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[Larry Hartman]

On Thursday 21 June 2007 08:21:26 am Derek Broughton wrote:
> Larry Hartman wrote:
> > On Tuesday 19 June 2007 08:09:20 pm Derek Broughton wrote:
> >> Larry Hartman wrote:
> >> > On Monday 18 June 2007 09:20:38 am Derek Broughton wrote:
> >> >> Then drop your .war files in /var/lib/tomcat5/webapps/, and one more
> >> >> little config file for mod-jk (I don't have a copy of that) if you
> >> >> want to connect through Apache.
> >> >
> >> > I'll take a 75% answer.....I went back and checked Synaptic....got all
> >> > packages loaded already that you mentioned...your answer confirms my
> >> > basic setup.  I will look into configuration file.
> >>
> >> Damn,  Actually I _do_ have a copy of a mod-jk setup at work, but never
> >> had time to check lists & newsgroups today so forgot about checking it
> >> out for
> >> you.  I'll try tomorrow...
>
> OK, this is all you need in the Apache config:
>
>   LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so
>
>   JkWorkersFile /etc/libapache2-mod-jk/workers.properties
>   JkLogFile /var/log/tomcat5/mod_jk.log
>   # JkLogLevel [error, info, debug]
>   JkLogLevel info
>   JkMount /jsp-examples/* ajp13
>   JkMount /admin/* ajp13
>   JkMount /manager/* ajp13
>
> That will create the connection for the Tomcat apps that are created by
> installing tomcat5, tomcat5-webapps and tomcat5-admin.
>
> The /etc/libapache2-mod-jk/workers.properties contains these uncommented
> lines:
>
>   workers.tomcat_home=/usr/share/tomcat5
>   workers.java_home=/usr/lib/kaffe
>   ps=/
>   worker.list=ajp13
>   worker.ajp13.port=8009
>   worker.ajp13.host=localhost
>   worker.ajp13.type=ajp13
>   worker.ajp13.lbfactor=1
>   worker.loadbalancer.type=lb
>   worker.loadbalancer.balanceds=ajp13
>
> If you don't need a loadbalancer, I think these last three values are still
> required - if you want real load balancing it's a little more complicated.
> The "java_home" value may not even be necessary - it's set to "kaffe" on
> the one system I use, but not set at all on another that is running
> perfectly. The rest should be standard for any system where the Tomcat
> server is running on the same host as the Apache server.
> --
> derek

I'll look into this over the weekend.  Got some other bright shiny object 
distracting me at the moment.  Hey!  Look whats that over there?

Larry