[opencms-dev] Legacy content support with OpenCMS as ROOT webapp in 6.2

[Jack Bakker]

I find the mod_jk / mod_rewrite way of connecting Apache and Tomcat for
OpenCms 6 to offer a lot of control including that which you are looking for
here. There's a tutorial on this approach at www.opencms-forum.de 

I say this because with mod_jk there is the 'no-jk' option which would allow
you to point certain paths to non-Tomcat resources.

..............................
Jack 


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From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of King, Dennis
Sent: March 10, 2006 3:14 PM
To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [opencms-dev] Legacy content support with OpenCMS
as ROOT webapp in 6.2

Hi All,
 
I'm busy running through an evaluation of OpenCMS, and am liking what I'm
seeing. However, I have to continue to support /cgi-bin functionality, and
some legacy content outside of OpenCMS, at least for a while. I followed the
Apache/Tomcat integration instructions in the 6.0 documentation to remove
/opencms/opencms from the URLs and it worked fine, even with Tomcat 5.5
instead of 4.x (wasn't sure the CoyoteConnector would be there). However,
though I can access my /cgi-bin directory without trouble because of this
entry (I think):
 
ProxyPass   /cgi-bin/   !
 
I also have this entry:
 
ProxyPass    /support/    !
 
but I am not able to access my $APACHE_DOC_ROOT/support directory unless I
add a symlink to it from $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/ROOT. I'd prefer not to have
to set up a bunch of symlinks to each directory I want to maintain legacy
content in. Is there a step I've missed or something I can do to achieve
this? It looks like someone else had a similar problem previously; I think
I've paid attention to the info at
 
http://mail.opencms.org/pipermail/opencms-dev/2005q1/015845.html
OpenCMS so far seems to rock! I'm hoping to continue to be impressed.
Thanks!
 
Dennis
 
Apache 2.0.52
Tomcat 5.5
Java 1.4.2
 
My httpd.conf settings:
 
<VirtualHost *:80>
    <Directory "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/">
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
    ServerName www.mysite.com
    ServerAdmin admin at mysite.com
    DocumentRoot "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/"
    ErrorLog logs/error.log
   
    # Log only non-redirect requests in "normal" log file
    SetEnvIf Request_URI "\/opencms\/*" redirect
    CustomLog logs/localhost-access.log common env=!redirect
 
    ProxyPass         /cgi-bin/                 !
    ProxyPass         /support/                 !
    ProxyPass         /opencms/                 !
    RedirectPermanent /opencms/                 http://www.mysite.com
 
    ProxyPass         /resources/               !
    ProxyPass         /export/                  !
   
    ProxyPass         /                        
http://localhost:8081/opencms/
    ProxyPassReverse  /                        
http://localhost:8081/opencms/
</VirtualHost>