I had to compile the latest version of apache on my server and that seemed to solve the issue.
I created this question and answer to document that process: http://serverfault.com/questions/655722/how-do-i-compile-the-latest-apache2-on-ubuntu-using-the-original-layout-configu/655724#655724 On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Rian Kruger <riankru...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I am experiencing an intermittent problem when connecting the jetty > web-socket client to the server. The good people at Jetty assure me it is > not a problem with Jetty. > > On the server side I have apache with mod proxy_wstunnel proxying to > tomcat 7. > > When I take apache out of the picture and connect the client directly to > tomcat, the error seems to disappear. Also the error does not seem to > happen when I run the client on linux, the problem only seems to occur on > windows 7. > > I've noticed that apache is returning a 500 html page at some stage, > however, even if I set the loglevel to debug, I don't get any useful > information on how to resolve the error. > > If anyone could help me figure out how to resolve this it would be much > appreciated. Hours of googling have helped. You are my last hope... > > The software version are: > > apache Server version: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu), Server built: Jul 22 2014 > 14:36:38 > tomcat Apache Tomcat/7.0.52 (Ubuntu) 1.8.0_25-b17 Oracle Corporation Linux > 3.13.0-32-generic > Jetty client: 9.2.6.v20141205 > > I've attached the logs. > > There is also a ticket on stackoverflow, should you wish to get points > there: > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27638895/jetty-websocket-client-not-valid-utf8 > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > Rian >