I actually use the warp connector (mod_webapp.so) to connect to my tomcat server in most cases. The upside is that it simple to implement. The downside is that it no longer being developed. As far as the connectors jk vs jk2 go I would probably recommend using jk2 unless you are committed to an old version of apache.
Another option is to not use connectors at all, use mod_rewrite and do a reverse proxy. Here is an example of what I have done in apache to reverse proxy request to an application server backend. <VirtualHost *> ServerName YourVirtual.dot.ca.gov DocumentRoot /www/pub/tmp ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/YourVirtual_errors.log CustomLog /usr/local/apache/logs/YourVirtual_access.log combined ProxyRequests on RewriteEngine on RewriteLog /usr/local/apache/logs/unsecured_rewrite.log #change the log level to 2 or 3 for production RewriteLogLevel 9 RewriteRule ^/$ http://yourapplicationserver.dot.ca.gov:8080/$1 [NC,P] </VirtualHost> Here is a nice article on using proxy and rewrite to connect to an application server backend. http://wiki.cocoondev.org/Wiki.jsp?page=ApacheModProxy Cary Anderson Webteam, IT CA Dept of Transportation Sacramento, California (916) 654-3629 (916) 769-7689 Florian Ebeling To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: de> Subject: Re: jk or jk2 10/30/2003 04:55 AM Please respond to "Tomcat Users List" Hi, mod_jk2 is more or less undocumented. If you dont't want to dive into the C sources, be careful. mod_jk comes with quite solid descriptions. -Florian Bernhard Erdmann wrote: > Cory 'G' Watson wrote: >> If starting a new _production_ setup, should I be using jk or jk2? >> I've seen conflicting information in my searches. > I recommend mod_jk2 for apache2. I discovered mod_jk does not forward > properly requests by their JSESSIONID to the right servlet engine in a > two tomcat loadbalanced setup. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
