Error 403 Forbidden forwarding from Apacha to Tomcat

[Oleg Konovalov]

Hi,

I am trying to create 2 separate environments (dev and test) on one powerful
Unix server which has 2 network cards, 2 IP addresses, 2 server names...

Using Apache 2.0.43 and Tomcat 4.1.29/JBoss 3.0.7, mod_jk 2.0.43
on Solaris 9, Intranet environment.

Everything is fine on the first instance,
but on the second instance when I do http://server2,
Apache still can't redirect to second Tomcat/JBoss:

"Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an
ErrorDocument to handle the request.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Apache/2.0.48 (Unix) mod_jk2/2.0.2 Server at mopppgctxat1.pfizer.com Port
80"

If I do http://server2:8180, getting it fine (from Tomcat/JBoss).

I made all internal ports on the second instance different from the first:
e.g. 8080->8180, 8009->8109, etc.
Even tried to change "Listen <ip2>:80" to 81, same error.

Curiously, jk2.properties is totally commented out.
I haven't compiled mod_jk, just copied the binary from the 1st instance.
Can that be a problem ?

What can cause error 403 Forbidden on Apache->Tomcat ?

Any help is very appreciated.

Thank you,
Oleg.
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Ross Bamford]

Hi,

I am trying to create 2 separate environments (dev and test) on one powerful
Unix server which has 2 network cards, 2 IP addresses, 2 server names...

Using Apache 2.0.43 and Tomcat 4.1.29/JBoss 3.0.7, mod_jk 2.0.43
on Solaris 9, Intranet environment.

Everything is fine on the first instance,
but on the second instance when I do http://server2,
Apache still can't redirect to second Tomcat/JBoss:

"Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an
ErrorDocument to handle the request.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is a almost cerainly *not* a tomcat / java problem - sounds like
Apache to me (Especially with the ErrorDocument qualification).

<offtopic>
One thing you should check is that 'server2' is a valid DNS name for
your box (add it to /etc/hosts), otherwise you will get almost random
errors (I have seen 403 in this context).

Also check that you are not denying access, with a directives like:

order deny, allow
deny from all
allow from server

(which is obviously broken from the pov of server2 vhost setup).

And check that your permissions make sense with your new configuration
for your server. If this doesn't help, email directly.
</offtopic>