NamedVirtualHost in apache configuration - apache

Question

I have a unix system whose actual name is "ech-10.45.25.12"
i have installed apache server in it.
Now i need to configure it in such a way that the two applications running in the same machine in tomcat in two different ports should be accessed by the same domain.
ie., i have two applications running in the same machine under different port
http://ech-10.45.25.12:8080/issuetracker/
http://ech-10.45.25.12:8180/dashboard/
I would like to name this server(ech-10.45.25.12) as devjunior.mycompany.com
The following is the configuration i have made in httpd.conf
Listen 80
Listen 8080
Listen 8180
NameVirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:80
NameVirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:8080
NameVirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:8180
<VirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:80>
ServerName devjunior.mycompany.com
DocumentRoot /www/domain-80
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:8080>
ServerName devjunior.mycompany.com
DocumentRoot /www/domain-8080
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:8180>
ServerName devjunior.mycompany.com
DocumentRoot /www/domain-8080
</VirtualHost>
i know i am doing a major mistake
But i should be able to access the applications by using the following urls
http://devjunior.mycompany.com/issuetracker
http://devjunior.mycompany.com/dashboard
Should i create ANY directories under any folders any where in the system
Please tell that also.

Answer 1

You configured only the names. So you've configured Apache to listen for:
http://devjunior.mycompany.com:8080
http://devjunior.mycompany.com:8180
You can:
Configure 2 domains with namevirtualhost without using ports. this is the most elegant way of doing what you want
Configure a single domain that points to a single directory on the filesystem with 2 links for the diferrent applications. This works with php mostly or pure html pages. With more complex applications you could incur in a lot of headache..
Domain and port. Like you've done. But you can access only by http://devjunior.mycompany.com:8080/issuetracker and http://devjunior.mycompany.com:8180/dashboard
Solution 1
You can use different domains or subdomains (which are cookie friendly in an eventuality of single sign on).
Listen 80
NameVirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:80
<VirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:80>
ServerName devjunior.mycompany.com
DocumentRoot /www/domain-80
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:80>
ServerName dashboard.devjunior.mycompany.com
DocumentRoot /www/domain-8080
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:80>
ServerName issuetracker.devjunior.mycompany.com
DocumentRoot /www/domain-8180
</VirtualHost>
Solution 2 is left as an excercise for the reader... :P

Answer 2

Here is what i did to make it work.
Though the change of name in etc/hosts file did nothing in my intranet, so i used the actual name of the machine which is ech-10.45.25.12
NameVirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:80
<VirtualHost ech-10.45.25.12:80>
ServerName ech-10.45.25.12
ProxyPreserveHost on
ProxyPass /issuetracker http://ech-10.45.25.12:8080/issuetracker
ProxyPass /dashboard http://ech-10.45.25.12:8180/dashboard
</VirtualHost>
Also dont forget to add the "proxyName" & "proxyPort" attribute to the tag in tomcat's server.xml