Post date: Apr 9, 2011 1:12:40 PM
Scenario:
I have use Apache Web server, it was listening on port 7777, if any request came from port:7777 means i need forward that request to another web container (Tomcat) which is listening on port:8080.
Solution:
Open the Apache Software installation folder, in my machine it was installed on following path
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf\extra
Here you will find the httpd-vhosts.conf file, this is the we need to configure in order to diver the request,
httpd-vhosts.conf file contain following information
#
# Virtual Hosts
#
# If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
# use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
# IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
#
# Please see the documentation at
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/>
# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
#
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.
#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
#NameVirtualHost *:80
LISTEN 7777
NameVirtualHost *:7777
#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.greateindiaclub.com
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/docs/dummy-host.greateindiaclub.com"
ServerName dummy-host.greateindiaclub.com
ServerAlias www.dummy-host.greateindiaclub.com
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.greateindiaclub.om-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.greateindiaclub.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
Here we said to container please listen port 7777
LISTEN 7777
NameVirtualHost *:7777
when request come for this port please forward the request to port 8080
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.greateindiaclub.com
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/docs/dummy-host.greateindiaclub.com"
ServerName dummy-host.greateindiaclub.com
ServerAlias www.dummy-host.greateindiaclub.com
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.greateindiaclub.om-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.greateindiaclub.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
if i requested for http://localhost:7777/SampleXML/Books.xml to Apache server
means it internally forward that request to
http://localhost:8080/SampleXML/Books.xml which is running on TomCat.