ConnectorRootApp

A simple Tomcat base layer providing links to all configured apps, adds security, SSL and other convenience functions.

Usage

To start the image quickly download it via docker pull

docker pull rtdi/connectorrootapp

and start it using the command

docker run -d --name rootapp -p 80:8080 -p 443:8443   rtdi/connectorrootapp

and then open the root page using the correct hostname, e.g. http://localhost/

This assumes all defaults, meaning https will not be operational, just http. The login is set to rtdi / rtdi!io and all made settings will be made within the container.

The better way however is to provide parameters for the SSL hostname, the webserver password and a permanent directory for the settings. In this example the

• hostname running the docker image is 'example.domain.com'

• webserver user is 'rtdi' and the password is 'changeit'

• host's directory to store all settings is '/home/dir'

• container is removed from docker when it is shut down due to the --rm flag

  docker run -d --name rootapp -p 80:8080 -p 443:8443 --rm
  -e SSLHOSTNAME=example.domain.com -e TOMCATPWD=changeit
  -v /home/dir/rtdiconfig:/usr/local/tomcat/conf/rtdiconfig
  -v /home/dir/security:/usr/local/tomcat/conf/security
  rtdi/connectorrootapp

The production way is to prive the directory and modify/create the files correctly. Maybe even provide a better suited server.xml for the tomcat process.

docker run -d --name rootapp -p 80:8080 -p 443:8443 --rm \
  -v /home/dir/rtdiconfig:/usr/local/tomcat/conf/rtdiconfig \
  -v /home/dir/security:/usr/local/tomcat/conf/security \
  rtdi/connectorrootapp

The directory structure is