[opencms-dev] Problems with Apache & tomcat & OpenCms as root

[T Reaves]

Hello all.

I have OpenCms 6 setup as root on two machines: my server, and now,  
my workstation.  My server works fine, and I can do everything I'm  
supposed to be able to.  Great. My workstation I'm having trouble  
with.  On my workstation, when I get the login page (/system/login/)  
and enter my username/passowrd and hit enter, I am redirected back to  
the same page.  Not to the admin console.

My workstation is running different software; tomcat 5.5 instead of  
5.0 is the biggest difference.  My server is Apache2 2.0.49 and my  
workstation is 2.0.52.  Both were set up using the instructions in  
the docs.  I'm using dns to three domains on my server, and three  
near-matching dev domains on my workstation.

Now, if in opencms-system.xml I use <workplace-server>http:// 
localhost:8080</workplace-server> instead of <workplace-server>http:// 
myLocalSite</workplace-server>, I can login.  But the trouble is that  
now my admin console is using tomcat directly and as context in the  
URL, so absolute references (like for CSS * JS) no longer work.

So I think the issue may be with the apache proxy, but I'm using the  
exact same config file, with only root directory and hostname (to  
match my dev machine) different. Another reason I suspect the proxy  
is that when I use the localhost:8080, apache stops logging access  
requests when I log in, whereas the myLocalSite continues to show the  
requests.


I'd be very appreciative if someone could & would help with this.

Thanks.