apacheamazon-ec2mod-jkrhel7

mod_jk version not available for Apache 2.4 in RHEL7


Recently was trying to setup load balancing using mod_jk in apache 2.4 in RHEL 7. The web server and application are hosted in Amazon Cloud Service.The problem i am facing is with versions of mod_jk. Apparently lot of searching i got to know that latest version of mod_jk is available untill apache 2.2.X versions.I am getting mod_jk would not be loaded error.Please provide inputs on this issue.In am not able to down grade it to 2.2 either.

mod_jk.conf

LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so
JkWorkersFile conf/workers.properties
JkLogFile logs/mod_jk.log
JkMount /application/* loadbalancer

workers.properties

worker.list=loadbalancer,status
worker.node1.port=8009
worker.node1.host=node1.mydomain.com
worker.node1.type=ajp13
worker.node1.ping_mode=A
worker.node1.lbfactor=1
worker.loadbalancer.type=lb
worker.loadbalancer.balance_workers=node1,node2
worker.loadbalancer.sticky_session=1
worker.status.type=status

Solution

  • You can install mod_jk by following the below steps:

    # cd /var/java/
    
    # mkdir mod-jk
    
    # cd mod-jk
    
    # wget http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-connectors/jk/tomcat-connectors-1.2.41-src.tar.gz
    
    # tar -xf tomcat-connectors-1.2.41-src.tar.gz
    
    # yum install -y httpd-devel gcc gcc-c++ make libtool
    # cd tomcat-connectors-1.2.41-src/native
    # ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs
    # make
    # libtool --finish /usr/lib64/httpd/modules
    # make install
    
    # service httpd restart