How to mount tomcat using mod_jk on linux

Mod jk is a module used in apache for mountinfg the applications running on apache tomcat to apache and also unmounting for its own servings. Mod jk can be configured in ubuntu based systems by following the below steps.

Configure mod_jk with Apache in Ubuntu
1. Install mod_jk: To install mod_jk in ubuntu execute the following command on the command line.

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-jk

2. Enable mod_jk loading: Create a link in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/jk.load which points to /etc/apache2/mods-available/jk.load. This will enable loading mod_jk module in apache when apache is restarted.

3. Create mod_jk conf file: Create a mod_jk conf file and place it in /etc/apache2/mods-available/jk.conf

# Where to find workers.properties
# Update this path to match your conf directory location
JkWorkersFile /etc/apache2/jk_workers.properties

# Where to put jk logs
# Update this path to match your logs directory location
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”

# Shm log file
JkShmFile /var/log/apache2/jk-runtime-status

4. Enable mod_jk configurations: Create a link in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/jk.conf which points to /etc/apache2/mods-available/jk.conf. This will enable mod_jk configuration in apache when apache is restarted.

5. Create a worker properties file: Create a workers properties file and place it in /etc/apache2/jk_workers.properties

# Define 1 real worker named ajp13
worker.list=ajp13

# Set properties for worker named ajp13 to use ajp13 protocol,
# and run on port 8009
worker.ajp13.type=ajp13
worker.ajp13.host=localhost
worker.ajp13.port=8009
worker.ajp13.lbfactor=50
worker.ajp13.cachesize=10
worker.ajp13.cache_timeout=600
worker.ajp13.socket_keepalive=1
worker.ajp13.socket_timeout=300

6. Configure url forwarding in apache to tomcat: Put the following lines in you apache virtualhost to forward requests to tomcat.

Depends whether in defaults default-ssl
<VirtualHost *:80>  ## 443
…
# Send everything for context “/context” to worker ajp13
JkMount /context/ ajp13                                 
JkMount /context/* ajp13
JkMount / ajp13                                           
JkMount /* ajp13
JkUnMount /cgi-bin ajp13                      
JkUnMount /cgi-bin/* ajp13
…
</VirtualHost>

7. Configure AJP in tomcat server. Put the following line in $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml file under the Servies tag.

<Service name=”Catalina”>
…
<!– Define an AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8009 –>
<Connector port=”8009″ protocol=”AJP/1.3″ redirectPort=”8443″ />
…
</Service>

8. Restart the tomcat and apache server: Relax you are done.

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enabling ssl in apache2

a2enmod ssl
a2ensite default-ssl

apache2ctl restart