Leopard for the Web Developer - installing mod_jk

Today I was pleased to get a few comments from a fellow programmer anxious to set up his Mac so Apache could connect with Tomcat with the help of mod_jk. He came looking for info, found none, and kindly came back later to reveal his findings. Here's billo's instructions about how to install mod_jk on Mac OS X Leopard (for an intel Mac).

He explains in some pretty good detail why it fails out of the tar-box, so I won't go into it. However, what I will do is give you a line-by-line for how to make it work. I had to fill in a couple gaps after finding out what the problem was. Here's what you need to do.

1. Download and unpack the source of mod_jk (I installed version 1.2.25)

2. Make your way into the source directory (tomcat-connectors-[version]-src/native)

$ cd tomcat-connectors-1.2.25-src/native

3. Edit the apache-2.0/Makefile.apxs.in file with billo's fix. This is the solution that fixes the build. What you need to do is replace these lines:

mod_jk.la:
 $(APXS)  -c -o $@ -Wc,"${APXSCFLAGS} ${JK_INCL}" "${JAVA_INCL}" "${APXSLDFLAGS}" mod_jk.c ${APACHE_OBJECTS}

with these:

mod_jk.la:
 $(APXS) -c -o $@ -Wc,"${APXSCFLAGS} -arch x86_64 ${JK_INCL}" "${JAVA_INCL}" "${APXSLDFLAGS} -arch x86_64 " mod_jk.c ${APACHE_OBJECTS}

The tab at the beginning of the $(APXS) line is very important! Don't remove it.

4. While you're in the [src]/native directory, configure the build files

$ ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs

5. Change directory into apache-2.0 and get ready to build.

$ cd apache-2.0

6. Make the module using apxs as your compiler

$ make -f Makefile.apxs

7. Install the module

$ sudo make install

From there, you're on your own getting it configured for Apache. But the documentation for configuring mod_jk is  abundant.