Hi Andre,
I tried your suggestions but apache is still serving the content plus the
WEB-INF directory is now available via the URL. I am only trying to get this
set up on one machine initially as I said in my earlier message but the reason
the term load balancer is used is because there will actually be a number of
machines running tomcat and one machine running apache and tomcat.
I did'nt choose this solution and I dont know why this solution was preferred
and I didnt have anything to do with configuring or installing the original set
up. The machines are being replaced and I have been asked to install new
versions of the software but I cannot even get this working with one apache and
localhost tomcat.
> From: ironclawh...@hotmail.com
> To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Mod_jk returning source code of jsp files
> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:40:08 +0100
>
>
> Ok thanks for the reply and the points are taken on board but as I said
> before I havent actually done this before and I am initially trying to get it
> to work as the existing system does (using the config files from the current
> installation).
>
> I know in an ideal world your suggestion would be best but I was just asked
> to install current versions of apache, tomcat and mod_jk and get it all to
> work and I was given some existing config files, as said I have never done
> this before so initially I would actually like to get mod_jk working so that
> I can actually see the java code getting executed and the dynamic content
> returned.
>
> I dont think the overhead of tomcat serving static pages is the reason apache
> is installed on these machines, I think it is because of the load balancing
> as there are a number of machines with Tomcat installed on them that will be
> in the load although initially I am only trying to get apache to direct to a
> tomcat on local host.
>
> I was looking for some help understanding why mod_jk doesnt work for me,
> surely this cant be related to the security issues you mentioned?
>
> > Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:28:00 +0200
> > From: a...@ice-sa.com
> > To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: Mod_jk returning source code of jsp files
> >
> > ironclaw hand wrote:
> > > Thanks Christopher I will address the security issues if I am actually
> > > able to get mod_jk to execute a jsp!
> >
> > No. You should do things right first, in a secure way. And then, when it
> > works, you can
> > start "optimising" carefully and step by step, and try not to introduce
> > security holes
> > while doing so.
> > I put "optimise" between quotes here, because what you are apparently
> > trying is not much
> > of an optimisation, while it IS creating security issues (and confusing
> > things). It would
> > be better to let Tomcat serve all your content, including the static pages
> > that are inside
> > your webapp directory anyway. This way, you will not compromise whatever
> > access security
> > is implemented at the Tomcat side, and the overhead of having Tomcat serve
> > those static
> > pages is measured in microseconds at worst.
> >
> > >
> > > I have now removed everything from mod_jk.conf except for the global
> > > directives and I now have my httpd.conf looking like:
> > >
> > > #
> > > # JK for connections to Tomcat
> > > #
> > > LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so
> > > Include /etc/httpd/conf/mod_jk.conf
> > >
> > > <IfModule jk_module>
> > > JkWorkersFile /etc/httpd/conf/workers.properties
> > > JkLogFile /var/log/httpd/mod_jk.log
> > > JkLogLevel info
> > >
> >
> > remove from here
> >
> > > Alias /sft "/var/webapps/sft"
> > >
> > > <Directory "/var/webapps/sft">
> > > Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
> > > </Directory>
> > >
> > > <Location "/sft/WEB-INF/">
> > > AllowOverride None
> > > deny from all
> > > </Location>
> > >
> > until here
> >
> > > </IfModule>
> >
> > >
> > > ##
> > > ## SSL Virtual Host Context
> > > <VirtualHost sfta.a.b.c:443>
> >
> > change this
> >
> > > JkMount /sft/* loadbalancer
> > > JkUnMount /*.html loadbalancer
> >
> > to this
> >
> > JkMount /sft loadbalancer
> > JkMount /sft/* loadbalancer
> >
> >
> > > </VirtualHost>
> > >
> > > I still get the jsp file returned as text
> >
> > which means that Apache is serving them, not Tomcat.
> >
> > so I obviously still have problems and initially I would just like to get
> > apache to invoke
> > mod_jk and return me the dynamic content.
> >
> > And let it first return the static content as well, since it is anyway
> > located in your
> > webapps directory.
> >
> > One could also question why you are using the term (or name) "loadbalancer"
> > above, since
> > all your content seems to be on the same host anyway. Do you really have
> > one httpd and
> > several Tomcat's ?
> >
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