The Apache Tomcat Connector

Documentation Index

This is the top-level entry point of the documentation bundle for the Apache Tomcat Connectors

Select one of the links from the navigation menu (to the left) to drill down to the more detailed documentation that is available. Each available manual is described in more detail below.

• 31 May 2012 - JK-1.2.37 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.37 Stable. This release contains bug fixes found in previous release.

  Download the JK 1.2.37 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• 14 May 2012 - JK-1.2.36 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.36 Stable. This release contains bug fixes found in previous release.

  Download the JK 1.2.36 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• 24 March 2012 - JK-1.2.35 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.35 Stable. This release contains bug fixes found in previous release.

  Download the JK 1.2.35 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• 19 March 2012 - JK-1.2.33 stability issue

  The Apache Tomcat team wishes to draw your attention to stability issues that have been identified with the recent mod_jk 1.2.33 release. If you have not yet upgraded to mod_jk 1.2.33 we recommend that you wait for the mod_jk 1.2.34 release which is currently in progress. If you have upgraded and are experienced issues we recommend that you downgrade to mod_jk 1.2.32 until mod_jk 1.2.34 is available.

  We apologise for any inconvenience.

• 13 March 2012 - JK-1.2.33 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.33 Stable. This release contains mainly bug fixes

  Download the JK 1.2.33 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• 8 July 2011 - JK-1.2.32 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.32 Stable. This release contains mainly bug fixes

  Download the JK 1.2.32 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• 1 November 2010 - JK-1.2.31 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.31 Stable. This release contains mainly bug fixes

  Download the JK 1.2.31 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• 1 March 2010 - JK-1.2.30 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.30 Stable. This release contains mainly bug fixes

  Download the JK 1.2.30 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• 22 March 2009 - JK-1.2.28 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.28 Stable. This release contains mainly bug fixes and some small improvements.

  Download the JK 1.2.28 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• 28 October 2008 - JK-1.2.27 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.27 Stable. This release contains interesting improvements.

  Download the JK 1.2.27 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• 21 December 2007 - JK-1.2.26 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.26 Stable.

  Download the JK 1.2.26 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• 7 August 2007 - JK-1.2.25 released

  The Apache Tomcat team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Tomcat Connectors 1.2.25 Stable.

  Download the JK 1.2.25 release sources | PGP signature

  Download the binaries for selected platforms.

• workers.properties

  A Tomcat worker is a Tomcat instance that is waiting to execute servlets on behalf of some web server. For example, we can have a web server such as Apache forwarding servlet requests to a Tomcat process (the worker) running behind it.

  This page contains detailed description of all workers.properties directives.

• uriworkermap.properties

  The forwarding of requests from the web server to tomcat gets configured by defining mapping rules. The so-called uriworkermap file is a mechanism of defining those rules.

• Status Worker

  The status worker is a builtin management worker. It displays state information and can also be used to dynamically reconfigure JK.

• Apache

  This page contains detailed description of all directives related to Apache web server.

• IIS

  This page contains detailed description of all IIS directives.

• Quick Start

  This page describes the configuration files used by JK on the Web Server side for the 'impatients'.

• All about workers

  This page contains an overview about the various aspects of defining and using workers.

• Timeouts

  This page describes the possible timeout settings you can use.

• Load Balancing

  This page contains an introduction on load balancing with JK.

• Reverse Proxy

  This page contains an introduction to reverse proxies, how JK handles this situation and how you can influence the JK proxying behaviour.

These pages contain detailed descriptions of how to build and install JK for the various web servers.

• Apache HTTP Server
• IIS
• Netscape/SunOne/Sun

• AJPv13

  This page describes the Apache JServ Protocol version 1.3 (hereafter ajp13).

• AJPv13 Extension Proposal

  This page describes an extension proposal for ajp13.

• Frequently asked questions

• Changelog

  This page contains the detailed list of all changes made in each version of JK.

• Current Tomcat Connectors bugs

  This is the Bugzilla Bug List related to Tomcat Connectors.

• Contribute documentation

  This page describes, how to contribute to the JK documentation.

• JK Status Ant Tasks

  This page describes ant tasks to automate JK management via the status worker.

• Reporting Tools

  This page contains information, on some report analysis scripts contained in the JK distribution.

• Old JK/JK2 documentation archive.

  Here you can find old JK and JK2 documentation.

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