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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by la...@apache.org on 2001/03/14 08:31:42 UTC
cvs commit: jakarta-tomcat/src/doc mod_jk-howto.html
larryi 01/03/13 23:31:42
Modified: src/doc mod_jk-howto.html
Log:
Updates for changes in location of config file and document need for
<ApacheConfig ... /> to be added to server.xml.
Submitted by: Mike Braden
Revision Changes Path
1.5 +57 -16 jakarta-tomcat/src/doc/mod_jk-howto.html
Index: mod_jk-howto.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-tomcat/src/doc/mod_jk-howto.html,v
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--- mod_jk-howto.html 2000/10/11 19:11:54 1.4
+++ mod_jk-howto.html 2001/03/14 07:31:42 1.5
@@ -308,12 +308,21 @@
<h4>Quick start?</h4>
<div class=subsection>
<p>
-In most of simple cases Tomcat can generate the needed Apache configuration.
-When Tomcat starts up it will automatically generate
-a configuration file for Apache in <tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/mod_jk.conf-auto</tt>.
+In most simple cases Tomcat can generate the needed Apache configuration. You
+can configure Tomcat so that when it starts up it will automatically generate
+a configuration file for Apache.
Most of the time you don't need to do anything but
-include this file (appending <tt>"Include TOMCAT_HOME/conf/mod_jk.conf-auto"</tt>)
-in your httpd.conf. That's it, you can
+include this file (appending <tt>"Include TOMCAT_HOME/conf/jk/mod_jk.conf-auto"</tt>)
+in your httpd.conf. To configure Tomcat to generate the Apache
+auto-configuration:</p>
+<p>
+Add the following block to your <tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml</tt> file after <AutoWebApp ... />.
+</p>
+<blockquote><pre>
+<ApacheConfig />
+</pre></blockquote>
+<p>
+That's it, you can
now start Tomcat and Apache and access Tomcat from the Apache server.
</p>
<p>
@@ -323,23 +332,55 @@
the Apache configuration yourself you'll need to update it whenever you add a
new context.
</p>
-<p class=note><b>Tomcat 3.2:</b> you must restart tomcat and apache after adding a new
+<p>Note that you must restart tomcat and apache after adding a new
context; Apache doesn't support configuration changes without a restart. Also
-the file <tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/mod_jk.conf-auto</tt> is generated when
+the file <tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/jk/mod_jk.conf-auto</tt> is generated when
tomcat starts, so you'll need to start Tomcat before Apache. Tomcat will
-overwrite <tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/mod_jk.conf-auto</tt> each startup so
-customized configuration should be kept elsewhere.</p>
-<p class=note><b>Tomcat 3.3:</b> The default location of mod_jk.conf and
-mod_jk.conf-auto has changed. They are now in
-<tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/jk/mod_jk.conf</tt> and
-<tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/jk/mod_jk.conf-auto</tt>.
+overwrite <tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/jk/mod_jk.conf-auto</tt> each startup so
+a customized configuration should be kept elsewhere. For example, copy
+<tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/jk/mod_jk.conf-auto</tt> to <tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/jk/mod_jk.conf-local
+</tt>before making changes. You'll need to startup Tomcat once to generate
+this file with your configuration for the first time.
+</p>
+<p>It is also possible to specify the location of the auto generated files by
+setting options in the <ApacheConfig /> block. The following details
+the syntax:
</p>
+<blockquote><pre>
+< ContextManager ... >
+ ...
+ <ApacheConfig <i>options</i> />
+ ...
+< /ContextManager >
+</pre></blockquote>
+<p>
+ where <i>options</i> can include any of the following attributes:
+</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><b>confighome</b> - default parent directory for the following paths. If
+ not set, this defaults to TOMCAT_HOME. Ignored whenever any of the following
+ paths is absolute.
+ <li><b>jservconfig</b> - path to write apache jserv conf file to. If not set,
+ defaults to "conf/jserv/tomcat-apache.conf".
+ <li><b>jkconfig</b> - path to write apacke mod_jk conf file to. If not set,
+ defaults to "conf/jk/mod_jk.conf".
+ <li><b>workersconfig</b> - path to workers.properties file used by mod_jk. If
+ not set, defaults to "conf/jk/workers.properties".
+ <li><b>modjserv</b> - path to Apache JServ plugin module file. If not set,
+ defaults to "modules/ApacheModuleJServ.dll" on windows,
+ "modules/Jserv.nlm" on netware, and "libexec/mod_jserv.so"
+ everywhere else.
+ <li><b>modjk</b> - path to Apache mod_jk plugin file. If not set, defaults to
+ "modules/mod_jk.dll" on windows, "modules/mod_jk.nlm" on
+ netware, and "libexec/mod_jk.so" everywhere else.
+ <li><b>jklog</b> - path to log file to be used by mod_jk.</li>
+</ul>
</div>
<h4>Configuring workers manually.</h4>
<div class=subsection>
<p>
-Workers are configured using the file <tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/workers.properties</tt>.
+Workers are configured using the file <tt>TOMCAT_HOME/conf/jk/workers.properties</tt>.
There is a great deal of information in the
<a href="Tomcat-Workers-HowTo.html">workers.properties howto</a> document, and you
should really look at that first. If you're in a hurry however, you can probably get away
@@ -368,7 +409,7 @@
<blockquote><pre>
LoadModule jk_module libexec/mod_jk.so
AddModule mod_jk.c
-JkWorkersFile /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat/conf/workers.properties
+JkWorkersFile /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat/conf/jk/workers.properties
JkLogFile /usr/local/apache/logs/mod_jk.log
JkLogLevel warn
</pre></blockquote>
@@ -464,7 +505,7 @@
# Configure mod_jk
#
-JkWorkersFile /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat/conf/workers.properties
+JkWorkersFile /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat/conf/jk/workers.properties
JkLogFile /usr/local/apache/logs/mod_jk.log
JkLogLevel warn
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