benzhuo / iis2tomcat

AJP Connector between Internet Information Services (IIS) and Apache Tomcat

iis2tomcat

-- Hands-down the easiest connector to deploy for IIS to Tomcat connectivity -- ;o)

This is the modern method of connecting IIS and Apache Tomcat. Most likely to use a Railo / JSP driven backend. The BonCode AJP (Apache JServ Protocol version 1.3) Connector uses already existing pathways to connect to Apache Tomcat. In general it is a preference question how you connect IIS to tomcat, though, there are several advantages with the BonCode connector vs the old ISAPI connector:

• no ISAPI code, IIS6 vestiges or backward compatibility elements needed
• all managed code for IIS7 using the modern extensibility framework
• works on IIS5.1, IIS6 and IIS7, IIS7.5, IIS8 (Windows XP through Windows 8)
• speed, throughput, and stability improvements
• easier control on IIS side using IIS style menus and UI
• no virtual directories and virtual mappings needed
• configuration can be inherited to sub-paths and virtual sites
• easy install/uninstall
• support partial stream sending to browser (automatic flushing) with faster response to client
• support both 32/64 bit of Windows with same process and files
• transfer of all request headers
• build-in simple-security for web-administration pages (Tomcat, Railo, OpenBD, ColdFusion)
• IP6 support
• Additional HTTP headers data is passed to Tomcat servlet container (previously unavailable)
• Improved transfer of SSL data to Tomcat servlet container
• Support improved translation of load balancer headers to determine correct client IP
• Support client fingerprint mechanism for use with safer sessions
• Support for Adobe Coldfusion 10 AJP dialect
• Support for Railo and OpenBD CFML Engines
• Support for alternate Path-Info header transmission via AJP

If you were using a proxy or URL rewrite engine you would also benefit from:

• Fully integrated SSL to Servlet container
• Tomcat threading awareness (will not overload Tomcat and drop connections unnecessarily)
• Your servlets and scripts will receive correct HTTP header/URL/IP information for processing
• reduced traffic and processing on both IIS and tomcat sides
• allows you to connect to multiple tomcat instances from within one IIS site without interfering with ISAPI connector, e.g. Shibboleth and ColdFusion 10/Railo

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VERSION HISTORY:

Version 1.0.13 Updates :

• Add: secure Adobe CF10 CFIDE admin paths when setting EnableRemoteAdmin is set to False

Version 1.0.12 Updates :

• Fix: installer iteration of web sites would duplicate site names
• Add: Support Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012
• Add: Support for .net 4 / .net 4.5
• Add: installer detect if .net framework 4/4.5 is installed and skip .net 3.5
• Add: installer detect if Windows 8 / Server 12: install .net 4.5 feature/extensibility/asp.net
• Add: installer add default documents on IIS7/IIS8 for selected handlers (index.jsp/index.cfm)
• Add: installer expanded uninstall to remove additional configuration and features

Version 1.0.11 Updates:

• Fix: IIS request timeout before tomcat timeout would leave data in tcp stream cache that would be displayed in next connection when using connection pool
• Fix: Exposing ColdFusion 10 Webservices calls (cfc remoting) caused packet order error and IIS exception
• Add: Added setting (EnableClientFingerPrint) for simple client fingerprinting calculations, result in HTTP header xajp-clientfingerprint

Version 1.0.10 Updates:

• Fix: Handle exception thrown when required protocol information is not supplied by client
• Upd: Logging format changes. Reschuffled log levels. Added HTTP Headers explicit logging
• Upd: Update to Manuals
• Add: Do not add prefix to inbound Uri if the specified prefix is already at the beginning of Uri

Version 1.0.9 Updates:

• Fix: Adobe PathRequest packets for absolute paths and relative path that are different from document path
• Upd: Update Manuals
• Upd: Remove duplicate HTTP headers
• Add: Support for Adobe ColdFusion 10 file upload data packet order
• Add: Support for AllowPartiallyTrustedCaller in the .net assembly so connector can be run with restricted permissions
• Add: Support for EMC Documentum chunked file transfers
• Add: retranslate header names and cases from IIS standard to original client supplied (RAW) format when possible

Version 1.0.8 Updates:

• Fix: More Adobe ColdFusion 10 release version adjustments, added setting to switch into Adobe mode
• Upd: Update Manuals

Version 1.0.7 Updates:

• Fix: Non default large PacketSizes (over 32KB) would cause arythmetic errors
• Fix: Adobe ColdFusion 10 release version adjustments
• Upd: Update Manuals

Version 1.0.6 Updates:

• Add: setting file location in version identification. Also identify whether defaults are used or setting file data.
• Add: auto-correction for Path-Info (xajp-path-info) to RFC3875 standard
• Upd: access to administrator when deployed as war is not allowed when disable remote access is selected

Version 1.0.5 Updates:

• Add: Installer allow unlocking of IIS sub configurations (sub path)
• Add: PacketSize option to support non-default transfer packet sizes

Version 1.0.4 Updates:

• Add: path prefix setting to allow mapping of a given IIS site root to designated tomcat application
• Fix: Installer Windows 2003 and Windows XP 64-bit asp.net references

Version 1.0.3 Updates:

• Add: Connector Version identifier through local URL parameter call (BonCodeConnectorVersion=yes)
• Add: Installer enable flush option
• Add: Installer enable client IP detection
• Add: Installer scripted support for uninstall directory

Version 1.0.2 Updates:

• Fix: reading of port from setting file
• Add: vendor (Adobe) specific AJP extensions

Version 1.0.1 Updates:

• Add: installer option for header data support
• Add: Settings for HTTP Status Codes option, ErrorRedirectURL, TCPClientErrorMessage, TCPStreamErrorMessage
• Add: Automatic connection recovery after tomcat has been restarted while IIS is still running.
• Add: Error message displays for different connection errors occur (rather than empty screens).
• Edit: In global install mode. Change settings directory from system32 to windows.

Version 1.0 Updates:

• Add: script support for installer for automated deployements

Version 1.0rc Updates:

• Add: installer deploy in GAC mode
• Add: installer configure tomcat server.xml if on same server

Version 0.9.2.9 Updates:

• Add: setting to show suppressed headers (AllowEmptyHeaders). The connectors skips headers that do not have data to speed processing. Set to true to send empty headers as well.
• Add: setting to send path info in alternate http header (PathInfoHeader). This is to bypass tomcat bug with AJP path-info transfer.
• Fix: Remove default for ResolveRemoteAddrFrom (HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR). Will now need to be explicitly set to be enabled.

Version 0.9.2.8 Updates:

• Fix: extend timeout for socket so that longer timeouts in IIS Application Pool do not result in closed socket errors
• Add: automatic translation of client IPs to account for intermediaries (load balancers and proxies), e.g. HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR to REMOTE_ADDR automatic rewrite
• Add: Strong signing of assemblies so project can be placed in GAC (Global Assembly Cache)

Version 0.9.2.7 Updates:

• Add: Improve http flush detection, add network stream behavior in addition to timer.
• Fix: Zero content tomcat packages would cause display of error message in browser.
• Fix: ignore binary transfers that contain AJP protocol magic markers would lead to empty screen.

Version 0.9.2.6 Updates:

• Fix: correct transfer of non-standard headers without the http prefix added by IIS
• Fix: compatibility with Axis1 projects
• Add: no longer force conversion of text to UTF8. Will pass directly content as is to browser from tomcat regardless of content-type declaration.
• Add: Setting [ForceSecureSession] to force secure session via SSL. Will automatically exchange secure session cookies and force all communication over SSL to the Webserver.
• Add: Settings for timeout tcp/ip connections are exposed and can be changed by user.

Version 0.9.2.5 Updates:

• Fix: separate AJP attributes from headers. All present optional http attributes are transferred even if not processed by tomcat.
• Fix: Recognize misordered packets from Tomcats (out of order GET BODY CHUNK) and provide proper response. This would result in blank screen.
• Add: add new setting to transfer optional header (x-tomcat-docroot) note capitalization
• Add: automatically fix wrong content-length declaration if content is missing. Fill in empty characters where content is missing. This is not correct but will continue browser processing.
• Fix: Use of System Timer would leak memory when thread was destroyed
• Fix: AJP protocol header server and port designations send to servlet container were incorrect when IIS and tomcat were remoted.
• Add: HTTP header Blacklist and Whitelist options in settings file
• Fix: Correct flush protocol detection problem so HTTP flushes can be detected and spooled to browser.

Version 0.9.2.4 Updates:

• Add: Installer update. Installation of .net framework feature as option for windows 7 and windows 2008+
• Add: User friendly error messages when we cannot connect to Apache Tomcat

Version 0.9.2.3 Updates:

• Fix: JSP response.sendRedirect() call uses HTTP 302 redirect. Would lead to timeout.
• Fix: Specific issues with Jetbrains TeamCity application implementation and protocol behavior (AJAX)
• Fix: Stop waiting on tomcat when redirect directive is given
• Fix: Handle Railo vs. tomcat native variances in File upload behavior with and without redirects.

Version 0.9.2.2 Updates:

• Fix: gzip compression handling from servlets. Set correct content encoding.
• Fix: install on IIS7 did not write setting file
• Add: Updated troubleshooting information in Manuals

Version 0.9.2.1 Updates:

• Fix: Change FlushThreshhold defaults to handle graphics pushed by script files better with IE, e.g. gif.cfm / png.cfm etc.

Version 0.9.2 Updates:

• Fix: Issues with UTF-8 conversion from double byte regions
• Fix: Forced Disconnect mode was not enabled when MaxConnections was set to zero, references to old connections would be maintained unnecessarily
• Add: Automatic release of all connection when settings file is changed

Version 0.91 Updates:

• Added automated installer beta (all windows versions from XP on)
• Added thread throttling to not overwhelm tomcat with request. Now allows forcing reconnect for every request if so desired
• Updated documentation with trouble shooting section

END OF VERSION HISTORY

Manual Installation instructions are in the PDF within the project download package.

Using automated installer contained in package is recommended though.

As usual any feedback is appreciated.