1. Check if apache extension tool is intalled (apxs)
2. If not, follow these steps:
a. cd /etc/
b. vi yum.conf
c. comment the "exclude" line if it contains entries for apache and/or httpd
d. save and exit from the file
e. yum install apr-util-devel
e. yum install httpd-devel
f. after the installation completes, verify at location /usr/sbin/ a file called apxs
a. Download the tomcat connector from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-connectors.cgi
b. tar xvf <tar name>
c. cd <connector dir>/native/
d. ./buildconfig.sh
e. ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs
f. make
3. Step#2 will compile and create the mod_jk.so library in apache-2.0 directory under the native directory
4. cd <connector dir>/native/apache-2.0/
5. cp mod_jk.so /usr/local/apache/modules
6. edit the httpd.conf file in /usr/local/apache/conf with the following entries:
LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so
JkWorkersFile <worker file path>
JkLogFile <log file path>
JkLogLevel warn
JkMount /* ajp13
