Apache mod_rewrite : RewriteRule to pass requests tomcat application

Question

I am having difficulty defining a correct RewriteRule to forward requests to an application running in tomcat. I have apache with mod_rewrite enabled as well as tomcat setup with an application mounted with mod_jk. Without a virtual host, I can browse to the following url without issue. (context being the application running in tomcat)

http://www.domain.com/context

How do I configure the RewriteRule to pass requests from domain.com to the application running in tomcat.

http://www.domain.com --> http://www.domain.com/context

Here is what my current virtual host file looks like

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName www.domain.com

        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
                RewriteEngine On
                RewriteRule \/$ /context [L]
        </Directory>

        <Directory /var/www/html/context/>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
                Order allow,deny                                         
                allow from all                                           
        </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

This will pass the request from domain.com to a directory named context in /var/www/html. How do I override the default apache setup to pass the request to the application running in tomcat?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Thanks. My RewriteRule is working in a sense, its passing the request to a directory named after my tomcat application in apache web directory (/var/www/html/context). I need to override this so that the request get passed to tomcat, not to the context directory in apache. — Mike Croteau, Jan 27 '15 at 23:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 27 '15 at 23:30

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Something like this, where localhost:8080 is where your tomcat server is running.

RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://localhost:8080/context/$1 [L,P]

edited Jan 27 '15 at 23:30

mefju

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answered Jan 27 '15 at 23:09

Julia Leder

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Thanks. I gave that a try but got 'You don't have permission to access / on this server.' – Mike Croteau Jan 27 '15 at 23:21
Try adding "Allow from all" to the first Directory section Allow from all – Julia Leder Jan 27 '15 at 23:39
I tried a couple variations with the information you gave, was unable to get to work. I did however find a workable solution. Thanks – Mike Croteau Jan 28 '15 at 00:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '15 at 01:21

I edited my virtual host file. I added the JkMount inside the virtual host file instead of 000-default.conf and was able to get apache to pass the request to the tomcat application instead of the folder in apaches web directory. I also now have 2 virtual host files, one for the main domain and the other for the domain without www. prefix. Here is what they look like :

www_domain.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerName www.domain.com

        JkMount /context* ajp13_worker

        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
                RewriteEngine On
                RewriteRule \/$ /context [L]
        </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

domain.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName domain.com

        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteRule \/$ http://www.domain.com [L] 
</VirtualHost>

Apache mod_rewrite : RewriteRule to pass requests tomcat application

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