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Re: http redirect from 8080 to 80

From: Tomas Kraus <tomas.kraus_at_oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:57:17 +0100

Try to resolve it on OS level using port forwarding. What OS do you use
to run GF?
Here is an example for Linux iptables:
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/73
The only difference here is that you are forwarding to different port,
not IP.

Tomas

On 03/12/2012 10:54 PM, forums_at_java.net wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've tried Googling around for this, but there's an overwhelming
> amount of
> stuff out there about how to run on port 80 or set up front-end web
> servers
> that is masking my question if it exists somewhere online. I'm running
> a web
> application on GF with no web server in front. The app was running on
> 8080,
> and I want to move it now to port 80. No problem there. My problem is any
> user who has host:8080 bookmarked already -- I'd like to serve a redirect
> from host:8080 to 'host' to send them to the new location.
>
> Is there anything built in I can use for that once I've changed the http
> listener to 80 (and https on 443)? I supposed I could create domain2
> and have
> it listen on 8080/8181 to serve a redirect, but that sounds like
> overkill. Is
> there a way I can define new listeners for this purpose? I know there's a
> create-http[-listener] subcommand, but can I use that and tie the new
> listener to something other than the web app I have deployed? Maybe
> with a
> virtual server? Sorry about my ignorance here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bobby
>
>
>
>
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