Re: [ajug-members]: Tomcat configuration question

[Christopher Fowler <cfowler@outpostsentinel.com>]

localhost looks for the phrase localhost in the GET command from the
browser.  When I did change my 192.168.2.4 to localhost in server.xml I
got a 404 error from Apache.  I'm using Apache + Tomcat.

On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 08:08, Ed Jenkins wrote:
> I belive that's why it says "localhost" -- so you can change the IP address if needed and not have
> to change this file.
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- Christopher Fowler <cfowler@outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> > Below is a sample server.xml from O'Reilly book:
> > 
> > <Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN" debug="0">
> >   <Service name="Tomcat-Standalone">
> >     <Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector"
> >                port="8080" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75"
> >                enableLookups="true" redirectPort="8443"/>
> >     <Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector"
> >                port="8443" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75"
> >                acceptCount="10" debug="0" scheme="https" secure="true"/>
> >       <Factory className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteServerSocketFactory"
> >                clientAuth="false" protocol="TLS" />
> >     </Connector>
> >     <Engine name="Standalone" defaultHost="localhost" debug="0">
> >       <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps"
> >            unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> >         <Context path="" docBase="ROOT" debug="0"/>
> >         <Context path="/orders" docBase="/home/ian/orders" debug="0"
> >                  reloadable="true" crossContext="true">
> >         </Context>
> >       </Host>
> >     </Engine>
> >   </Service>
> > </Server>
> > 
> > My question is can I disable ther virtual host to web app mapping?  If
> > a user wants to access the server with http://<ip address>  I do not want to have
> > to enter that address into the <host name="<ip>"> tag each time the
> > IP address changes.  I would like the app to be available to anyone no matter what
> > the server is called.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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