Mapping vitual servers to .war files

[stiphout]

Hi all --

Ok, so I have an ISP that's set up to give me three domains on one IP. Apache has virtual hosts set up for each of them in the httpd.conf file, and I have a .war for each of them, ready to go.

For instance, domain1.com has domain1.war, domain2.com has domain2.war, etc.

Problem is, best I can tell, the only way to get the sort of "default application" behavior that I want is to end up with URLs that look like this:

http://www.domain1.name/domain1/index.jsp

When I'd much prefer to have Jboss somehow say, "hey, this is domain1, so use the domain1.war for it."

I've tried to find this setting, but I've struck out. Am I missing something, or is there a fundamentally better way to architect these sites on this virtual host setup?

Thanks!!!
-Dutch

[jiwils]

It may be that the Apache module mod_jk2 is just what you are looking for. It provides smart connectivity/routing from Apache HTTPD to Tomcat instances.

There is a Wiki page describing how to install mod_jk2 into Apache HTTPD and how to configure it here:

http://www.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=UsingMod_jkWithJBoss

For more information, you can also consult the documentation/help pages on the mod_jk2 web site here:

http://archive.apache.org/dist/jakarta/tomcat-connectors/jk2/v2.0.0/doc/index.html

[stiphout]

Already using mod_jk2 - just can't figure out how to set it up to do what I mentioned in my first post...

[maheshkudva]

Hi

Were you able to figure out how to do it. I am also facing the same situation

Regards
Mahesh

[maheshkudva]

Thanks to all.

This setup has been tested on Apache2+JBoss+mod_jk-1.2.14_for MacOSX. And am sure it will work on other platforms as well. This setup also handles Apache related webapps..

Make the required entries in the DNS

webapp.war: Extract the war file using zip and rename the folder
with .war extension. Please put it in your deployment folder.

mod-jk.so: Obtain the modjk.so library file from www.apache.org and place then in the modules folder.

Apache-Virtual Host config
----------------------

NameVirtualHost *.*.*.*:80

<VirtualHost *.*.*.*:80>
 ServerName webapp.robosoft.co.in
 ServerAlias www.webapp.robosoft.co.in
 ServerAdmin root@localhost
 DocumentRoot /Volumes/Extra/jboss/server/default/deploy/webapp.war
 JkMount /* loadbalancer
 DirectoryIndex index.html index.jsp
 ErrorLog logs/webapp-error_log
 CustomLog logs/webapp-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
mod-jk.conf
================

LoadModule jk_module /opt/apache2/modules/mod_jk.so

JkWorkersFile /opt/apache2/conf/workers.properties
JkLogFile /opt/apache2/logs/mod_jk.log
JkLogLevel info
JkLogStampFormat "[%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y]"
JkOptions +ForwardKeySize +ForwardURICompat -ForwardDirectories
JkRequestLogFormat "%w %V %T"
JkMount /webapp.domain.com/*.jsp loadbalancer
JkMountFile /opt/apache2/conf/uriworkermap.properties
JkShmFile /opt/apache2/logs/jk.shm
<Location /jkstatus/>
 JkMount status
 Allow from all
</Location>

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Server.xml
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<Host name="webapp.domain.com" debug="0" appBase="deploy"
unpackWARs="true">
 <Alias>www.webapp.domain.com</Alias>
 <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
 directory="logs" prefix="webapp_log1." suffix=".log"
timestamp="true"/>
 <Context path=""
docBase="${jboss.server.home.dir}/deploy/webapp.war" debug="0"
reloadable="true"/>
 </Host>

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
uriworkermap.properties
================

/jmx-console=loadbalancer
/jmx-console/*=loadbalancer
/web-console=loadbalancer
/web-console/*=loadbalancer
/webapp.domain.com/*.jsp

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
workers.properties
================

worker.list=loadbalancer,status

worker.webapp.port=8009
worker.webapp.host=webapp.domain.com
worker.webapp.type=ajp13
worker.webapp.lbfactor=1
worker.webapp.cachesize=10

worker.loadbalancer.type=lb
worker.loadbalancer.balance_workers=library
worker.loadbalancer.sticky_session=1
worker.loadbalancer.local_worker_only=1
worker.list=loadbalancer

worker.status.type=status

Regards & Thanks
================
Mahesh S Kudva
Network Analyst
Robosoft Technologies