Apache 2.0, Tomcat 6.0, Java 6.0, htaccess subdomain

Howto to dynamically create subdomain with tomcat

[graveci]

I connected Apache 2.0 with Tomcat 6.0. It works correctly. Now, I have to write a htaccess for some rules.

1) redirect example.mobi to www.example.mobi
2) sample.example.mobi to /index.ex with subdomain parameter invisibly

When a user enters to sample.example.mobi, the adress in the adress bar should be,
"sample.example.mobi/index.ex" but I need to take the subdomain from my code.

3) Forbid the directory listing

And there are some others.

I read many posts and answers of JDMorgan to these topics. But my problem is I have to do it with tomcat and also I have to write the rewrite rules to httpd.conf.

I write a rule for no-www redirect. But it didn't work.

May you help? What should I consider for my case? If possible can you send some code snippets. I got a lot of from the other posts actually but the question is should I have to change somathing since it is tomcat?

[jdMorgan]

> sample.example.mobi, the adress in the adress bar should be, "sample.example.mobi/index.ex"

That's not really a very good idea, for two reasons:

First, it unnecessarily 'exposes' your filetypes to the client. This will cause problems in the future if you ever want/need/have to change your underlying technology -- say to use .php or .xhtm files.

And second, since we're talking .mobi here, including "index.ex" requires a longer URL to be typed-in if the user is trying to manually access or bookmark the page -- Not good with the inefficient text-entry on mobile devices. I would recommend making the root URL simply "/" and internally rewriting that to "/index.ex" using mod_dir's DirectoryIndex directive.

> 3) Forbid the directory listing

See Apache core Options -Indexes

The purpose of this forum is eductional. Therefore, we do not offer a "free code-writing service" here. If you would like to post the code you have tested, along with your test procedure and specific questions, we'll be very glad to help.

For example:

What code did you test?

What URLs did you request while testing?

What were the results of each test?

How did each actual result differ from your expectations and requirements?

Jim

[graveci]

Thanks for your response Jim.

I solved my problem but this time another occured.

I solved it by setting

JkOptions +ForwardURICompat

parameter and the rewrite rules that I found from your comments worked.

But this time, I am not able get the parameters for the rule below.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}!^/index\.jsp
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}!^www\.mydomain\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]+)\.mydomain\.com
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)\.html /index.jsp?user=%1&page=$1 [L]

For this rule,

When I typed trial.example.com/index.html, I see the index.jsp but I don't see the parameters user and page. and I am attaching the rewritelog

init rewrite engine with requested uri /index.html
rewrite /index.html -> /index.jsp?user=deneme&page=index
local path result: /index.jsp
prefixed with document_root to /usr/local/tomcat/path_to_app/ROOT/index.jsp
go-ahead with /usr/local/tomcat/path_to_app/ROOT/index.jsp [OK]

Probably, I missing a parameter again.

Thanks in advance.