4.3. Configuring the JBoss Web Server Installation

Procedure 4.4. Running the Post-Installation Scripts

1. Open a shell prompt, and change directory to JWS_HOME/etc.
2. Issue the following commands to run the post-installation scripts:

   sh .postinstall.httpd
   sh .postinstall.tomcat
   

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   The post-installation scripts create the Apache and Tomcat users and groups.

Procedure 4.5. Setting the JAVA_HOME Environment Variable

1. Open the Tomcat configuration file:
   • For Tomcat 7: JWS_HOME/etc/sysconfig/tomcat7
   • For Tomcat 8: JWS_HOME/etc/sysconfig/tomcat8
2. Remove the hash (#) sign at the beginning of the following line:

   # JAVA_HOME="/usr/java"

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Procedure 4.6. Removing/Re-Adding SSL Support

• Go to JWS_HOME/etc/httpd/conf.d and rename the SSL configuration file:
  • To remove SSL, rename ssl.conf to ssl.conf.disabled.
  • To re-add the SSL, rename ssl.conf.disabled to ssl.conf.

Procedure 4.7. Enabling log4j Logging for Tomcat

1. Open a shell prompt and change directory to JWS_HOME/share/extras/.
2. Copy the log4j-eap6.jar, log4j.properties, and tomcat-juli-adapters.jar files to the lib directory of the Tomcat directory.
   For example:

   extras]# cp log4j.properties ../tomcat<VERSION>/lib/

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   extras]# cp log4j-eap6.jar ../tomcat<VERSION>/lib/

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   extras]# cp tomcat-juli-adapters.jar ../tomcat<VERSION>/lib/

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   Replace <VERSION> with the respective Tomcat version number (7 or 8).
3. Replace tomcat-juli.jar file in your Tomcat bin directory with the tomcat-juli.jar file from JWS_HOME/share/extras/:

   extras]# cp tomcat-juli.jar ../tomcat<VERSION>/bin/

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Procedure 4.8. Configuring mod_jk

1. In JWS_HOME/etc/httpd/conf.d/, create a file named workers.properties.
   This file should contain the available workers (JBoss instances).
2. In JWS_HOME/etc/httpd/conf.d/, create a file named mod_jk.conf.
   This file contains general mod_jk configuration.
3. In JWS_HOME/etc/httpd/conf.d/, create a file named uriworkermap.properties.
   This file contains request mapping rules that map requests to workers.

Procedure 4.9. Configuring Apache HTTP Server to Use mod_cluster

• mod_cluster can be configured in JWS_HOME/httpd/conf.d/mod_cluster.conf.
  For more information about customizing mod_cluster, see the mod_cluster Connector section of the HTTP Connectors and Load Balancing Guide.