httpd to tomcat proxy question regarding redirects

[f0rmat]

Hi there,
I have an apache(httpd) server that acts as a proxy to tomcat. I want to achieve the following, but am having a little bit of trouble..

I have a webapp deployed in tomcat called info.war. I can access this in tomcat via

http://localhost:8080/info/index.jsp

or.. I can go to

http://localhost/info

and have apache redirect me to tomcat to

http://localhost/info/index.jsp.

These both work fine.

What I need to achieve is this...

I need to be able to go to

http://localhost/parent/child/info

and have that redirect me to my info webapp(stored in /usr/local/tomcat/current/webapps/info/) at a url of

http://localhost/parent/child/info/index.jsp

(essentially the same as it's working above, just with a few more layers involved).

Where do I begin looking? Is this an apache change? or a tomcat change? Also, the change needs to not be a global change as I'm deploying this into a tomcat appserver that serves other applications, so it'll have to be specific to this one little guy.

Cheers,
-Derek

 

[IRudebwoy]

In your apache config file (or files) add [blue]index.jsp[/blue] to the existing [green]DirectoryIndex[/green] file list. Apache will serve these files when a directory is requested.

You can also use [green]AddDirectoryIndex[/green] if you want to add files to the list in a custom config file.

 

[elgrandeperro]

If you want to make this "local" enable indexes on the directory and use a DirectoryIndex in .htaccess.

Another easy way is if it goes to index.html, stick a metarefresh to index.jsp, which doesn't require a apache change.

 

[f0rmat]

I don't quite understand the responses. My server is already looking for index.jsp in the directory index, otherwise going to

http://localhost/info

would not bring up

http://localhost/info/index.jsp.

What I need to do is be able to go to

http://localhost/somename/someothername/info

and have that know that it is supposed to serve the webapp I have deployed in catalina_home/webapp/info. Currently the webapp is being served from localhost/info (which makes sense because it's deployed in the webapps container, as opposed in /root.

I need to do a redirect(or a re-route), not serve the jsp, that I have done already. I just don't know exactly how to achieve this redirect. I also, don't want to have to have

http://localhost/info/

a requirement to exist in able to do that.. i.e. i dont want

http://localhost/somename/someothername/info

to simply redirect to

http://localhost/info

I want it to become what exists at

http://localhost/info..

i.e. have my info webapp be served at the address of

http://localhost/somename/someothername/info.