Unable to rewrite url for tomcat using Apache

[cool_jack]

Hi,

I have setup mod_jk so that it sent the requests to a particular folder from apache to tomcat(it is working fine). Following is what I have setup in my httpdconfig file;

  # Mod_jk settings
#
JkWorkersFile "conf/workers.properties"
JkLogFile "logs/mod_jk.log"
JkLogLevel info
JkMount /GeekMantra default
JkMount /GeekMantra/* default
# End of mod_jk settings 

So whenever I type

http://localhost/GeekMantra

it send request to tomcat and jsp files are parsed by tomcat.

Now I am trying add rewrite rules for dynamic urls using mod_rewrite and following is what I have setup in httpdconfig file.

<VirtualHost localhost:8080>
# ServerAdmin [e-mail]
# DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com
  ServerName localhost
 # ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
# CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule GeekMantra/subsection/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/$ /GeekMantra/subsection?$1=$2&$3=$4 [PT]
</VirtualHost> 

My Dynamic url look like this,

http://localhost/GeekMantra/subsection?section=JSP&subSection=first

After rewrite it comes in this form,

http://localhost/GeekMantra/subsection/section/JSP/subSection/first/

But the rewrite is not working it is showing

HTTP Status 404 - /GeekMantra/subsection/section/JSP/subSection/first/ 

I really can't able to figure out why rewrite rule is not able to be implemented in this way or Am I missing some thing?.

A help in this would highly appreciated.

Thanks.
Mahavir.

[jdMorgan]

It is possible that your server is configured such that mod_JK gets control and passes the request to your Tomcat back-end before mod_rewrite can be applied. In Apache 1.x, modules are executed in the reverse order that they appear in the LoadModule list. Therefore, mod_rewrite must be placed *after* mod_JK in your LoadModule list; otherwise, it will never get control and your rules will not be executed.

In Apache 2.x, module execution order is controlled by an "internal priority scheme" and that is the only description I know of, so I can't give you nay more information than that... :(

Jim

[cool_jack]

Thanks for your reply but I am using Apache 2.0.63. Thanks anyway for you kind reply...will try to figure out..but I did what all I can do.