HttpClusterServlet Proxy Plugin problem - Weblogic Express 10

Question

Hi,
I am using Weblogic Express 10 version. I am trying to configure HttpClusterServelet in one of my test machine.
I have a Admin server and 3 Managed servers which are part of clusters. I have a test war file which is deployed on to the cluster.
I am able to open the test war file application by hitting Managed servers URL's & Port no's
for eg: http://hostname:portno/testapp
Now I have created a war file with httpclusterserver features and deployed it to Admin server. (created web.xml & weblogic.xml inside WEB-INF directory and built it as war file and deployed it to Admin server)
so practically whenever I hit the Admin server URL my request should be proxied to one of the three Managed server which are part of the cluster
But when I try to open the application through admin server hostname and port no, I get below 403 exception on browser
Error 403--Forbidden
From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:
10.4.4 403 Forbidden
The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. Authorization will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated. If the request method was not HEAD and the server wishes to make public why the request has not been fulfilled, it SHOULD describe the reason for the refusal in the entity. This status code is commonly used when the server does not wish to reveal exactly why the request has been refused, or when no other response is applicable.
Below is the content of my web.xml & weblogic.xml war file
web.xml
-bash-3.00$ more web.xml
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd";>
<web-app>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>
weblogic.servlet.proxy.HttpClusterServlet
</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>WebLogicCluster</param-name>
<param-value>
ManagedSrv1_Hostname:PortNo|ManagedSrv2_Hostname:PortNo|ManagedSrv3_Hostname:PortNo
</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
weblogic.xml
<!DOCTYPE weblogic-web-app PUBLIC "-//BEA Systems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 8.1//EN" "http://www.bea.com/servers/wls810/dtd/
weblogic 810-web-jar.dtd">
<weblogic-web-app>
<context-root>/</context-root>
</weblogic-web-app>
Kindly advise on this problem.
- - Weblogic Consultant

Answer 1

Hi,
          Did you configure the replication correctly in the weblogic.xml?
          Also fill in the correct cluster address in the weblogic configuration.
          http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs90/cluster/setup.html#726973
          Schelstraete Bart
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          http://www.schelstraete.org
          http://www.linkedin.com/in/bschelst