I have multiple jvm instance of tomcat application on a unix server and its running on different port.i would like to
redirect the port and uri.How can i achieve this with the help of apache. i heard we can do it using mod_proxy.

http://myapp.xx.com:18120/offers-service-main (Actual URL)


http://myapp.xx.com/offer -when the user access this url this should get redirect to http://myapp.xx.com:18120/offers-service-main


Currently when i access http://myapp.xx.com/offer i get 404 error.

one way to achieve this is to rename my exploded app name (offers-service-main) to offer. But i dont want to do that.anyway to achieve it.


This what i have done from my side.

1) installed apache 2.2 with mod_proxy


./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2.0 \
--enable-proxy \
--enable-proxy-connect \
--enable-proxy-http

2) Added the below config in apache


ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass /offer http://myapp.xx.com:18120/offers-service-main
ProxyPassReverse /offer http://myapp.xx.com:18120/offers-service-main

But the above configuration dosent seems to be work. Let me know if i need to do anything on the tomcat side. Thank you

It totally depends what your app wants to see... what is happening?? are the requests being forwarded at all? any tcp traffic? what about the tomcat logs?

HTTP Status 404 - /offer

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

type Status report

message /offer

description The requested resource (/offers) is not available.

right, but that's clearly not what you've configured is it? offer vs offers

i tried to access http://myapp.xx.com/offer but its not getting redirect. Is there anything i need to do from the tomcat side!

you need to actually pay attention to your logs and investigate. There are a number of things involved in this that could be failing. You can't just say "it doesn't work" and expect a fix. I've already told you to look at your logs and look for network traffic etc, so you should do that.