Michael J McCafferty wrote:
It's most likely not Apache httpd... which is why it's not already on
port 80. He's probably using Apache Tomcat, which listens on an
alternate port (8080) to not conflict with a concurrently running Apache
httpd on port 80.
To use Tomcat with Apache, the customer should use mod_jk. Tomcat and
Apache have been designed to interoperate. Some how-tos/tutorials:
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/10825_2203891_2
http://www.johnturner.com/howto/apache2-tomcat4127-jk-rh9-howto.html
http://www.howtoforge.com/apache2_tomcat5_mod_jk_integration
I currently have 5 Tomcat servers at randomlogic.net (Tomcat 6 and
Apache 2.0.x), all of which work with the single Apache server through
mod_jk (including randomlogic.net itself). In addition, if SSL is
needed, it is easier to do this as Apache will provide the SSL
encryption while nothing need be done in Tomcat to add it (Note: If
Tomcat is running on a different box than Apache, then this may not be
desirable as the communication between Tomcat and Apache will not be
encrypted.). https://www.randomlogic.net uses SSL in this manner as
Tomcat runs on the same machine as the Apache web server.
Setting up Apache+Tomcat using mod_jk is trivial and is the preferred
way to integrate the two. Some of the how-tos state that mod_jk has to
be compiled, but I did not have to do this. All I had to do was
configure Apache to load it.
PGA
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