apache2 + tomcat6 (on debian)

In this article I will shortly tell how to install a tomcat server besides an apache server and make you files availeble under port 80 (apache). This can be handy when for example port 8080 is blocked ore something like that.

for the simplicity I assume that you have apache2 already installed and configured.

First step: install tomcat.

This is the most simple step. Just do:

apt-get install tomcat6

Second step: install mod_jk

Install the libs with apt-get:

apt-get install libapache2-mod_jk
a2enmod jk

Then we make a file workers.properties in the folder /etc/apache2 with this content:

workers.tomcat_home=/var/lib/tomcat6
workers.java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
ps=/
worker.list=default
worker.default.port=8009
worker.default.host=localhost
worker.default.type=ajp13
worker.default.lbfactor=1
worker.loadbalancer.type=lb

Also, in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled we need to make a file called jk.conf and at those lines:

JkWorkersFile /etc/apache2/workers.properties
JkLogFile /var/log/apache2/mod_jk.log
# Set the jk log level [debug/error/info]
JkLogLevel    info

# Select the log format
JkLogStampFormat "[%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y] "

# JkOptions indicate to send SSL KEY SIZE,
JkOptions     +ForwardKeySize +ForwardURICompat -ForwardDirectories

# JkRequestLogFormat set the request format
JkRequestLogFormat     "%w %V %T"


# Send servlet for context / jsp-examples  to worker named worker1
JkMount  /jsp-examples default
# Send JSPs  for context /jsp-examples/* to worker named worker1
JkMount  /jsp-examples/* default

When the this is done you only have to edit your /etc/tomcat6/server.xml file:

After this one a restart from apache and tomcat is necessary

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
/etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart