Run JSP application with apache using mod proxy

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So you have a VPS and you want to host tomcat application and your apache application together in it. Sure you can run them on different ports, but if you want to run jsp app also on port 80, you can use apache’s mod proxy to do so. Follow the following steps to run jsp application with apache using mod proxy.

Edit your apache conf file for your website by the following command

$sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/servername.com.conf

Add/Edit the file and add the following mod below server name

ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On

<Proxy *>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Proxy>

ProxyPass / http://servername.com:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://servername.com:8080/

Now your config should look something like this

<VirtualHost *:80>
SuexecUserGroup apache apache
ServerName servername.com

ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On

<Proxy *>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Proxy>

ProxyPass / http://servername.com:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://servername.com:8080/

Options -Indexes +IncludesNOEXEC +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch +ExecCGI
allow from all
AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Require all granted

</VirtualHost>

Quit the editor and restart apache using the following

$sudo service apache2 restart

Note on: SuexecUserGroup add www-data www-data for ubuntu, and apache apache for cent os

Now you can find the tomcat/jsp app running on port 80. This will also work with other scripts such as python/djangom nodejs. If you have any questions/feedback feel free to leave a comment.

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