Lighttpd as tomcat proxy with static content serving

Question

How can I configure Lighttpd to serve static content on specified URL address (eg. www.my-domain.com/static) from specified directory (e.g. /var/www/my-domain/static) ?

Rest of requests must be passed to tomcat container.

Actually I pass all requests to tomcat (see snippet below). I can't get it to work. So if it's not possible - NO is also answer for me. At least I will stop trying.

$HTTP["host"] =~ "www.my-domain.com" {
    proxy.server = ("" => (
                    "tomcat" => (
                            "host" => "127.0.0.1",
                            "port" => 8080,
                            "fix-redirects" => 1
                    )
            )
    )
}

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '13 at 18:09

You have to "disable" the proxy on static files (i.e. enable it only on other files):

$HTTP["host"] =~ "www.my-domain.com" {
    server.document-root = "/var/www/my-domain"
    $HTTP["url"] !~ "^/static" {
        proxy.server = ("" => ( "tomcat" => (
            "host" => "127.0.0.1",
            "port" => 8080,
            "fix-redirects" => 1
        ) ) )
    }
}

Also try debug.log-request-handling = "enable" and check error.log, also see http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/DebugVariables

j0k · Answer 2 · 2013-03-06T08:16:10.473

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You just need a new rule to handle static content:

$HTTP["host"] =~ "www.my-domain.com" {
    $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/static" {
        server.document-root = "/var/www/my-domain/static"
    }

    proxy.server = ("" => (
                    "tomcat" => (
                            "host" => "127.0.0.1",
                            "port" => 8080,
                            "fix-redirects" => 1
                    )
            )
    )
}

Edit:

You could try with an alias:

alias.url = ( "/static" => "/var/www/my-domain/static/" )

edited Mar 06 '13 at 08:16

answered Mar 05 '13 at 08:55

j0k

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Hi, thanks for reply. This one I actually tried but it's not working (don't know why). I'm getting 404 for my static content. Is this solution works for you in practice? I'm using Lighttpd 1.4.28. What's your version? – michal.kreuzman Mar 05 '13 at 09:43
I use same version. I didn't test it, I usually forward static content to a dedicated webserver (like nginx) using proxy.server – j0k Mar 05 '13 at 10:27
I tried exactly your example. It's sadly not working for me any ideas? – michal.kreuzman Mar 05 '13 at 20:19

Lighttpd as tomcat proxy with static content serving

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