Desperately seeking help. mod_jk problem with Apache 2.0.49 and Tomcat 4.1.

Question

Hi All,
I am setting up the connection between Tomcat 4.1 and Apache 2.0.49 since past 3 days without success.
I downloaded the
JK 1.2
JK 1.2 Binary Releases
mod_jk_1.2.5_2.0.47.dll from apache site.(renamed it to mod_jk.dll as instructed). Now the problem is that after making the other settings in server.xml, httpd.conf,workers.properties
My Tomcat does not show any error when i uncomment the following code
<Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector"
               port="8009" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75"
               enableLookups="true" redirectPort="8443"
               acceptCount="10" debug="0" connectionTimeout="20000"
               useURIValidationHack="false"
               protocolHandlerClassName="org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler"/>
which is the code for mod_jk2. I don't understand this as I have download the file for JK1.2.
I am getting the mod_jk.conf file generated but it is generated with the following code.
<IfModule !mod_jk.c>
  LoadModule jk_module C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/modules/mod_jk.dll
</IfModule>
JkWorkersFile "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Tomcat 4.1/conf/jk/workers.properties"
JkLogFile "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Tomcat 4.1/logs/mod_jk.log"
JkLogLevel info
<VirtualHost localhost>
    ServerName localhost
    JkMount /admin ajp13
    JkMount /admin/* ajp13
    JkMount /webdav ajp13
    JkMount /webdav/* ajp13
    JkMount /examples ajp13
    JkMount /examples/* ajp13
    JkMount /tomcat-docs ajp13
    JkMount /tomcat-docs/* ajp13
    JkMount /manager ajp13
    JkMount /manager/* ajp13
</VirtualHost>
AGAIN , here I fail to understand why it is generating the jk_module with forward slash.
(I HAVE GIVEN THE ps=/ property in worker.properties)
Once I add the path in quotes i.e.
LoadModule jk_module "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/modules/mod_jk.dll"
I am able to start the apache server. but am failing in the connection test ie. not able to view the examples directory.
Plz. advise me , I am really going crazy over this stuff.
Thanks in advance,
Vishy.

Answer 1

I am confused, you need to pick modjk2 or modjk.
I would not use a precompiled modjk2.dll , I have and had security problems.
I would compile it from source. The instructions are in the source package.
If you use modjk, your on the right steps, modjk is more difficult to setup. than modjk2.
For modjk2 all you need is
LoadModule jk2_module C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/modules/mod_jk2.dll
and the workers2.properties in /conf directory, that's it.
Tomcat 4 and above come 'stock' with ajp workers turned on port 8009.
First make sure modjk is loaded in Apache.
Make sure all 30 lines of error page is uncommented on http.conf
You can do this by http://servername/SOMEbogusAddress
just go to apache page, then try and load a non-existing page
You should see at bottom of page:
Apache/2.0.49 (Unix) mod_jk2/2.0.4