Hi,
I have installed both apache2 and tomcat7 on my ubuntu14.04 droplet. Apache is running on default port 80 and tomcat7 on 8080. I have an application deployed on tomcat and to access it, the url looks like:
www.mysite.com:8080/Application_name/
But i want my application to come up when user just enters www.mysite.com
How to configure this?
As you are already running Apache, the easiest way to do this would be to set it up as a reverse proxy in front of Tomcat.
First, make sure mod_proxy is enabled by running:
- sudo a2enmod proxy
- sudo a2enmod proxy_http
- service apache2 restart
Then create a new virtual host in a file named /etc/apache2/sites-available/tomcat.conf In it, you can configure it to point your domain to your Tomcat app:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.mysite.com
ProxyRequests On
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/Application_name/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/Application_name/
</VirtualHost>
Note that the ServerName directive is important. Make sure that the virtual host for what Apache is already serving on port 80 also has ServerName set so that Apache can route the requests correctly.
Finally, enable the site and reload Apache:
- sudo a2ensite tomcat
- sudo service apache2 reload
Now visiting www.mysite.com should display the Tomcat application.
Hi Andrew,
It works. Thanks for helping me out.
But i got a small issue. My application is loading when user hits the url ’www.mysite.com’ but when i try to do ‘mysite.com’, it loads the default index page of apache webserver. How can i redirect request to mysite.com to my application?
Should i add another entry for it in the tomcat.conf?
Thanks,
Iam
Check out this tutorial for instructions on setting up a redirect.
Thank you for helping .
I have a problem
When I follow your steps, bd does not work
Please help me
Is much better use modjk instead of use modproxy.
https://github.com/CristianCardosoA/Install-mod_jk-on-apache-HTTPD