Integrating Apache 2 with Tomcat 5

[fixthebug2003]

Hi,
I am new to Java. Can some one point to the right resource to Integrate Apache 2.0 with Tomcat 5.0 on a Windows 2000 machine.

Another question is what is the difference beween Apache and Web Logic?

Fixthebug2003

 

[siberian]

WebLogic competes more with Tomcat then apache. Apache is a webserver, weblogic and tomcat are application servers.

The diff? Weblogic is insanely expensive and has more features. Tomcat is free and does a perfectly fine job.

Integrating tomcat and apache is pretty easy, go to

http://apache.247available.com/jakarta/tomcat-connectors/jk2/binaries/

and download mod_jk for your platform. Follow the instructions in the archive. Basically the process is :

A) Add the LoadModule to the apache configuration file
B) Create a workes2.properties file that tells apache waht filetypes to pass on to tomcat
C) Make sure tomcat has an 8009 listener running to accept the apache pass through.
D) Restart both.

In a few weeks I'll be releasing a really nice Tomcat installer for windows that installs OpenSA2(apache 2 + ssl), Tomcat, FireBird, firebird sql and the jdbc drivers giving people an out of the box single click environment. Check

http://www.siberian.org

for details in a few weeks.

 

[fixthebug2003]

Thanks siberian !
I need a little more detailed step-by-step instructions for configuring the Apache 2...with Tomcat 5 in Windows 2000 machine !
And moreover, I downloaded the Tomcat Connectors with Apache - for win2K, but it does not have the mod_jk.dll but it has the mod_jk.so. Hope I can use the same in windows also..right?

Fixthebug2003

 

[siberian]

yes, mod_jk.so is the same as mod_jk.dll.

The documentation is out there, search google. Here is one link i have used in the past

http://johnturner.com/howto/winxp-howto.html