Apache front Tomcat configure for uPortal

To use appache http server in front of tomcat

 

1. load the setting in a seperated file into httpd.conf under apache http server conf folder.
   

   LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
   LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
   ProxyRequests Off
   <Proxy *>
           Order deny,allow
           Deny from all
           Allow from xxx.xxx.xxx.edu.au (your computer name, without http://)
   </Proxy>
   ProxyPass         / ajp:// xxx.xxx.xxx.edu.au:8019/ retry=0
   ProxyPassReverse     / ajp:// xxx.xxx.xxx.edu.au:8019
   / retry=0

    
   
2. tomcat configure file: server.xml,
   
   • comment out 8080 connector,
     
   • enable the <Connector port="8019 " address="xxxx.xxx.xx.edu.au"  enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" protocol="AJP/1.3" />

 

Note : the port number must match