There is a bunch of step by step tutorials and good references about putting Apache in front of Tomcat around net. Nevertheless, I wrote this article, mainly for myself, in case I come up with same requirement in sometime later. First, let me give a little background information about problem. We have served JIRA through […]
Category: Tomcat
Enabling SSL with Client Authentication in Tomcat
It is very common to enable SSL only with server authentication, because it is required from SSL specification. However, it is not so common to activate client authentication as it is optional. Enabling SSL is a server dependent process. I first give a rough overview of this process step by step and then explain each […]
Why to use absolute paths to reference resources in login and error web pages
I think, it is a well known practice to use absolute names to access resources in login and global error pages, but the reason behind it might not be so clear for some of us. Servlet specification states that when a protected resource accessed, should the request directed first to login page unless user is […]