VirtualHost configuration in Apache Tomcat on ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Introduction

Apache Tomcat is a web worker and servlet compartment that is utilized to serve Java applications. Tomcat is an open source usage of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages advancements, delivered by the Apache Software Foundation. This instructional exercise covers the essential establishment and some design of the most recent arrival of Tomcat 8 on your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS worker.

To configure virtualhost, Your domain must be ping with your tomcat server IP address for virtual host.

In this post, We will configure virtualhost with Apache tomcat8 on ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Step 1: Add Virtualhost configuration

You need to open the conf/server.xml file and add the following apache tomcat named based virtualhost.

<Host name="www.example.com"  appBase="webapps/example/" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
<Alias>www.example.com</Alias>

<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="logs"
           prefix="local_access_log" suffix=".txt"
           pattern="%h %l %u %t &quot;%r&quot; %D %s %b" />

<Context path="" docBase="/opt/tomcat/webapps/example/"
   debug="0" reloadable="true"/>
</Host>

Here you need to change or replace the given values.

Hostname – wwww.example.com
appBase – webapps/example/

Alias – www.example.com
UnpackWARs – true
autoDeploy – true

and others value leave on default values.

Step 2: Restart the Tomcat Service

To get new changes you need to restart the Apache tomcat service by using the given command.

sudo systemctl restart tomcat

Conclusion

We have successfully configured virtualhost configuration in Apache Tomcat on ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Kindly report in case you are facing difficulties with following details.

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