OC4J - Setting Up Virtual Hosts

Objective

Setup multiple host on several domains using a single IP address. (ie What is and how works a virtual host / custom domain / vanity hostnames)

Requirements

This is a very basic example, it does not take into account using shared applications or event the use of .war or .ear files. This is left as an exercise for the reader.

Example Domains: gerardnico.com,
Example IP Address: 127.0.0.1

Steps

Create directories under OC4J_HOME\applications\ for each domain.

    mkdir $OC4J_HOME\applications\gerardnico

Add to the directory a index.html file.

Contents of OC4J_HOME\applications\gerardnico\index.html:

    <html><head><title>gerardnico.com</title></head>
      <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
        <h2>gerardnico.com</h2>
      </body>
    </html>

Create WEB-INF directories for the domains.

    mkdir $OC4J_HOME\applications\gerardnico\WEB-INF

Each WEB-INF directory should contain a web.xml file.

Contents of OC4J_HOME\applications\gerardnico\WEB-INF\web.xml

<web-app>

    <display-name>gerardnico.com</display-name>

    <description>
      gerardnico.com
    </description>

    <welcome-file-list>
       <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>

</web-app>

Create web-site XML file for each domain.

Contents of OC4J_HOME\config\gerardnico-web-site.xml:

    <web-site host="127.0.0.1" port="80" display-name="gerardnico" virtual-hosts="gerardnico.com">

      <!-- The default web-app for this site, bound to the root -->
      <default-web-app application="default" name="gerardnico" />

      <access-log path="../log/gerardnico-web-access.log" />

    </web-site>

Edit OC4J_HOME\config\application.xml. Add the following lines:

     <web-module id="gerardnico" path="../../home/applications/gerardnico" />

Edit OC4J_HOME\config\server.xml. Add the following lines:

    <web-site path="./gerardnico-web-site.xml" />

Restart OC4J and test.

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