enable tomcat support for temporary URL

[ronniev]

How to enable tomcat support for temporary/testing URL (ex: http://hostname/~username )

If you want to enable tomcat for temporary/testing URL then refer below steps :

1] root@server[#] vi /usr/local/jakarata/tomcat/conf/server.xml

Add the below code in server.xml file for virtual host entry tab

 <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.startup.UserConfig"
 directoryName="public_html" homeBase="/home"
 userClass="org.apache.catalina.startup.HomesUserDatabase"/>

For example :

<Host name="hostname" appBase="/usr/local/apache/htdocs">
          <Alias>www.hostname</Alias>

<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.startup.UserConfig"
directoryName="public_html" homeBase="/home"
userClass="org.apache.catalina.startup.HomesUserDatabase"/>

          <Context path="" reloadable="true" docBase="/usr/local/apache/htdocs" debug="1"/>
          <Context path="/manager" debug="0" privileged="true"
              docBase="/usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/server/webapps/manager">
         </Context>
 </Host>

Save and quit.

2] Then open the httpd.conf file and search the virtual host entry for the server's hostname and add the line.

For Apache 1 :

Include "/usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/1/nobody/hostname/*.conf"

For Apache 2 :

Include "/usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/2/nobody/hostname/*.conf"

For ex:

<VirtualHost serverip:80>
    ServerName hostname
    DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs
    ServerAdmin cpanel@eukhost.com
    <IfModule mod_suphp.c>
        suPHP_UserGroup nobody nobody
    </IfModule>
Include "/usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/1/nobody/hostname/*.conf"
</VirtualHost>

Same for https

<VirtualHost serverip:443>
.
.
.
.
Include "/usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/1/nobody/hostname/*.conf"
</VirtualHost>

save and quit.

3] After that create the folder
root@server[#] mkdir -p /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/1/nobody/hostname/

root@server[#] vi /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/1/nobody/hostname/cp_jkmount.conf

Then insert the below code:

<IfModule mod_jk.c>
  JkMount /*.jsp ajp13
  JkMount /servlet/* ajp13
  JkMount /servlets/* ajp13
  JkMount /*.* ajp13
 JkMount /* ajp13
 JkMount /*.jspx ajp13
</IfModule>

Save and Quit.

Note : Restart Tomcat and Apache services.

Note : Replace "hostname" with your server original host name.

That's all you are done.

[Cristiano]

Thanks Ronnie for sharing it. I have been searching for such a solution. Much appreciated
This will surely help the users who wish to test the website during the website development process.