[opencms-dev] Rename opencms servlet to /

[Yves Glodt]

I self reply again...

I found no way making OpenCms work with /* as path for the 
OpenCmsServlet. Then urlrewrite came into my mind and I found this:

http://www.tangmonk.com/km/removeOpencmsPrefix.html

and it works AFAICS

Best regards

On Wednesday 15 July 2009, Yves Glodt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a situation where Tomcat6/win64 is in a DMZ behind an
> Microsoft ISA, and I can not use a front-apache httpd. I use opencms
> 7.5-jpa with Firebird 2.1.
>
> Now the old story: I need to remove the /opencms/opencms prefix.
> The first one I got rid of by installing as ROOT,war
>
> I managed to rename the second /opencms to /web, and it works as
> well. But as soon as I name it / I get 404 errors.
>
> What I did is:
> 1. Changed the <context-param> called "OpenCmsServlet" from
> "/opencms/*" to "/*" 2. Changed the <servlet-mapping> for
> "OpenCmsServlet" from "/opencms/*" to "/*" and nothing else.
> opencms-importexport was not touched.
>
>
> Are there some special steps to take to rename the opencms-servlet?
>
>
> Thanks in advance and best regards,
> Yves