One clarification: when I wrote: "is there something configurable that will allow those requests to be forwarded rather than rejected?"
... what I really meant was, is there a way for the request to reach my servlet (which handles all requests), basically. I already have a server-side implementation that can make the request of the backend server and return the response to the front end. On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:38 AM, David P. Caldwell <da...@code.davidpcaldwell.com> wrote: > I'm trying to forward HTTPS requests through a Tomcat HTTP (or HTTPS) > server to a backend HTTPS server. > > The requests are initiated by a Java HTTP client > (java.net.URLConnection-based). > > So I have: > > backend HTTPS server (which works) > Tomcat server running HTTP and HTTPS connectors > Java HTTPUrlConnection, using Tomcat HTTP connector as a proxy > > The Java client can successfully: > > * use the backend HTTPS server directly > * use the Tomcat HTTP connector > * use the Tomcat HTTPS connector > > For my scenario, I think using the HTTP connector to proxy is correct, > though I've also tried using the HTTPS connector. > > I'm not an expert on SSL or HTTPS. The HTTPS connector doesn't work, > but my understanding is that using it doesn't make sense; the trust > relationship is end-to-end, so you'd use ordinary HTTP to proxy in > between. It ends up with an unexpected EOF from server or something. > > Assuming the HTTP connector is the right one to use, here's my > problem: Tomcat returns a 400 Bad Request when I attempt to request an > https: URL via an ordinary HTTP request to the HTTP connector. > > Conceptually, it seems like this ought to be fine, to me, but as I > said, my understanding of the concepts is a bit murky, so I might be > wrong. > > Am I on the right track? If so, is there something configurable that > will allow those requests to be forwarded rather than rejected? > > -- David P. Caldwell > http://www.davidpcaldwell.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
