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Questions about mod_jk

I have seen a jboss implementation where they use mod_jk module running with apache on the same host, when I check  workers.properties there are no other hosts listed  other than the host itself.

What's wrong with the default jboss webserver?  I can clearly see that there is no configuration of load balancing here so why would they need to use apache + mod_jk

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A J2EE server is an application provider while apache is a content provider.

So for multi-app stuff apache is simpler to manage (ssl, AAA, compression ...)  while application specific configurations are better done on the J2EE container.

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On J2EE every app is responsable for lot's it's security and access configuration while with an apache frontend you can manage those based on a directory/url level (simpler)
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