Help setting jforum and Apache->Tomcat connector

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Hello all,
I have a problem while I am trying to run jforum and connect apache-tomcat with mod_jk connector. When I am typing http://localhost:8080/jforum - everything is just fine. But I want to access the forum with forum.mycompany.com. Before explain my conf files I will say that I am using Suse Linux Enterprise Server. I have put jforum in /srv/www/tomcat5/base/webapps. I have a virtual host defined in my apache and it looks like this:

<VirtualHost 10.0.11.51:80>
ServerAdmin [e-mail]
ServerName forum.mycompany.com:8080
ServerAlias forum.mycompany.com
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/forum.mycompany.com-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/forum.mycompany.com-access_log combined
HostnameLookups Off
UseCanonicalName Off
JkMount /jforum/* ajp13
</VirtualHost>

My jk.conf file is this:

<IfModule mod_jk.c>
JkWorkersFile /etc/tomcat5/base/workers.properties
JkLogFile /var/log/tomcat5/base/mod_jk.log
# Log level to be used by mod_jk
JkLogLevel error
# The following line makes apache aware of the location of
# the /jforum context
Alias /jforum "/srv/www/tomcat5/base/webapps/jforum"
<Directory "/srv/www/tomcat5/base/webapps/jforum">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
allow from all
</Directory>
# The following line makes apache aware of the location of
# the /servlets-examples context
Alias /servlets-examples "/srv/www/tomcat5/base/webapps/servlets-examples"
<Directory "/srv/www/tomcat5/base/webapps/servlets-examples">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
allow from all
</Directory>
# The following line makes apache aware of the location of
# the /jsp-examples context
Alias /jsp-examples "/srv/www/tomcat5/base/webapps/jsp-examples"
<Directory "/srv/www/tomcat5/base/webapps/jsp-examples">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
allow from all
</Directory>
# The following line mounts all JSP files and the /servlet/ uri to tomcat
JkMount /servlets-examples/servlet/* ajp13
JkMount /jsp-examples/*.jsp ajp13
# The following line prohibits users from directly accessing WEB-INF
<Location "/jsp-examples/WEB-INF/">
AllowOverride None
deny from all
</Location>
<Location "/servlets-examples/WEB-INF/">
AllowOverride None
deny from all
</Location>
</IfModule>

In my workers.properties file I have pointed the Tomcat base directory and JAVA home directory.

I have a DNS and I have set it so forum.mycompany.com i going to the apache server. When i access forum.mycompany.com it came up a blank page with IT WORKS line. I have read a lot tutorials about connecting apache and tomcat but I have no success. Can you tell me what I am missing.
Thank you in advance.

[originally posted on jforum.net by chandler_kiril]

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In my workers.properties file I have pointed the Tomcat base directory and JAVA home directory.

Sounds like you're using an older workers properties file format (ajp12?). A current jk workers.properties file doesn't have directory names but looks like:

# workers.properties.minimal -
#
# This file provides minimal jk configuration properties needed to
# connect to Tomcat.
#
# The workers that jk should create and work with
#
worker.list=ajp13, jkstatus

default.worker=ajp13
worker.ajp13.cachesize=250

#
# Defining a worker named ajp13w and of type ajp13
# Note that the name and the type do not have to match.
#
worker.ajp13.type=ajp13
worker.ajp13.host=localhost
worker.ajp13.port=8009

# A Status worker
worker.jkstatus.type=status

Note the ajp13 in the worker.list, default.worker, and worker.ajp13.* properties is just a name that is associated with the JkMount worker tag. E.g.:

JkMount /jforum/* ajp13 <- this is a name used in worker.list
[originally posted on jforum.net by monroe]

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I don't know if I would be better off starting a new thread or hitchike onto this one? But here goes. I am trying to do a similar configuration but I am using MOD_PROXY_AJP.

Here is my VirtualHost settings:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [e-mail]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ServerName igames.blahblah.com
ServerAlias *.blahblah.com
<Location /jforum>
Options All
AuthName "iGames Forum Login"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Location>
<Location /igamesWebApp>
Options All
AuthName "igamesWebApp Login"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Location>
ProxyPass /jforum ajp://localhost:8009/jforum
ProxyPass /igamesWebApp ajp://localhost:8009/igamesWebApp
ErrorLog logs/igames.blahblah.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/igames.blahblah.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

I haven't modified the server.xml file as I wasn't really sure what I needed to modify.

I can connect to jforum just fine. However, I can never successfuly login unless I go to http://igames.blahblah.com:8400/jforum.

any help would be appreciated.
[originally posted on jforum.net by LichW]