Spring and mod_jk jsp source in the response

Question

I have spring contoller, also apache + mod_jk + tomcat. So after making an requesto to my controller in the response I am getting jsp source code

mod_jk config:

<VirtualHost <some ip>:8000>
        ServerName <host>
        ServerAlias <alias> 
        DocumentRoot <path>
        JkMountCopy On
</VirtualHost>
JkWorkersFile <path>/workers.properties
JkMount /app* worker1

workers.properties

worker.list=worker1
worker.worker1.port=18001
worker.worker1.secret=some_secret
worker.worker1.host=localhost

How I understand apache sucessefully receives request => mod_jk redirects it to spring controller. Question is what happens next? Does spring converts response body to the jsp page, and forward it to apache? How can i fix this issue?

Answer 1

Here is a working configuration, maybe you can find anyting thats missing in yours:

1. httpd.conf (Mod_jk module must be activated in httpd.conf):

   LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so
   
   #### JK CONFIG
   
   JkWorkersFile   D:\Server\jk\workers.properties
   JkLogFile       D:\Server\jk\mod_jk.log
   JkShmFile       D:\Server\jk\jk-runtime-status
   JkLogLevel      warning
   
   JkMount /modjkstatus    stats
   

2. workers.properties:

   worker.list=stats,node1
   
   worker.node1.type=ajp13
   worker.node1.host=localhost
   worker.node1.port=8009
   
   #status information (optional)
   worker.stats.type=status
   

3. Virtual Host Config

   JkMount /myapp                node1
   JkMount /myapp/*              node1
   

4. Restart Apache and check error.log and mod_jk.log

5. Check that the ajp port, from workers.properties, matches the apj connector port in server.xml.
6. Start Tomcat.
7. Access /modjkstatus. If modjk is working you should see an info page.
8. Access /myapp.