Installing Apache + Tomcat on Ubuntu

1. Install the packages
   

       sudo apt-get update
       sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
       sudo apt-get install apache2
       sudo apt-get install tomcat6
       sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-jk
     

2. Adjust the startup parameters like heap space, permgen etc. by modifying the file /etc/default/tomcat6
3. Uncomment the AJP connector from the server configuration by modifying /var/lib/tomcat6/conf/server.xml
4. Add the jk worker properties file by creating a new file /etc/apache2/jk_workers.properties with the following content:
   

       # List of workers
       worker.list = local, status
   
       # Local worker
       worker.local.type=ajp13
       worker.local.host=localhost
       worker.local.port=8009
   
       # Status worker
       worker.status.type=status
     

5. Add a new file /etc/apache2/mods_available/jk.conf with the following content:
   

       JkWorkersFile /etc/apache2/jk_workers.properties
       JkShmFile     /var/log/apache2/mod_jk.shm
       JkLogFile     /var/log/apache2/mod_jk.log
       JkLogLevel    info
       JkLogStampFormat "[%a %b %H:%M:%S %Y]"
     

6. Enable the mods
   

         % cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
         % sudo ln -s ../mods-available/jk.conf jk.conf
       

7. Edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default and add the JK Mount points. At the end of the file, in the same virtual host definition, add the following:
   

       JkMount /servlet* local
       JkMount /tomcat-status status
     

8. Reboot the server
   

         % sudo reboot now