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hguiney

Preferred Method of Virtual Hosting eXist Under Apache/Tomcat

Hey All,

I'm using VirtualHosts to serve subdomains under Apache HTTP Server. I
would like to map eXist, currently being served by Tomcat, to a
dedicated subdomain, without specifying the port or context paths. So
instead of http://mywebsite.com:8080/exist/ I can just go to
http://exist.mywebsite.com/

I was able to get close to what I wanted using [this
configuration](http://exist.sourceforge.net/production_web_proxying.html#d1956e342)
removing the `/db/mywebsite.com/` parts, but when I try to log in to
the admin panel I get (in raw HTML):

`<html><head><title>XQueryServlet Error</title><link rel="stylesheet"
type="text/css" href="error.css"></link></head><body><h1>Error
found</h1>
<div class='message'><b>Message: </b>Cannot read source file</div><div
class='description'>/usr/share/tomcat7/webapps/exist/exist/admin/admin.xql</div></body></html>`

…which seems to suggest the base exist/ context path is hardcoded
somewhere. Is there a solution to this? I tried `mod_proxy_html`
following [this
tutorial](http://dltj.org/article/apache-httpd-and-tomcat/) but only
got server errors. Would `mod_proxy_xml` do the trick? Or is there
another, preferred method?

Thanks!
-Hugh

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Loren Cahlander

Re: Preferred Method of Virtual Hosting eXist Under Apache/Tomcat

Have you tried the setup that is documented here: http://exist-db.org/exist-stack.html#d1931e1118 ?

On Dec 19, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Hugh Guiney wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> I'm using VirtualHosts to serve subdomains under Apache HTTP Server. I
> would like to map eXist, currently being served by Tomcat, to a
> dedicated subdomain, without specifying the port or context paths. So
> instead of http://mywebsite.com:8080/exist/ I can just go to
> http://exist.mywebsite.com/
>
> I was able to get close to what I wanted using [this
> configuration](http://exist.sourceforge.net/production_web_proxying.html#d1956e342)
> removing the `/db/mywebsite.com/` parts, but when I try to log in to
> the admin panel I get (in raw HTML):
>
> `<html><head><title>XQueryServlet Error</title><link rel="stylesheet"
> type="text/css" href="error.css"></link></head><body><h1>Error
> found</h1>
> <div class='message'><b>Message: </b>Cannot read source file</div><div
> class='description'>/usr/share/tomcat7/webapps/exist/exist/admin/admin.xql</div></body></html>`
>
> …which seems to suggest the base exist/ context path is hardcoded
> somewhere. Is there a solution to this? I tried `mod_proxy_html`
> following [this
> tutorial](http://dltj.org/article/apache-httpd-and-tomcat/) but only
> got server errors. Would `mod_proxy_xml` do the trick? Or is there
> another, preferred method?
>
> Thanks!
> -Hugh
>
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> Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create
> new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the
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> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev
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hguiney

Re: Preferred Method of Virtual Hosting eXist Under Apache/Tomcat

I have now. I get a 400 Bad Request.

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Loren Cahlander
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Have you tried the setup that is documented here: http://exist-db.org/exist-stack.html#d1931e1118 ?
>
> On Dec 19, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Hugh Guiney wrote:
>
>> Hey All,
>>
>> I'm using VirtualHosts to serve subdomains under Apache HTTP Server. I
>> would like to map eXist, currently being served by Tomcat, to a
>> dedicated subdomain, without specifying the port or context paths. So
>> instead of http://mywebsite.com:8080/exist/ I can just go to
>> http://exist.mywebsite.com/
>>
>> I was able to get close to what I wanted using [this
>> configuration](http://exist.sourceforge.net/production_web_proxying.html#d1956e342)
>> removing the `/db/mywebsite.com/` parts, but when I try to log in to
>> the admin panel I get (in raw HTML):
>>
>> `<html><head><title>XQueryServlet Error</title><link rel="stylesheet"
>> type="text/css" href="error.css"></link></head><body><h1>Error
>> found</h1>
>> <div class='message'><b>Message: </b>Cannot read source file</div><div
>> class='description'>/usr/share/tomcat7/webapps/exist/exist/admin/admin.xql</div></body></html>`
>>
>> …which seems to suggest the base exist/ context path is hardcoded
>> somewhere. Is there a solution to this? I tried `mod_proxy_html`
>> following [this
>> tutorial](http://dltj.org/article/apache-httpd-and-tomcat/) but only
>> got server errors. Would `mod_proxy_xml` do the trick? Or is there
>> another, preferred method?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Hugh
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Write once. Port to many.
>> Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create
>> new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the
>> Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join
>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev
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>

Adam Retter

Re: Preferred Method of Virtual Hosting eXist Under Apache/Tomcat

In reply to this post by hguiney

My preferred method is to use nginx and eXist-db in minimal mode as also described in that production article. However if you are using Apache httpd and Tomcat together you could also look at mod_jk.

On Dec 20, 2011 2:45 AM, "Hugh Guiney" <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hey All,

I'm using VirtualHosts to serve subdomains under Apache HTTP Server. I
would like to map eXist, currently being served by Tomcat, to a
dedicated subdomain, without specifying the port or context paths. So
instead of http://mywebsite.com:8080/exist/ I can just go to
http://exist.mywebsite.com/

I was able to get close to what I wanted using [this
configuration](http://exist.sourceforge.net/production_web_proxying.html#d1956e342)
removing the `/db/<a href="http://mywebsite.com/`" target="_blank">mywebsite.com/` parts, but when I try to log in to
the admin panel I get (in raw HTML):

`<html><head><title>XQueryServlet Error</title><link rel="stylesheet"
type="text/css" href="error.css"></link></head><body><h1>Error
found</h1>
<div class='message'><b>Message: </b>Cannot read source file</div><div
class='description'>/usr/share/tomcat7/webapps/exist/exist/admin/admin.xql</div></body></html>`

…which seems to suggest the base exist/ context path is hardcoded
somewhere. Is there a solution to this? I tried `mod_proxy_html`
following [this
tutorial](http://dltj.org/article/apache-httpd-and-tomcat/) but only
got server errors. Would `mod_proxy_xml` do the trick? Or is there
another, preferred method?

Thanks!
-Hugh

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new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the
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hguiney

Re: Preferred Method of Virtual Hosting eXist Under Apache/Tomcat

mod_jk and Tomcat virtual hosts were just a nightmare to get running
correctly. I solved this by deploying the eXist WAR into the root
context and then just proxying to the same domain at 8080.

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 3:58 AM, Adam Retter <[hidden email]> wrote:

> My preferred method is to use nginx and eXist-db in minimal mode as also
> described in that production article. However if you are using Apache httpd
> and Tomcat together you could also look at mod_jk.
>
> On Dec 20, 2011 2:45 AM, "Hugh Guiney" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hey All,
>>
>> I'm using VirtualHosts to serve subdomains under Apache HTTP Server. I
>> would like to map eXist, currently being served by Tomcat, to a
>> dedicated subdomain, without specifying the port or context paths. So
>> instead of http://mywebsite.com:8080/exist/ I can just go to
>> http://exist.mywebsite.com/
>>
>> I was able to get close to what I wanted using [this
>>
>> configuration](http://exist.sourceforge.net/production_web_proxying.html#d1956e342)
>> removing the `/db/mywebsite.com/` parts, but when I try to log in to
>> the admin panel I get (in raw HTML):
>>
>> `<html><head><title>XQueryServlet Error</title><link rel="stylesheet"
>> type="text/css" href="error.css"></link></head><body><h1>Error
>> found</h1>
>> <div class='message'><b>Message: </b>Cannot read source file</div><div
>>
>> class='description'>/usr/share/tomcat7/webapps/exist/exist/admin/admin.xql</div></body></html>`
>>
>> …which seems to suggest the base exist/ context path is hardcoded
>> somewhere. Is there a solution to this? I tried `mod_proxy_html`
>> following [this
>> tutorial](http://dltj.org/article/apache-httpd-and-tomcat/) but only
>> got server errors. Would `mod_proxy_xml` do the trick? Or is there
>> another, preferred method?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Hugh
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Write once. Port to many.
>> Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create
>> new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the
>> Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join
>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev
>> _______________________________________________
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