There is no "apxs" on the Linux server. The S.A. confirmed this. That file and nothing closely resembling it are found anywhere on the whole box. Is it needed to compile mod_jk?
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Eggers [mailto:its_toas...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 1:22 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Binary of mod_jk.so for Apache 2.2.x ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leffingwell, Jonathan R CTR FRCSE, JAX 7.2.2" > <jonathan.leffingwell....@navy.mil> > To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:08 AM > Subject: RE: Binary of mod_jk.so for Apache 2.2.x > > Chris, something DID just dawn on me... > > I have my own account on that Linux server, though not with root access or > anything. Would it be possible for me to compile mod_jk.so into my own space > and then tell him where the mod_jk.so is? If so, would the following steps > be > how I would generate mod_jk.so (and forgive the "newbie"ness of the > question, please)? > > tar -xvzf tomcat-connectors-1.2.30-src.tar.gz > > cd tomcat-connectors-1.2.30-src/native/ # which apxs > > ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --enable-api-compatibility > > make > > make install > > > At this point, I think all I want to do is produce a functioning mod_jk.so > and > let him put it into the modules directory. Would this do it? > > Thanks again! > > JL > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 12:34 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Binary of mod_jk.so for Apache 2.2.x > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Leon, > > On 7/12/2011 7:42 PM, Leon Kolchinsky wrote: >> Go to http://tomcat.apache.org/download-connectors.cgi and download >> the source code: >> >> # tar -xvzf tomcat-connectors-1.2.30-src.tar.gz >> >> Read docs/webserver_howto/apache.html or native/BUILDING.txt for >> options. >> >> # cd tomcat-connectors-1.2.30-src/native/ # which apxs # ./configure >> --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --enable-api-compatibility # make # make >> install > > All that as root? Hmm. > > Also, not everyone has a C compiler, especially on a production machine. > (The answer, of course, is to build somewhere else and upload.) > > Jonathan, I understand that you want convenience, but there are several > factors to consider, here: > > 1. Unless you download a binary from a trusted source (i.e. not anyone > on this list, but something like something.apache.org, or from your > distro's package manager), you should consider yourself compromised. > > 2. If you build your own mod_jk, you know it will work with your exact > environment. No weird problems with slight version mismatches between > httpd version or other libraries. No questions about which > architecture's files you need to download, etc. > > 3. Building mod_jk from source is relatively trivial. See above. Most > Linux distros some with a C compiler by default, and all of them > can trivially install gcc. > > Consider trying it. > > Recently, the Tomcat team decided to stop providing binaries for *NIX > platforms because of the above (maybe that was just for tcnative, but I > wouldn't be surprised if the policy is now to avoid rolling binaries for > any non-Java components). > > Why? Because if we wanted to provide binaries for, say, mod_jk, we need > to support (at least) two architectures: x86 and x86_64. Also, there are > 4 major versions of Apache httpd: 1.3, 2.0, 2.2, and 2.4. Sometimes, > even httpd patch level can affect compatibility (though it really > shouldn't) or maybe it was built against 2.2.11 but the user has 2.2.13 > and wants to know "why no binary?". > > We cannot possibly provide enough binaries to make everyone happy. Since > it's so easy to build mod_jk, we ask users in *NIX environments to just > do it. > > We do provide binaries for both 32- and 64-bit Microsoft Windows > environments for Apache httpd, Microsoft IIS and (wtf?) Netscape, > because those folks rarely have compilers handy. > > If you have any trouble building mod_jk, please don't hesitate to come > back for help. > > - -chris If all the tools are available on the production system (compiler, libraries), then you do this as a normal user: myuser$ tar -xvzf tomcat-connectors-1.2.32-src.tar.gz myuser$ cd tomcat-connectors-1.2.32-src/native/ myuser$ which apxs myuser$ ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --enable-api-compatibility myuser$ make (where myuser$ is whatever prompt you have for your user id). Then you tell the system admin where the location is (probably now in /home/myuser/tomcat-connectors-1.2.32-src/native/), and have him do as root: # cd /home/myuser/tomcat-connectors-1.2.32-src/native/ # make install That should get the mod_jk.so installed. The administrator will then have to configure it (see tomcat-connectors-1.2.32-src/conf for examples), and finally restart the Apache HTPPD server. Hopefully the administrator should be able to do that. . . . . just my two cents /mde/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
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