no, i dont want to do that since i will have multiple apps on the tomcat. but
I want the domain name entered to go to specific webapp folder in tomcat. I
have 5 domains on netfirms going to same ip. I want the domain name entered
to go to specific folder.


Ken Bowen wrote:
> 
> I think what you are looking for is to make your application the default
> application for your Tomcat instance.  Search the archives about this,
> since it is a common question.  Basically you need to delete the  
> existing
> ROOT, and rename your app to be ROOT.
> 
> On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:50 AM, nilanthan wrote:
> 
>>
>> Yes I have a domain, ex, mydomain.com, I have as A-record going to  
>> that IP.
>> The issue is that I want when someone types in mydomain.com in the  
>> address
>> bar to forward to http://00.00.00.00:8080/mywebapp/welcome.action  
>> and still
>> display mydomain.com. I need the urlrewrite to forward mydomain.com to
>> http://00.00.00.00:8080/mywebapp/welcome.action but it wont accept the
>> mydomain.com to be forward, it only accepts anything that comes after
>> mydomain.com, for example, mydomain.com/mydomain.ca, the mydomain.ca  
>> gets
>> rewritten only, not the mydomain.com part, which is what i want  
>> rewritten.
>>
>>
>> Ken Bowen wrote:
>>>
>>> If you mean: type http://mydomain.com and get to 00.00.00.00:/,
>>> you must register mydomain.com in the DNS with some ISP.
>>> If you want to get rid of the :8080, you must configure Tomcat to
>>> listen on port 80 instead of 8080 (check the howTo's, or search the
>>> archives).
>>>
>>> On Jul 30, 2008, at 1:13 PM, nilanthan wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> how do i  map to the domain name itself..
>>>>
>>>> When I do /mydomain.com  to /mywebapp/welcome.action, it only works
>>>> if I
>>>> type this in the browser:
>>>> http://00.00.00.00:8080/mydomain.com.
>>>> then it goes to http://00.00.00.00:8080/mywebapp/welcome.action but
>>>> I have
>>>> created a record for mydomain.com to go to the ip of 00.00.00.00,
>>>> same as
>>>> above ip.
>>>>
>>>> My question is how can I map to the mydomain.com to go to
>>>> http://00.00.00.00
>>>> and based on that go to
>>>> http://00.00.00.00:8080/mywebapp/welcome.action?
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> nilanthan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Ken for all your help!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ken Bowen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In rule, map
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /mydomain.com  to /mywebapp/welcome.action
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in outbound-rule, map
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /mywebapp/welcome.action to  /mydomain.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do that for welcome, register, and every other page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Depending on the rules you need, you can make some use of regular
>>>>>> expressions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 29, 2008, at 10:25 AM, nilanthan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks. I have placed the files/codes in the right spots and when
>>>>>>> I do
>>>>>>> localhost:8080/mywebapp/rewrite-status I get the urlrewrite page.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But what i need is when a user types in the browser
>>>>>>> www.mydomain.com, it
>>>>>>> should go to http://00.00.00.00:8080/mywebapp/welcome.action but
>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>> display http://www.mydomain.com and when I click on a link, it
>>>>>>> should take
>>>>>>> my to ex. http://00.00.00.00:8080/mywebapp/register.action but in
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> address bar show http://www.mydomain.com/register.action.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you use this example for the urlrewrite and where to place  
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> codes?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ken Bowen wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't know of any tutorial -- I found the documentation gave  
>>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>>> enough guidance.
>>>>>>>> It's really pretty straight-forward.
>>>>>>>> Drop a filter definition like this in your web.xml:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <filter>
>>>>>>>>   <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name>
>>>>>>>>   <filter-
>>>>>>>> class>org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter</
>>>>>>>> filter-class>
>>>>>>>> <!--
>>>>>>>>   <init-param>
>>>>>>>>       <param-name>logLevel</param-name>
>>>>>>>>       <param-value>sysout:DEBUG</param-value>
>>>>>>>>   </init-param>
>>>>>>>> -->
>>>>>>>> </filter>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <filter-mapping>
>>>>>>>>   <filter-name>UrlRewriteFilter</filter-name>
>>>>>>>>   <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
>>>>>>>>   <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
>>>>>>>>   <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
>>>>>>>> </filter-mapping>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then add a file urlrewrite.xml in your WEB-INF containing
>>>>>>>> mappings in
>>>>>>>> the following spirit:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <rule>
>>>>>>>>        <from>^/PrivacyPolicy$</from>
>>>>>>>>        <to type="forward">/PrivacyPolicy.do</to>
>>>>>>>> </rule>
>>>>>>>> <outbound-rule>
>>>>>>>>   <from>^/PrivacyPolicy.do$</from>
>>>>>>>>   <to>/PrivacyPolicy</to>
>>>>>>>> </outbound-rule>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The <outbound-rule> describes how to map something going from  
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> server to the browser,
>>>>>>>> and the (inbound) <rule> describes how to map what you mapped on
>>>>>>>> output (now coming back from the browser)
>>>>>>>> back into what you  need to see on input.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you removed the comment symbols in the <filter> element, you
>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>> detailed debugging ouptut.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>>>> Ken
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jul 28, 2008, at 6:16 PM, nilanthan wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks. I have looked at that before but am a bit confused
>>>>>>>>> about the
>>>>>>>>> instructions. Is there a good tutorial for this urlrewrite?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ken Bowen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Apply a rewrite filter (http://tuckey.org/urlrewrite/) to map
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> ip
>>>>>>>>>> expression to what you want.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ken
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 28, 2008, at 5:36 PM, nilanthan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So what Can I do so that that domain goes to that address but
>>>>>>>>>>> shows
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> domain in the address bar?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Yuval Perlov wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Where ever you forward, that's what the address bar shows
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 28, 2008, at 7:45 PM, nilanthan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have a website hosted on netfirms. I have a  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> domain,exmaple,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mydomain.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and it forwards to an address http:/xx.xx.xxx.xx:8080/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> folder1/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> welcome.action
>>>>>>>>>>>>> where xx is the ip of the server.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Im runningTomcat 5.5 alone without apache. The problem is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a users
>>>>>>>>>>>>> goes to www.mydomain.com, it takes them to the site but in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> address bar
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it shows http:/xx.xx.xxx.xx:8080/folder1/welcome.action
>>>>>>>>>>>>> instead of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mydomain.com.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is this an issue with DNS or something in Tomcat? I will  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>>> multiple sites
>>>>>>>>>>>>> running in the future so I cannot place the site folder in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ROOT
>>>>>>>>>>>>> directory.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
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