Forwarding apache requests to Tomcat servlet container
Most web applications todays are using favorite Apache web server for its proven architecture and free apache license. Tomcat is same as a very famous servlet container or java application server. Although tomcat itself can be access as a simple web server, for production environments it may lack some features like load-balancing, redundancy, etc. So the best way to use is to integrate those two application, and finally its a great combination for enterprise applications for excess performance and ease of maintenance. The theory behind is to use a middle tier connector called mod_jk.so module which communicate using AJP(Apache JSer Protocol ) version 1.3, best of currently available stable version.See the following figure for graphical view. Here in this small steps guide i configure an Apache2 to a single instance of Tomcat6.Any comments and improvements are welcome at the end. installations: install apache2;Web server who list...