[MRM-1768] When using a shortened hostname for archiva, the site sometimes won't load

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.4-M4
• Fix Version/s: Backlog
• Component/s: Web Interface
• Labels: moreinfo
• Environment: SERVER:; CentOS 6; Tomcat 6; Archiva 1.4-M4; ; CLIENT:; Windows 7 x64; Google Chrome; IE9
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jeff Vincent
• Created: 04/Jun/13 12:10
• Updated: 09/Dec/13 18:03

Description

In our company, we use a lot of shortened host names and rely on the DNS Search paths to find the full domain of the server. As an example, we have the following search paths defined on both our servers (including Archiva) and all workstations:

myfamilysouth.com
myfamily.int

But we reference many web services using the short name such as:

http://archiva

which really maps to:

http://archiva.myfamilysouth.com

However, in IE and sometimes Google Chrome browsers, when we use the shortened name, the application won't load completely and just hangs on "Loading...".

It seems able to find the server and start loading the application.