How do I redirect from Apache to Tomcat?

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Alan picture Alan · Mar 2, 2009 · Viewed 88.6k times · Source

I'm working on my first Java site. I'm running Apache Tomcat on port 8080, and Apache HTTPD on port 80. The current URL that I can access the site at is (for example) 123.4.5.6:8080. I want to remove the port number from the URL before I point the domain at the new IP.

At the moment I am only using Apache for phpmyadmin, however I plan on using it for CGI scripts and other stuff once I figure out mod_jk etc... So I don't want to change Tomcat's port to 80 and turn off Apache.

I hope this makes sense.

Answer

kgiannakakis picture kgiannakakis · Mar 2, 2009

The correct way to do things is to leave Apache at 80 and Tomcat at 8080 and use a plug in (preferably mod_proxy) to proxy Tomcat from Apache. mod_proxy would only take you 10 minutes to set up.

This how-to is very simple to follow.

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