apache/tomcat - apache shows dir listing but when when jsp clicked...

[excession]

Hi.

This is starting to drive me mad!

I have apache2 and tomcat5 with mod_jk.

If I enter a url eg

http://localhost/myWebApp

apache returns a directory listing. If I click on the index.jsp file tomcat then serves the content correctly.

If I go to the url with

http://localhost:8080/myWebApp

then all is fine.

Two questions:
1) What could be wrong and how can I fix it?
2) Why didn't I get a job as a gardener?

 

[sedj]

Not sure about Apache, but in Tomcat :

To get Tomcat to serve up a default page when some goes to your webapp root, edit your webapp's web.xml :

<welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>my_index.jsp</welcome-file>
        <welcome-file>a_backup_page.jsp</welcome-file>

</welcome-file-list>

To turn off directory listings in Tomcat altogether, edit TOMCAT_HOME/conf/web.xml (the gloabl web.xml, not your webapp's one) and find the "default" servlet entry. Change :

        <init-param>
            <param-name>listings</param-name>
            <param-value>true</param-value>
        </init-param>

to :

        <init-param>
            <param-name>listings</param-name>
            <param-value>false</param-value>
        </init-param>

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[excession]

Ah, I think this is the crux of the problem. Tomcat is fine, hence when I specify the 8080 port all is ok. The problem seems to be that apache isn't forwarding the jsp pages to tomcat correctly.

When I get the dir listing, it isn't from tomcat - it's apache.

I try a post on the apache forum as well.