Problem: I want to bind a registered domain name to my web application using Apache Tomcat as a standalone web server(means NO Apache web Server, HTTPD), simple :) Environment: Windows Server (64) 2003 Apache Tomcat 6.0.18 IIS 6 Still recently what were we doing to access the web application is, we are binding domain name "xyz.com" to the IIS which is running on port 80, and then this IIS redirects the page to local instance of tomcat, which is running on port 8080, as http://localhost:8080/WebApp So when someone hits www.xyz.com the server redirects to the URL as http://xyz.com:8080/WebApp. Now we need some changes into it 1. Remove port 8080 from URL (pretty easy) Open CATLINA_HOME/conf/server.xml and search for number 8080 and replace by 80, save it and you're done. But wait, if you restarted the tomcat, it will throw exception, like ‘JVM_bind: port 80 is a...
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