Mod_jk connector to connect Webserver & Appserver

Mod_Jk Connector to connect web server(Apache) to application server (Tomcat)

Mod_jk is used to connect apache webserver with tomcat application server

Download the mod_jk connector from

http://tomcat.apache.org/download-connectors.cgi

Extract the file using below command

tar -xzvf apache-tomcat-6.0.18.tar.gz

Add the path of apxs to the env $PATH by

export PATH=$PATH:/home/subha/apps/webserver/httpd-2.2.11/bin/apxs

Go to this folder

cd tomcat-connectors-1.2.27-src/native

./configure  –with-apxs=/home/subha/apps/webserver/httpd-2.2.11/bin/apxs

make

make install (assuming the user is root)

Copy the file mod_jk.so to httpd-2.2.11/modules/ (if not already present)

-   vi /httpd-2.2.11/conf/workers.properties

Paste the following output into the file:

.tomcat_home=/home/subha/apps/appserver/apache-tomcat-6.0.18

workers.java_home=/usr/bin/java

ps=/

worker.list=worker1

worker.worker1.port=8009

worker.worker1.host=localhost

worker.worker1.type=ajp13

worker.worker1.lbfactor=1

worker.loadbalancer.type=lb

worker.loadbalancer.balanced_workers=worker1

-   vi httpd.conf

-   Append the following to httpd.conf

LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so

JkWorkersFile /home/subha/apps/webserver/httpd-2.2.11/conf/workers.properties

JkLogFile /home/subha/apps/appserver/apache-tomcat- 6.0.18/logs/mod_jk.log

JkLogLevel debug

JkMount /sample/* worker1

JkMount /sample1/* worker1

JkMount /servlet/* worker1

JkMount /*.jsp worker1

-   Test by http://localhost/sample/