[opencms-dev] opencms5.3.3 and mod_proxy

[Alexander Kandzior]

Guillermo,

configuration is almost identical to OpenCms 5.0 for this, so the
documentation module about mod_proxy is still mostly valid. The multiple
site configuration in OpenCms is now much more powerful so this part of the
documentation is different in OpenCms 6.0.

In general, configure httpd and Tomcat as described in the Document.

In opencms.properties, replace the following keys:

# The rfs prefix is used when writing the static resources to the "real"
file system
# The vfs prefix defines the context prefix for the OpenCms VFS
staticexport.prefix_rfs=${CONTEXT_NAME}/export
staticexport.prefix_vfs=${CONTEXT_NAME}${SERVLET_NAME}

with 

# The rfs prefix is used when writing the static resources to the "real"
file system
# The vfs prefix defines the context prefix for the OpenCms VFS
staticexport.prefix_rfs=${CONTEXT_NAME}/export
staticexport.prefix_vfs=${CONTEXT_NAME}

The ${CONTEXT_NAME} will be expanded to your web application name, but if
this is identical to the root context ROOT, then is will be expanded to the
empty String.

Also make sure the following is set correctly (change localhost/port to
comply with your configuration):

# The workplace site
site.workplace=http://localhost:8080

# List of configured site roots
# The format of the list entries is: (server url)|(vfs folder)
# e.g. http://localhost:8081|/sites/default/
site.root.list=http://localhost:8080|/sites/default/

Keep in mind that in the mod_proxy configuration, the local Tomcat is the
agent that actually accesses OpenCms (ie. localhost is usually fine). If you
want to add another site, do the following:

1. create a new folder in OpenCms, e.g. /sites/site2/ and publish
2. modify site configuration in opencms.properties, e.g.
site.root.list=\
http://localhost:8080|/sites/default/, \
http://localhost:8081|/sites/site2/
3. configure Tomcat/httpd accordingly to serve site2

Make sure you access the workplace only through the configured workplace
site, at least if you want to work on several OpenCms managed websites at
once.

With this configuration and the mod_proxy settings, contents in the default
site will be accessible through port 8080 and contents of the site2 site
will be accessible through port 8081. Of course with the mod_proxy
configuration you can have any other hostname(s) in front (ie. httpd.conf),
the 8080/8081 only goes in the Tomcat server.xml configuration. With the
mod_proxy setting as described, you can directly access the "root" folder of
your 2 sites, no servlet name or context name will be in the path.

Best Regards,
Alex.

Alexander Kandzior
Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
http://www.alkacon.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opencms-dev-admin at opencms.org 
> [mailto:opencms-dev-admin at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Guillermo Castro
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 7:48 PM
> To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
> Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] opencms5.3.3 and mod_proxy 
> (WAS:opencms5.0.1 and tomcat5.0.19)
> 
> 
> Well, I've decided that since I'm testing opencms, I would 
> get the latest version from cvs, compile it and install it on 
> my server. Sure enough, everything seems to be working out so far.
> 
> Now my problem is that I can't make it work with the example 
> documentation that explained how to integrate apache + tomcat 
> + mod_proxy. It seems there's no longer any option in the 
> opencms.properties to determine the root of the webapp, which 
> I changed from opencms to ROOT.
> 
> Does anyone have any pointers on this? thanks.
> 
> 
> Joachim Arrasz said:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> Now, do you have an idea on when will opencms support 
> tomcat 5? since 
> >> that's the latest release for tomcat, and since the solution seems 
> >> simple, I don't see why you can't upgrade opencms to xerces2.
> >
> > try the solution where the xerxersimpl.jar in 
> /tomcat/endorsed/ will 
> > be replaced with xerxes1_4_.jar from Opencms. This worked not 
> > everytime but most of the times i think!
> >
> > I think in the next major release from Opencms this issue 
> is resolved! 
> > This will be in 3.rd or 4.th quarter this year.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Kind Regards
> >
> > Joachim Arrasz
> >
> > Synyx oHG Karlsruhe, Germany
> >
> >
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