Apache with Tomcat and url rewriting

[jmail]

Hell YES. This ^&(%^989&^%*(% Tomcat is now working for me like a
bleeding pig. Hell YES!!!! 12 hours of making this shit working. I am
dying :F

I haven't found anywhere instruction so I put this in here

Assumption data:

- site folder is f:/usr/htdocs/cfpages/site
- site folder is accessible by the Apache
- our site is http://localFirstCFWheels
- no mod_jk no mod URLFilter or how this shit is called
- pure apache rewrite rules
- Apache Tomcat 6.0.26 Server
- Apache 2.2.13 (and later)
- Railo 3.1.2.001
- Apache Tomcat is configured to listen on 8100 port


1. You need to install tomcat and railo (railo as a module - i don't
know how to call it. :D) good instruction in it is in here
http://corfield.org/entry/Railo_on_Tomcat__multiweb (just don't make
this part with hosts - we will make this in here)
2. You need to install apache with mod_rewrite and mod_proxy and
mod_proxy - there are a lot of tutorials about it just find in google
3. When you've got everything working then stop both servers (Tomcat
and Apache)
4. Go to the web.xml file located in Tomcat_Install_Path/conf end open
it in editor
5. Find this place with servlet-mapping (you were configuring this in
the 1. )
6. Add

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>CFMLServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/index.cfm/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>CFMLServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/rewrite.cfm/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

After

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>CFMLServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.cfc</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>


this will rule Tomcat to serve content from rewrited URL. Save web.xml
and close

7. Go to the server.xml file located in Tomcat_Install_Path/conf end
open it in editor. Scroll down to the end of the file and find
something like this

<Host name="localhost"

Scroll down to the last added host and add onethor one:

<Host name="localFirstCFWheels" appBase="webapps">
<Context path="" docBase="f:/usr/htdocs/cfpages/site"/>
<Alias>www.localFirstCFWheels</Alias>
</Host>

this will rule Tomcat to launch new host. Save server.xml and close

8. (on windows / xampp any system) Open ApacheInstallPath/conf/
httpd.conf and uncomment (or add at the end of the file)

Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

9. (on windows / xampp any system) Open ApacheInstallPath/conf/extra/
httpd-vhosts.conf and create new Virtual Host (If you are new to
VirtualHosts on Apache first find the tutorial on it)

a/ declaration

<VirtualHost *:80>

b/ ServerName and AliasName as usually in VirtualHost

ServerName localFirstCFWheels
ServerAlias localFirstCFWheels
DocumentRoot "f:/usr/htdocs/cfpages/site"
DirectoryIndex index.cfm

c/ secure your directory from browsing the files

<Directory "f:/usr/htdocs/cfpages/site/">
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

d/ Turn on rewrite engine for that host

RewriteEngine On

e/ Forbid open proxying

<LocationMatch "^[^/]">
Deny from all
</LocationMatch>

f/ Protect proxying

ProxyRequests Off

g/ Give Apache a chance to rewrite url's

ProxyPass / http://localFirstCFWheels:8100/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localFirstCFWheels:8100/

h/ Pass the oryginal host not the proxied

ProxyPreserveHost On

i/ use standard rewrite condition for CFWheels

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*/(flex2gateway|jrunscripts|cfide|
cfformgateway|railo-context|files|images|javascripts|miscellaneous|
stylesheets|robots.txt|sitemap.xml|rewrite.cfm)($|/.*$) [NC]

j/ and the last but not the least make rewrite rule

RewriteRule "^/(.*)" http://localFirstCFWheels:8100/rewrite.cfm/$1
[P,QSA,L]

10. Go to your cfwheels site, open the settings.cfm file add

<cfset set(urlRewriting="On")>

save and exit

11. Start Tomcat, start apache

12. GoTo http://localFirstCFWheels and enjoy your webapp hosted on the
Tomcat with full url rewrite



Why have I tested this and written this instruction? The anserw is
very simple. I still haven't found the option to install Railo on
GlassFish as a web module. And the Resin....

Sorry for theese words but Resin is just a piece of shit good for
developing but not for production. Maybe If you've got one site or
something. I've got a site with over 60.000 unique visitors per day.
On the same machine I've got the Apache with PHP and IIS with .NET and
I've got GlassFish which I must have. I have put there Resin and
started it. And that was the major mistake in my life. Resin has took
at the beggining over 300 MB of memory, and when I've started every
each appliaction written in CF it took over 1GB of RAM! An Tomcat?
Tomcat right now is making everything in about 150 MB of RAM.

And the most importand information is that Tomcat is much much fatser
then Resin. Reload of application took almost the same time as other
operations.

As for now I am shure that I will be trying to find way to install
Railo on GlassFish, but I have found a wonderfull alternative and a
wonderfull production server for my ColdFusion apps.

regards

jmail

[Mike Henke]

Thanks for the write up. May it can be cleaned up and put up one the
website. I really like how Github allows anyone to edit/add the wiki
as long as they are logged in. This would allow for people to clean
up/update documentation when they find something wrong, confusing, or
out of date.

On May 28, 1:39 am, jmail <ad...@jmail.pl> wrote:
> Hell YES. This ^&(%^989&^%*(% Tomcat is now working for me like a
> bleeding pig. Hell YES!!!! 12 hours of making this shit working. I am
> dying :F
>
> I haven't found anywhere instruction so I put this in here
>
> Assumption data:
>
> - site folder is f:/usr/htdocs/cfpages/site
> - site folder is accessible by the Apache

> - our site ishttp://localFirstCFWheels

> - no mod_jk no mod URLFilter or how this shit is called
> - pure apache rewrite rules
> - Apache Tomcat 6.0.26 Server
> - Apache 2.2.13 (and later)
> - Railo 3.1.2.001
> - Apache Tomcat is configured to listen on 8100 port
>
> 1. You need to install tomcat and railo (railo as a module - i don't

> know how to call it. :D) good instruction in it is in herehttp://corfield.org/entry/Railo_on_Tomcat__multiweb(just don't make

> ProxyPassReverse /http://localFirstCFWheels:8100/

>
> h/ Pass the oryginal host not the proxied
>
> ProxyPreserveHost On
>
> i/ use standard rewrite condition for CFWheels
>
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*/(flex2gateway|jrunscripts|cfide|
> cfformgateway|railo-context|files|images|javascripts|miscellaneous|
> stylesheets|robots.txt|sitemap.xml|rewrite.cfm)($|/.*$) [NC]
>
> j/ and the last but not the least make rewrite rule
>
> RewriteRule "^/(.*)"http://localFirstCFWheels:8100/rewrite.cfm/$1
> [P,QSA,L]
>
> 10. Go to your cfwheels site, open the settings.cfm file add
>
> <cfset set(urlRewriting="On")>
>
> save and exit
>
> 11. Start Tomcat, start apache
>

> 12. GoTohttp://localFirstCFWheelsand enjoy your webapp hosted on the

[jmail]

I don't now how to access github wiki, but I have placed this on my
blog

http://artykuly.jmail.pl/lang/en-en/2010/05/28/apache-przed-tomcatem-z-nadpisywaniem-url/

Maybe you will add a link?

regards

jmail

On 29 Maj, 15:15, Mike Henke <henkem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the write up.  May it can be cleaned up and put up one the
> website.  I really like how Github allows anyone to edit/add the wiki
> as long as they are logged in.   This would allow for people to clean
> up/update documentation when they find something wrong, confusing, or
> out of date.
>
> On May 28, 1:39 am, jmail <ad...@jmail.pl> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hell YES. This ^&(%^989&^%*(% Tomcat is now working for me like a
> > bleeding pig. Hell YES!!!! 12 hours of making this shit working. I am
> > dying :F
>
> > I haven't found anywhere instruction so I put this in here
>
> > Assumption data:
>
> > - site folder is f:/usr/htdocs/cfpages/site
> > - site folder is accessible by the Apache
> > - our site ishttp://localFirstCFWheels
> > - no mod_jk no mod URLFilter or how this shit is called
> > - pure apache rewrite rules
> > - Apache Tomcat 6.0.26 Server
> > - Apache 2.2.13 (and later)
> > - Railo 3.1.2.001
> > - Apache Tomcat is configured to listen on 8100 port
>
> > 1. You need to install tomcat and railo (railo as a module - i don't

> > know how to call it. :D) good instruction in it is in herehttp://corfield.org/entry/Railo_on_Tomcat__multiweb(justdon't make

> > 12. GoTohttp://localFirstCFWheelsandenjoy your webapp hosted on the

> > Tomcat with full url rewrite
>
> > Why have I tested this and written this instruction? The anserw is
> > very simple. I still haven't found the option to install Railo on
> > GlassFish as a web module. And the Resin....
>
> > Sorry for theese words but Resin is just a piece of shit good for
> > developing but not for production. Maybe If you've got one site or
> > something. I've got a site with over 60.000 unique visitors per day.
> > On the same machine I've got the Apache with PHP and IIS with .NET and
> > I've got GlassFish which I must have. I have put there Resin and
> > started it. And that was the major mistake in my life. Resin has took
> > at the beggining over 300 MB of memory, and when I've started every
> > each appliaction written in CF it took over 1GB of RAM! An Tomcat?
> > Tomcat right now is making everything in about 150 MB of RAM.
>
> > And the most importand information is that Tomcat is much much fatser
> > then Resin. Reload of application took almost the same time as other
> > operations.
>
> > As for now I am shure that I will be trying to find way to install
> > Railo on GlassFish, but I have found a wonderfull alternative and a
> > wonderfull production server for my ColdFusion apps.
>
> > regards
>

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