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The future of client/server deployment?

nikkorizz — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:35:23 -0800

How are people deploying web applications with client/server interaction these days? After a failed attempt at getting a Java servlet up using Apache Tomcat, I'm looking to see what else is out there. Ideally, I'd like to stick with JAVA, but I suppose it's also in my best interest to pick up other popular languages if that's seems to be where the flow is going.

Tomcat was useful, but documentation on it was sparse and outdated, and troubleshooting just to get the thing working was a pretty hairy experience. What's a good alternative?

Bonus points to employees that actually use said alternative for their own job. I'm not too worried about ease or interface, just as long as it's a technology that is well documented, meaning more than 100 articles/posts made about it within the past year!

Servlet Host Recommendations

badstone — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:52:19 -0800

Please recommend a good host of Java servlets, very preferably one that runs Tomcat 6. This question was asked once before, but that was in '05. I suspect the answer may be different now. My needs are not too intense. E.g. - the Bronze or Silver service here would be perfect, other than the fact that I don't know whether I should trust that particular company.

How do I force HTTPS in Tomcat (through Apache and mod_jk)?

purephase — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:56:41 -0800

I'm at my wit's end. I've been trying to configure tomcat (through apache 2 using mod_jk) to automatically re-direct all traffic to HTTPS from HTTP. More boring technical details to follow. Specifically, I'm trying to get CAS working. Tomcat is successfully serving-up the pages over HTTP and HTTPS and the application is working as expected. However, since this particular servlet handles user authentication I would like Tomcat to force HTTPS for all requests.

I have tried using isSecure() through JSP to redirect users but it simply puts the requests into an endless loop. I have tried the following configuration in the web.xml file (see Lukas Bradleys' answer) and it does force a redirect, but it uses the server hostname as the URL and not the proxied URL to the server (which means it doesn't work externally).

I've tried changing the hostname on the server but it continues to use the initial hostname which leads me to believe that this value is somewhere in the Tomcat configuration, but I cannot locate it.

So, is there an easier way to do this? Or, does anyone know where to look to modify that hostname to use the URL for the proxied site? Any assistance would be appreciated.