After the proper installation of DSpace. The DSpace instance can be accessed by typing this url in address bar of web browser.

After the integration of Apache Tomcat and Apache 2 the DSpace instance can be accessed by

In this blog I'll explain how you can connect Apache Tomcat with Apache 2 webserver so that you'll have to open only one port and can provide better security.

To install the Jakarta Tomcat Apache connector type as follows:

aptitude install libapache2-mod-jk libapache-mod-jk-doc

To setup Apache2 to use the mod_jk connector type the following:

a2enmod jk

/etc/init.d/apache2 reload

To configure the connector on the Apache side open the /etc/apache2/conf.d/tomcat.conf file with your favorite editor as my fav is vi I am using vi you can use any other. Type the following in terminal

 sudo vi /etc/apache2/conf.d/tomcat.conf

Then insert the following:

<IfModule mod_jk.c>
JkWorkersFile           /etc/tomcat5.5/workers.properties
JkLogFile               /var/log/apache2/mod_jk.log
JkLogLevel              info
JkLogStampFormat        "[%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y] "
JkRequestLogFormat      "%w %V %T"
# JkMount directive is: JkMount [URL prefix] [Worker name]
# send all requests ending in .jsp to ajp13_worker
 JkMount                 /*.jsp localhost
# send all requests ending /servlet to ajp13_worker
JkMount                 /*/servlet/ localhost
#   OWN ADDITIONS
#######################################
JkMount /manager localhost
JkMount /manager/* localhost
JkMount /jspui localhost
JkMount /jspui/* localhost
JkMount /xmlui localhost
JkMount /xmlui/* localhost
JkMount /oai localhost
JkMount /oai/* localhost
JkMount /lni localhost
JkMount /lni/* localhost 
JkMount /sword localhost
JkMount /sword/* localhost
</IfModule>

To configure the connector on the Tomcat side open the /etc/tomcat5.5/workers.properties file in your favorite editor and type the following:

sudo vi /etc/tomcat5.5/workers.properties

Then insert the following:

workers.apache_log=/var/log/apache2
workers.tomcat_home=/usr/share/tomcat5.5/
workers.java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/
worker.list=localhost
worker.localhost.port=8009
worker.localhost.host=localhost
worker.localhost.type=ajp13
worker.localhost.lbfactor=1

Restart the Apache and Tomcat servers

Now restart apache and tomcat as follows:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 restart

Now type following code in your browser your DSpace should open.

http://localhost/jspui

Done.

• Apache2 and Apache are installed via the package manager and not separately.
• You are using Debian or its derivatives.