tuhalang / loadbalancer

LOAD BALANCE USING APACHE & TOMCAT

• Required: java

1. Install Apache

   sudo apt-get install apache2

   • This will install in /etc/apache2
2. Download & install mod_jk

    sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-jk

3. Download tomcat https://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi
4. Extract it and create folders server
5. Change port in file server.xml to avoid duplicate pore

   <Server port="9005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">

    <Connector port="9009" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="9443"/>

6. Edit file /etc/libapache2-mod-jk/workers.properties to

   worker.list=loadbalancer,status 
    
   worker.server1.port=8009
   worker.server1.host=localhost
   worker.server1.type=ajp13 
    
   worker.server2.port=9009
   worker.server2.host=localhost
   worker.server2.type=ajp13 
    
   worker.server1.lbfactor=1
   worker.server2.lbfactor=1 
    
   worker.loadbalancer.type=lb
   worker.loadbalancer.balance_workers=server1,server2 
    
   worker.status.type=status

7. Add the following to the Apache configurations located in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

   JkMount /status status
   JkMount /* loadbalancer

8. Build & deploy project
9. Run servers tomcat
   • Access: http://localhost/loadbalance
   • Then access http://localhost/status to follow handle