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Step 1: Download and install Apache HTTP server
The following software packages from yum should be installed for Apache HTTP:
- httpd
- mod_ssl
The following software packages are optional but necessary if you want to install the Apache mod_jk module to forward Apache HTTP requests to Apache Tomcat. If not, then you can use the Apache mod_proxy_ajp module installed by default with Apache HTTP:
- httpd-devel
- apr
- apr-devel
- apr-util
- apr-util-devel
Once all of the packages have been installed, check the /usr/lib/httpd/modules directory to make sure that the mod_proxy_ajp module was installed. The mod_proxy_ajp module is needed to front-end Apache Tomcat with Apache HTTP, which we will see later.
The only immediate Apache HTTP configuration change that needs to be made now is to configure the server's host name. This can be done by editing the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file, uncommenting the line with ServerName, and setting it appropriately for the server.
Step 2: Remove pre-installed version of Apache Tomcat 5.5.x
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