Tomcat 5 for Apache 2

Hi NG,

I'm quite new to server related topics. Now I'm trying to build a
server for educational purposes that can run java-servlets. So I picked
Tomcat 5 and the JK2-connector but cannot find the right configuration
to bind them (Tomcat & Apache 2) together. I read many of the HOWTOs on
apache.org and the rest of the web, but none of them works and most of
them refer to elements of the server.xml, that don't exist in mine. I.e.
to let Tomcat auto-create the configuration-file for apache. I didn't
find how to do that in newer tomcat-documentations and the hint I found
in the Tomcat 3 -docs told me to look out for some elements in the
server.xml, that don't exist in my file. Does anyone know where I can
find a HOWTO that actually works for Tomcat 5? (on the apache.org
entry-level site for tomcat5-documentation there is under Reference a
link to JK Documentation, that doesn't work (it brings up the
download-page). On the left side (the navigation) there is the same
link. It works, but brings up the jk-chapter in the 4.1-documentation)

My OS is a win xp pro and in about two weeks I'll get my older pc back,
where I'm going to install red hat 8 and apache/tomcat/php/mysql/cocoon
- just to know how to do it in both os-worlds. But honestly - I wonder
if I'll ever make it on one of them. /-)

best regards,
Stephan Herzog

Ok, here is an exact description what doesn't work:

First I changed from the mod_jk2 to the mod_jk1, because when using JK2
and I test the http.conf syntax I get an error message, that
JkWorkersFile is perhaps mis-spelled or not defined by the module. When
using Jk1 the http.conf syntax is ok.

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Here's my http.conf
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## Attempting to integrate Tomcat
# load module
LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk1.dll

# JkWorkers-Datei
JkWorkersFile c:/Tomcat5/conf/workers.properties
JkLogFile c:/Tomcat5/mod_jk.log
JkLogLevel error
JkMount /*.jsp ajp13
JkMount /servlet/* ajp13
Alias /examples "c:/Tomcat5/webapps/jsp-examples"
<Directory "c:/Tomcat5/webapps/jsp-examples">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
</Directory>

JkMount /examples/servlet/* ajp13
JkMount /examples/*.jsp ajp13

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My workers.properties-file reads as follows:
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workers.tomcat_home=c:\Tomcat5
workers.java_home=c:\jdk
ps=\
worker.list=ajp13

worker.ajp13.port=8009
worker.ajp13.host=localhost
worker.ajp13.type=ajp13
worker.ajp13.lbfactor=1

worker.loadbalancer.type=lb
worker.loadbalancer.balanced_workers = ajp13

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Ok, so when I type in http://localhost/examples/ I come up with the
right directory (is that what you call a virtual directory?) - but of
course the *.jsp-files don't work. When I try one I get a

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Tomcat-Error Page.
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Http Status 404 - /examples/jsp2/el/basic-arithmetic.jsp
type: Status report
message /examples/jsp2/el/basic-arithmetic.jsp
description: The requested resource (/examples/jsp2....) is not available

So, I guess I have to change Tomcat's server.xml into something. Can
anyone tell me what it is and where exactly in that file I need to put
it to?

many thanks in advantage and sorry for that long message,
Stephan