How to set up JSPWiki as Tomcat's Root context with an Apache frontend#
My solution goes like this, probably there is an easier way.
- Apache as frontend listening on port 80
- JSPWiki as root context
- ShortURLConstructor
- Container managed security
JSPWiki as root context#
- delete Tomcat's ROOT context
- put a Context element below a Host element into Tomcat's conf/server.xml <Context path="" docBase="/my/path/to/JSPWiki"/>
ShortURLConstructor#
ShortURLConstructor is used to get consistent /wiki prefixes for all pages and actions
Apache as frontend listening on port 80#
This is the ugly part. You have to describe to Apache which pages should go to Tomcat. As JSPWiki is ROOT context, there is no common prefix like /JSPWiki neither you can use .jsp as I like the ShortURLConstructor syntax. So you have to configure all possible prefixes to go to Tomcat:
JkMount /wiki* MyJKAlias JkMount /templates* MyJKAlias JkMount /scripts* MyJKAlias JkMount /images* MyJKAlias JkMount /attach* MyJKAlias JkMount /Login.jsp* MyJKAlias JkMount /Logout.jsp* MyJKAlias JkMount /Search.jsp* MyJKAlias JkMount /Comment.jsp* MyJKAlias JkMount /Rename.jsp* MyJKAlias JkMount /Upload.jsp* MyJKAlias JkMount /UserPreferences.jsp* MyJKAlias JkMount /j_security_check* MyJKAlias
Probably there are more which I might have overlooked.
This could be easier if at least templates, scripts and images were below a common /static and the .jsp could be replaced by servlets. j_security_check is defined by the Servlet spec. Chances are that /templates clashes with other content Apache serves.
Maybe I'll open a Jira Bug.
Cheers, Juergen