{"id":7029,"date":"2024-03-14T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-domain-redirection-in-tomcat\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T11:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:10:45","slug":"what-is-the-method-for-domain-redirection-in-tomcat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-domain-redirection-in-tomcat\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomcat Domain Redirection: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To implement domain redirection in Tomcat, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the configuration file server.xml of Tomcat, which is usually located in the conf directory of Tomcat.<\/li>\n<li>Locate the corresponding tag in server.xml and add the following configuration as needed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">Engine<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Catalina\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">defaultHost<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"localhost\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">Host<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"example.com\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">appBase<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"webapps\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">unpackWARs<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"true\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">autoDeploy<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"true\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">Alias<\/span>&gt;<\/span>www.example.com<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">Alias<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">Alias<\/span>&gt;<\/span>foo.example.com<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">Alias<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">Valve<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">className<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">Host<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">Engine<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this case, example.com is the domain that needs to be redirected, while www.example.com and foo.example.com are aliases for example.com that can be added as needed.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Add redirect rules in the tags, for example:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">Valve<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">className<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"org.apache.catalina.valves.rewrite.RewriteValve\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Save the server.xml file and restart the Tomcat server for the redirect configuration to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>By following the above steps, you can implement domain redirection in Tomcat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To implement domain redirection in Tomcat, follow these steps: Open the configuration file server.xml of Tomcat, which is usually located in the conf directory of Tomcat. 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