Domain for AwareIM installation

robleer

Hi,

How do I link a domain to a server with a AwareIM installation?

I have my domain pointing to the IP adres of the server, but where in the TomCat installation do I have to add a file like 'index.html', so the server responds with a landing page?

On that landing page I want to make a button which leads the user to the /AwareIM/logon.aw so he can logon.

Is there somewhere a description how to add a domain to a webserver with a AwareIM/Tomcat webserver?

Bye,

Rob

customaware

Rob
You need to add a Virtual Host tag to the server.xml
file under Tomcat/conf

There is a lot of documentation on Google on how to do
it.

It is late here now but I can send you an example tomorrow
if you get stuck and can't work it out.

hpl123

Mark,
Actually, do you mind sharing the how to here? I usually do a quickfix via DNS but isn´t the prettiest solution and this also doesn´t work for multiple domains.

Thanks

BenHayat

eagles9999 wrote
Rob
You need to add a Virtual Host tag to the server.xml
file under Tomcat/conf

There is a lot of documentation on Google on how to do
it.

It is late here now but I can send you an example tomorrow
if you get stuck and can't work it out.

I can use any docs you have on installation as well.
Thanks in advance!

robleer

I googled it already and cannot really find out how to do it. Thats why I ask for help here. Tia rob

customaware

Not sure what you googled Rob but when I use 'multiple domains tomcat' I get a heap of stuff and most pretty much lay it out.
Anyway, here is a shortcut.

In your server.xml file you can see the default localhost Host...
<Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="logs"
prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b" />
</Host>

Now you want you web site landing page for robapps.com

Create a folder under Tomcat/webapps called robapps and put your entire website in there and you index.html file also.

Now back in server.xml after the <Host></Host> tag above.... add this....

<Host name="www.robapps.com" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
<Alias>robapps.com</Alias>
<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="logs"
prefix="myfirstapp_access_log." suffix=".txt"
pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b"/>
<Context path="" docBase="robapps" debug="0" reloadable="true"/>
</Host>

Save it and restart Aware. Make sure Tomcat restarts.
It will take a few minutes to work thru everything but you should be able to hit the site with your domain name http://www.robapps.com and you landing
page from Tomcat/webapps/robapps/index.html should load

Hope that works for you.

robleer

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your help.

But this did not work. It creates another, new website and the webserver does not recognize this as the default site.

I found out that when you create a /ROOT folder in the webapps folder, and then put an index.html there, it works. Thats all you have to do.

Bye,

Rob

customaware

Hi Rob,

Yes, creating a ROOT folder does work and indeed that is how I first got mine to work.

However, I have since learnt that that is not really the most preferred solution especially if you find you have the need to run
any additional domains or sub-domains on the same machine.

I ended up getting a "expert" (if there is such a thing) to give me a hand sorting mine out when I wanted to add a second domain. I have run up to 4 domains on the
same machine without issue.

The solution I set you in the earlier post certainly works for me as I essentially just cut and pasted it from my server. So, I guess you might have had some small minor
setting incorrect.

Anyway, if the solution you are now using fits the bill then that's great.

robleer

Hi Mark,

Ok, thats clear. It does work for now .

Thanks for your help.

Rob

hpl123

Thanks for sharing Mark 🙂.