside the file you need something like: > <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0; URL=../myApp/connection "> > > In your conf\web.xml at the bottom of it, you'll see 3 lines shown below: > <welcome-file-list> > <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> > <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file> > <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> > </welcome-file-list> > > Change this to point to your MyAppRedirect.html page. > <welcome-file-list> > <welcome-file>MyAppRedirect.html</welcome-file> > </welcome-file-list> > > That's a simple way to redirect your application. Your DNS / reverse > proxy could take care of the port # and users only need to call your > application by name (https://callMyApplication.domain.com) when the > DNS/reverse proxy redirects it to the server's port say 8088, the html file > appends the remaining portion of the url to what the users typed. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Son [mailto:linuxmailinglistsem...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 12:42 PM > To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org>; a...@ice-sa.com > Subject: Re: Need help with URL redirecting > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:39 PM, André Warnier (tomcat) <a...@ice-sa.com> > wrote: > > > Hi. > > Another tip : on his list,mit is preferred if you respond in or below > > the previous text. > > That's why I moved your previous answer. > > It makes it easier to follow the conversation without having to scroll > > back and forth all the time. > > > > > > > > >> > >> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 12:03 PM, André Warnier (tomcat) > >> <a...@ice-sa.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> On 17.06.2016 17:03, Sean Son wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello all > >>>> > >>>> I am new to the list. This is what i am trying to do but need help on: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I have a webapp running on tomcat 8: > >>>> https://myapp.example.com:8443/myapp > >>>> > >>>> I am going to set up a DNS record myapp.example.com which will > >>>> point to the IP address of the tomcat server that hosts the > >>>> webapp.. I want this new DNS record myapp.example.com to redirect > >>>> to https://myapp.example.com:8443/myapp. > >>>> In other words, I want the URL to redirect port 80 to the URL for > >>>> the webapp automatically so the users will not have to enter in the > >>>> port number whenever they want to browse to the webapp. I tried > >>>> doing research on google and I was not able to find a straight > >>>> forward way of doing this. > >>>> Any > >>>> help is greatly appreciated! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> The first thing you would have to check, is whether port 80 is > >>>> still > >>> free > >>> on that server, or if there is already another webserver (e.g. > >>> Apache > >>> httpd) using it. > >>> > >>> The second thing to clarify is whether, apart from "myapp", there > >>> are other web applications (not called "myapp") which you are > >>> running or would want to run under Tomcat on that server. > >>> If not, then you might want to run your application as the *default* > >>> application, so that users would get to it with the URL " > >>> https://myapp.example.com:8443/";, instead of " > >>> https://myapp.example.com:8443/myapp";. > >>> To do this first, have a look at : > >>> http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/HowTo > >>> and look at #17 : How do I make my web application be the tomcat > >>> default application > >>> > >>> It will just be easier if you clear up the above points first, > >>> because there are multiple possibilities, and it narrows down the > >>> scope of the tips we can provide. > >>> > >>> > > On 17.06.2016 18:43, Sean Son wrote: > > > >> Hello Andre > >> > >> thank you for your response. > >> > >> There are no other webservers running on this machine. There are > >> other web apps as well, but the only way to access them is through > >> myapp. So should I deploy myapp as the default app ? > >> > >> > > Yes, I think that it will make the rest easier. > > So do that, as per the instructions above, and then we will continue. > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > > > Thank you for the tidbit about how to reply :) So I used number 17 from > the website and i deployed the war file as the ROOT.war file. What should > the next steps be? > > > I thank you again for all of your help! > Thank you Steve for the suggestion. Will this work with out using a reverse proxy? My management told me not to use a reverse proxy Thanks
