GlassFish Wiki : Running GlassFish V3 with Apache httpd via mod_proxy

GlassFish Configuration

Create a mod_ajp enabled network listener

 
        asadmin create-network-listener --listenerport 8009 --protocol http-listener-1 --jkenabled true jk-connector 
       

Restart GlassFish

Note : the above works with 3.1.2. The trunk needs a jk-enabled http instead of network-listener. This will be supported in the future Grizzly version.

 
        <protocol name="jk-connector">
    <http default-virtual-server="server" jk-enabled="true">
    </http>
</protocol>

<network-listener port="8009" protocol="jk-connector" transport="tcp" name="jk-connector" thread-pool="http-thread-pool"></network-listener> 
       

Apache Configuration

Install apache httpd server & mod_proxy_ajp (mod_proxy_ajp is built as part of apache httpd)

Edit httpd.conf to contain

 
        LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so

Include conf/other/*.conf

Open confg/other/ajp.config and paste the following

 
        ProxyRequests Off

        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from localhost

ProxyPass               / ajp://localhost:8009/
ProxyPassReverse        / ajp://localhost:8009/ 
       

Start Apache

Now any http://localhost:80 request will direct to GlassFish

If you need only redirect certain webapp (ex. hello), you can modify ajp.config

 
        ProxyRequests Off

        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from localhost

ProxyPass               /hello ajp://localhost:8009/hello
ProxyPassReverse        /hello ajp://localhost:8009/hello 
       

Now only http://localhost:80/hello request will direct to GlassFish hello application.