Thanks! That was it. had to add it to the 0000_any_80_.conf file in /etc/apache2/sites/ Man, I read a lot of stuff in a lot of places on mod_rewrite, and nothing mentioned the config files in the sites dir, so I added a bit to the wiki at:
http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WO/Deployment-Apache Hope it's not too simplistic, but something like that would have saved me some time and angst. Jeff On Nov 3, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Dev WO wrote: > Hello Jeff, > > On your server you may have virtual host setup, so the rewrite rule has to be > put inside the virtual host configuration /etc/apache2/sites/ for each site > that need it. > > Xavier > > > >> Did this on my dev machine and it worked great, but on my leopard server >> deployment machine I added the same entry in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf and no >> dice. The shorter URL's are being output from my app using the Wonder >> er.extensions.ERXApplication.replaceApplicationPath properties, but I get >> the "requested URL not found" error when I click on one of them. Nothing in >> the rewrite.log file. Is there some other property to set in httpd.conf or >> elsewhere? >> >> Thanks, >> Jeff >> >> >> On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Kieran Kelleher wrote: >> >>> Finally! Searching the apache docs more, I found another option PT, the >>> passthrough option, that specifically refers to this being needed for >>> mod_alias or using mod_rewrite with any other modules that do >>> URI-to-filename mapping or translation. >>> >>> The final working rewrite rule is: >>> >>> <IfModule rewrite_module> >>> # rewrite logging >>> RewriteLog "/var/log/apache2/rewrite.log" >>> >>> # PURL feature >>> RewriteEngine On >>> RewriteRule ^/purl/(.*)$ >>> /cgi-bin/WebObjects/cheetah.woa/-52040/wa/PurlAction/purl?p=$1 [PT] >>> </IfModule> >>> >>> Thanks for the mind-prodding guys. >>> >>> Now it is working in apache2 on my dev machine. Hopefully apache 1.3 will >>> be similar configuration when I deploy this feature in a few days. >>> >>> Regards, Kieran >>> >>> On Apr 16, 2009, at 10:28 AM, Kieran Kelleher wrote: >>> >>>> I added an [R] option on the end of the rule to force an external redirect >>>> and it works, albeit the URL in the browser address bar becomes the ugly >>>> one. So, at least this is returning the page ... not let's see if I can >>>> make it do without an external redirect so that the short URL stays in the >>>> browser address bar .... (since the marketing design spec wants the short >>>> URL) >>>> >>>> <IfModule rewrite_module> >>>> # rewrite logging >>>> RewriteLog "/tmp/rewrite.log" >>>> >>>> # PURL feature >>>> RewriteEngine On >>>> RewriteRule ^/purl/(.*)$ >>>> /cgi-bin/WebObjects/cheetah.woa/-52040/wa/PurlAction/purl?p=$1 [R] >>>> </IfModule> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 16, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Kieran Kelleher wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am using WO 5.3 on leopard with apache 2.2.9. The wo module is coming >>>>> before rewrite module in httpd.conf: >>>>> LoadModule WebObjects_module >>>>> /System/Library/WebObjects/Adaptors/Apache2.2/mod_WebObjects.so >>>>> LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so >>>>> >>>>> Further investigation shows that each time I try to access the short URL, >>>>> I see the following error in the apache error_log: >>>>> [Thu Apr 16 10:12:15 2009] [error] [client ::1] File does not exist: >>>>> /Library/WebServer/Documents/cgi-bin >>>>> >>>>> So just maybe the rewrite rule is working but the result may be >>>>> conflicting with mod_alias which has a scriptalias entry for the wo >>>>> cgi-bin??? >>>>> >>>>> Does that ring any bells with anyone? >>>>> >>>>> Kieran >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 16, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Mike Schrag wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> if you're rewriting to wo instances, you need to make sure the ordering >>>>>> of your modules is right, too ... in 5.3 (i don't know about 5.4), the >>>>>> order of the modules was wrong -- you have to make mod_webobjects come >>>>>> before mod_rewrite (iirc). >>>>>> >>>>>> ms >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:25 AM, Kieran Kelleher wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello list, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Well when Brian Moore said mod_rewrite was voodoo >>>>>>> (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/), I was skeptical, but now I >>>>>>> believe him! I need some help for what I think should be a pretty >>>>>>> simple rewrite rule. I am currently trying to get this to work >>>>>>> initially on my development machine, and I keep getting a 404 "Not >>>>>>> Found" message from apache (version 2.2.9). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The rule is supposed to take convert URLs like this : >>>>>>> http://localhost/purl/KieranKelleher >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and rewrite them like this (on my dev machine): >>>>>>> http://localhost/cgi-bin/WebObjects/cheetah.woa/-52040/wa/PurlAction/purl?p=KieranKelleher >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have added this to the end of my /etc/apache2/httpd.conf just before >>>>>>> the last 2 includes at the end of the file (other/*.conf and WO >>>>>>> apache.conf) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <IfModule rewrite_module> >>>>>>> # rewrite logging >>>>>>> RewriteLog "/tmp/rewrite.log" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> # PURL feature >>>>>>> RewriteEngine On >>>>>>> RewriteRule ^/purl/(.*)$ >>>>>>> /cgi-bin/WebObjects/cheetah.woa/-52040/wa/PurlAction/purl?p=$1 >>>>>>> </IfModule> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I can confirm that when I restarted apache it creates the >>>>>>> /tmp/rewrite.log if it does not exist, however nothing gets written >>>>>>> there. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have studied the docs, the wiki docs and many examples. 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