In Ubuntu, using apt-get to install mod_jk is really easy. However, sometimes I need to do this with alternative operating systems such as Solaris.
For this manual process, where possible I try to follow the conventions established by the Ubuntu community.
Obtain mod_jk
If you are not using Ubuntu apt-get or simply want to use the newest mod_jk you can to the Apache Tomcat site. The version we want for the Slice server is as follows,
- Binary version
- Linux
- x86_64
- httpd-2.2.X
For our configuration we would be downloading, mod_jk-1.2.28-httpd-2.2.X.so and dropping it into the apache modules folder,
sudo mv mod_jk-1.2.28-httpd-2.2.X.so /usr/lib/apache2/modules/ # Make the module available to Apache2
Load mod_jk into Apache
To load mod_jk into Apache we must perform the following.
Create jk.load
Create mod_jk.load also in /etc/apache2/mods-available,
LoadModule jk_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_jk-1.2.28-httpd-2.2.X.so
Create the corresponding .conf and .load files in /etc/apache2/mods-available.
There are still a few more steps. Go back and continue reading from Enable mod_jk of Apache Tomcat Connector.