For anyone experiencing similar problems, here are the VirtualHost settings that I used to fix my problems, provided by 'richardk' of
<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
ServerName domain1.com
ServerAlias www.domain1.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@domain1.com
ErrorLog /usr/var/log/vhosts/www.domain1.com-error_log
CustomLog /usr/var/log/vhosts/www.domain1.com-access_log combined
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/$ /cmsapp/homepage.html [PT,L]
RewriteRule ^/([a-z0-9_-]{1,30})$ /cmsapp/$1.do.html [NC,R=301,L]
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPass / http://1.2.3.111:8180/ #Tomcat Server
ProxyPassReverse / http://1.2.3.111:8180/
</VirtualHost>
: Hi all, I have a problem that I can't seem to find info on anywhere!
:
:
CURRENT SETUP:
: I'm running Apache 1.3 on Server_1 which directs all requests with
: JkMount to Server_2 which runs a home grown CMS application
:
: ('cmsapp') and a related application ('app1') on tomcat 5.
:
: The CMS application services 20+ domains, and the Apache server uses
: VirtualHosts for each of them. e.g:
:
:
<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
: ServerAdmin webmaster@domain1.com
: DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/data/vhosts
: ServerName domain1.com
: ServerAlias www.domain1.com
:
: ErrorLog /usr/var/log/vhosts/www.domain1.com-error_log
: CustomLog /usr/var/log/vhosts/www.domain1.com-access_log combined
:
: JkMount /cmsapp/* worker1
: JkMount /app1/* worker1
:
: <Directory "/usr/local/www/data/vhosts">
: RewriteEngine On
: RewriteBase /
: RewriteRule ^$ /cmsapp/homepage.html [L]
: RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30})$ /cmsapp/$1.do.html [R]
: </Directory>
: </VirtualHost>
:
: The RewriteRules (as I understand them) allow us to direct to a
: different default starting page for each domain name, as
:
: specified in the VirtualHost settings.
:
: This all works fine and there have been no real problems with this
: setup for over 2 years.
:
:
PROBLEM:
:
: An increase in the number of domains being managed by the CMS and
: the rise in traffic means our little tomcat server can't handle
:
: it fast enough! I really want to upgrade to Apache 2.2 and get rid
: of the JkMount setup and implement a reverse proxy so I can
:
: set up a cache for the Tomcat applications. This, I think, will
: alleviate the problems.
:
: But try as I might I can't get the setup to work! Maybe my
: VirtualHost settings are wrong for Apache2.2, maybe I don't know
:
: enough about Regex, but I think the problem is my lack of experience
: with mod_rewrite and mod_proxy.
:
: Below are the best settings I have found so far for the domain shown
: above. This resolves requests for specific pages and
:
: displays them properly, but the rewrite rules (which work for Apache
: 1.3) don't get executed. So instead of rewriting the request
:
: for 'http://www.domain1.com' to the default homepage for that
: domain, it just goes to the Tomcat default homepage,
:
: "$CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT/index.jsp":
:
:
<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
: ServerAdmin webmaster@domain1.com
: DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/data/vhosts
: ServerName domain1.com
: ServerAlias www.domain1.com
:
: ErrorLog /usr/var/log/vhosts/www.domain1.com-error_log
: CustomLog /usr/var/log/vhosts/www.domain1.com-access_log combined
:
: ProxyRequests Off
:
: ProxyPass / http://1.2.3.111:8180/ #Tomcat Server
: ProxyPassReverse / http://1.2.3.111:8180/
:
: <Directory "/usr/local/www/data/vhosts">
: RewriteEngine On
: RewriteBase /
: RewriteRule ^$ /cmsapp/homepage.html [L]
: RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,30})$ /cmsapp/$1.do.html[R]
: </Directory>
: </VirtualHost>
:
:
: I think the issue is something to do with the module order, but I
: can't figure out a solution. I read somewhere that one can
:
: leave out the 'ProxyPass' directive and just use 'RewriteRule' to
: send requests through a compiled-in mod_proxy. I tried setting
:
: that up but then I couldn't access any pages at all, with every
: request returning an HTTP 403 error message.
:
: Does anyone know how I can get the old RewriteRule directives to
: work and fix this problem?
