Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition

Building JServ

Having created gmake, move to the mod_jserv source directory. Before you start, you need to have compiled Apache so that JServ can pass its configure checks. If you have got this far in the book, you probably will already have compiled Apache once or twice, but if not — now is a good time to start. Go to Chapter 1.

You then need to decide whether you want to build it into the Apache executable (recommended) or prepare it as a DSO. We took the first route and configured mod_jserv with this:

MAKE=/usr/local/bin/gmake ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-apache-src=/usr/src/
apache/apache_1.3.19 --with-jdk-home=/usr/src/java/jdk1.1.8 --with-JSDK=/usr/src/
jsdk/JSDK2.0/lib

Your paths in general will be different. --prefix invokes the location where you want the JServ bits to be put. Rather perversely, they appear in the subdirectory .../etc below the directory you specify. You might also think that you were required to put /src on the end of the Apache path, but you’re not. If the process fails for any reason, take care to delete the file config.cache before you try again. You might want to write the necessary commands as a script since it is unlikely to work at the first attempt:

rm config.cache
MAKE=/usr/local/bin/gmake ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/bin --with-apache-src=/usr/src/
apache/apache_1.3.19 --with-jdk-home=/usr/src/java/jdk1.1.8 --with-JSDK=/usr/src/
jsdk/JSDK2.0/lib > log

If you use mod_ssl, you should add --enable-EAPI. The script’s voluminous comments ...