Configure Apache HTTP Server

Configuring Apache HTTP Server is required to set up load balancing.

  1. Access the Apache web site, www.apache.org.
  2. Find and download the file named mod_jk-1.2.30-httpd-2.2.3.so. At publication time, this file is available in Apache Tomcat Connector section of the web site.

    CA Service Catalog supports mod_jk 1.2.30.

  3. Rename the mod_jk-1.2.30-httpd-2.2.3.so file to mod_jk.so.
  4. Copy the mod_jk.so file to the modules folder in the Apache Server installation.
  5. Decide whether to perform the remaining steps.

    Because Apache HTTP Server is used as a load balancer, you can optionally perform the remaining steps. These cleaning steps disable the Apache web server features, to improve performance and to reduce potential security risks. If you use this version of Apache HTTP Server for other services or if you have other reasons, you can skip the remaining steps.

  6. Delete the following folders under C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2:

    Note: In this step and other steps in this process, the "C:\Program Files\" portion of the path names reflect the typical location specified at installation time. This portion of your path names may vary, depending, for example, on the installation directory specified for the \Apache Software Foundation folder at installation time.

  7. In the C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\confdirectory, rename httpd.conf to _httpd.conf.bak.
  8. Find the httpd.minimal.conf file.

    This minimal configuration file is included in the Utilities/Apache Webserver directory of the CA Service Catalog installation media.

  9. Copy the httpd.minimal.conf file to C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf.
  10. In that directory, rename the httpd.minimal.conf file to httpd.conf.
  11. Also in that directory, delete all files except the following:
  12. Change to the C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\modules directory.
  13. In that directory, delete all files except the following: