How do i set up tomcat

[tomjmalone]

I am testing some servlets i need to get tomcat to work.

I have installed j2sdk1.4.2_05, and set the java_home to the sdk dir.

I have started httpd and tomcat daemons from the serviceconf menu, how do i get tomcat to work as when i go to localhost:8080, nothing happens and it loads goolge.

Ideally i would like to set up tomcat as both a standalone server accessed by localhost:8080, but also through apache and localhost, is this even possible, i know i nedd to use mod_jk2.

Thanks in advance Tom

[friez]

snip:
"All classes go in the ~/public_html/WEB-INF/classes/ directory, typically this is also where you put other types of files, such as ".properties" files. .jar files go in ~/public_html/WEB-INF/lib .

Note: if you add a jar file, before it can work your webapp context has to be reloaded. You'll have to get the webmaster to do this, try not to do it very often. "
hope this helps

[tomjmalone]

That was really helpful, but i still can't get tomcat to work, does it need mod_jk2 to connect to apache, and access it that way.

Tom

[friez]

i believe so
snip:
"The ModJK2 tarball uses Ant to build both the Java connectors for Tomcat and the native modules for Apache2. "

try this site

http://www.pixelfreak.net/howto/apache2_jk2_tomcat/socket.html