Proxy server problem

[bunnyweb]

I have another Tomcat question!

I have Tomcat installed and using port 8090 (I'm not sure how relevant the port is).

When I tried to run my JSP pages I was getting an error message saying something along the lines that the proxy server was not allowing access to the gateway.

I then went into IE and turned off the "Use a proxy server" setting and everything worked fine.

Unfortunately, I need to keep that "Use a proxy server" setting turned on.

Does anyone have an idea of why this is happening and a solution for it? Is it a change in Tomcat or in the proxy server?

Thanks in advance!!

 

[sedj]

This is not a tomcat question.

In your browser (if it is IE), click on :

Tools-->Internet Options-->Connections-->LAN Settings-->Advanced

and then add in the addresses you want ot bypass the proxy server.

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[bunnyweb]

Hi sedj,

Thank you so much for answering my questions!

In regards to this particular proxy server problem (I know this isn't specifically a Tomcat question, sorry) I am installing my JSP application at a company with hundreds of web browsers. I can't change every single browser setting. Isn't there a way in either a Tomcat setting or within JSP code or within the proxy server settings that I can make this work?

Thanks again!

 

[sedj]

Not that I know of - it sounds like a network config error - how can tomcat control a proxy server ?

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[bunnyweb]

I don't have a whole lot of experience with Tomcat, but I was thinking about something like a redirectPort from 8090 to 80 like so:

<Connector port="80" redirectPort="8090"/>

I thought that would allow traffic to go through port 80 instead of port 8090. But now that I think about it, wouldn't this do the reverse, making traffic in port 80 go to port 8090? Sorry, I'm still quite confused on how ports are configured and how those configurations work within the rest of the network.

I will try posting on a networking forum and hopefully get some more answers there.

By the way, your answer to my other post about the context path worked a treat! Thank you so much!