Is RequestMapper required to map to applications when using Apache httpd?

[Cantor, Scott]

On 9/28/15, 10:06 AM, "users on behalf of Alex Stuart" <users-bounces at shibboleth.net on behalf of alex.stuart at ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>The documentation
>https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPRequestMapper
>seems to indicate that Apache-based deployments can rely entirely on
>Apache functionality (paragraph 4).

Yes, depending on how one configures Apache.

> But it looks like one needs a
>RequestMap to map the requests to the application. There don't appear to
>be any ShibRequestSetting contents settings that replace the mapping.

Any content setting by definition can be set with that command, applicationId included.

>Can you confirm that one does need the RequestMapper to map to
>applications? If so, I propose to edit the documentation so that the 4th
>paragraph runs onto the end of the first paragraph, leaving the 2nd, 3rd
>and 5th paragraphs intact.

You're welcome to make any improvements you think are warranted.

-- Scott