Configuring DAM and Dispatcher - shorten URL

Question

Hello all,
I'm trying to configure CQ DAM with Apache 2.2 and Dispatcher, to serve only assets.
I've successfully configured them, as when I upload a new asset, it automatically replicates in Publish instance and perfom the cache. Thus I can access the new image via:
Author: localhost:4502/content/dam/NEWFOLDER/image.jpg
Publish: localhost:4503/content/dam/NEWFOLDER/image.jpg
Dispatcher: localhost/content/dam/NEWFOLDER/image.jpg
However I would like to use a shorten URL to this image, for example:
localhost/NEWFOLDER/image.jpg
In other words, remove the /content/dam piece from the request URL.
I've checked the following threads:
http://www.wemblog.com/2012/07/how-to-use-dispatcher-with-mapped.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/cq/kb/HowToFlushMappedContent.html
But as far as I understand I don't need to configure the /etc/map in the Publish instance, as I'm only using DAM and configuring mod_rewrite at Apache server would be enough.
So, in the httpd.conf I wrote the following rule:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /content/dam/$1 [PT]
And Dispatcher.any is the default one.
The point is, when I disable the Dispatcher, I'm able to type the shorten URL and get the image. But this is not happening otherwise, when the Dispatcher is on I get the Not Found error: /image.jpg as it's looking for the image at root directory.
So, any clues on how I can achieve this?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Hi Scott,
Thanks for the quick response.
I've followed the instructions but no success. The image has been put corretly onto cache folder on the webserver ([docRoot]/content/dam/FOLDER/image.jpg
But when I try to acces, it doesn't work: http://localhost/FOLDER/image.jpg
Instead, it returns the error below:
No resource found
Cannot serve request to /folder/image.jpg on this server
ApacheSling/2.2 (Day-Servlet-Engine/4.1.24, Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 1.6.0_35, Windows 7 6.1 x86)
See below my httpd.conf and Dispatcher.any configuration:
HTTPD.CONF
ServerRoot "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2"
Listen 80
LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
LoadModule isapi_module modules/mod_isapi.so
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
LoadModule dispatcher_module modules/disp_apache2.2.dll
<IfModule disp_apache2.c>       
        DispatcherConfig conf/dispatcher.any       
        DispatcherLog logs/dispatcher.log       
        DispatcherLogLevel 3
        DispatcherNoServerHeader 0
        DispatcherDeclineRoot 0
        DispatcherUseProcessedURL 1
        DispatcherPassError 0       
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mpm_netware_module>
<IfModule !mpm_winnt_module>
    User daemon
    Group daemon
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName localhost
  DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/sitea"
  RewriteEngine  on
  RewriteRule ^/(.*\.html)$ /content/dam/$1.html [PT]
   <Directory "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/sitea">
     <IfModule disp_apache2.c>
       SetHandler dispatcher-handler
       ModMimeUsePathInfo On
     </IfModule>
     Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs"
<Directory "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs">   
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks   
    AllowOverride All  
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>
<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>
<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    Satisfy All
</FilesMatch>
ErrorLog "logs/error.log"
LogLevel warn
<IfModule log_config_module>  
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
    <IfModule logio_module>    
      LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio
    </IfModule>
    CustomLog "logs/access.log" common
</IfModule>
<IfModule alias_module>   
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin/"
</IfModule>
<Directory "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>
DefaultType text/plain
<IfModule mime_module>   
    TypesConfig conf/mime.types   
    AddType application/x-compress .Z
    AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz 
</IfModule>
<IfModule ssl_module>
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
</IfModule>
Dispatcher.any
/farms
  /website
    /clientheaders
    /virtualhosts
    /renders
      /publish1
        /hostname "127.0.0.1"       
        /port "4503"      
    /filter
      /0001 { /type "deny"  /glob "*" }
      /0023 { /type "allow" /glob "* /content*" }  # disable this rule to allow mapped content only
      /0041 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.css *"   }  # enable css
      /0042 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.gif *"   }  # enable gifs
      /0043 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.ico *"   }  # enable icos
      /0044 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.js *"    }  # enable javascript
      /0045 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.png *"   }  # enable png
      /0046 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.swf *"   }  # enable flash
      /0047 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.jpg *"   }  # enable flash
      /0061 { /type "allow" /glob "POST /content/[.]*.form.html" }  # allow POSTs to form selectors under content
      /0062 { /type "allow" /glob "* /libs/cq/personalization/*"  }  # enable personalization
      /0081 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.infinity.json*" }
      /0082 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.tidy.json*"     }
      /0083 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.sysview.xml*"   }
      /0084 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.docview.json*"  }
      /0085 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.docview.xml*"  }
      /0086 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.*[0-9].json*" }
      /0090 { /type "deny"  /glob "* *.query.json*" }
    /cache
      /docroot "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/sitea"
      /statfileslevel "0"
      /allowAuthorized "1"
      /rules
        /0000
          /glob "*"
          /type "allow"
      /invalidate
        /0000
          /glob "*"
          /type "deny"
        /0001
          /glob "*.html"
          /type "allow"
      /allowedClients
    /statistics
      /categories
        /html
          /glob "*.html"
        /others
          /glob "*"
What do you suggest?
Thanks!