[opencms-dev] Remove /opencms/opencms from URL (ray)

[RaEmanuel at aol.com]

Hi,

I had the same problem and agree, that the posted pdf of al-arenal.de doesen´t work proper.

I did the following steps to solve the problem (LINUX):

1) I installed the apache2 web-server and configured apache with mod_rewrite and mod_proxy:
  # ./configure --prefix=/<dir>/apache2 \
                --enable-rewrite --enable-rewrite=shared \
                --enable-proxy --enable-proxy=shared \
                --enable-ssl ----enable-ssl=shared

2) I installed the mod_jk.so too that Apache connect to Tomcat and use Tomcat like a servlet runner. Here is a tutorial I used:
http://www.galatea.com/flashguides/apache-tomcat-24-unix.xml

3) After this I edit the ./<tomcatdir>/conf/server.xml and defined the virtual domains (<hosts>) i need. Take care, that Tomcat starts normal on port 8080.

4) If you start Tomcat, a file called "./<tomcatdir>/conf/auto/mod_jk.conf" (the file is included by httpd.conf - see tutorial before) will be automaticly created from the source file ./server.xml. Edit "./<tomcatdir>/conf/auto/mod_jk.conf", skip to the first domain an include following apache rewrite statement:
      RewriteEngine   on
      RewriteLog      "/<directory>/rewrite.log
      RewriteLogLevel 1
      RewriteRule     ^/(.*)$     /opencms/opencms/$1   [PT]

With this statement you create an Apache PassThru and the "/opencms/opencms" should be rid off.

I hope this is helpful!

Ray