Configuring web servers to integrate with JBoss AS

You can configure Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) or Apache HTTP Server to redirect JSP and Java Servlet requests to JBoss Application Server (JBoss AS).

In a multiple-node JBoss AS environment, you can also configure the web server to balance the load between the different servers in the cluster.

To integrate your web server with JBoss AS, you need to install the Tomcat Connector plugin into your web server and then configure the web server to use the plugin.

You can also configure your web server to use a Secure Socket Layer (SSL), which uses a certificate obtained from a trusted certificate authority. These configurations are useful when you want only your web server to be exposed through the firewall, while the application server is unexposed and protected.

Follow the instructions below to install and configure the Tomcat Connector on IIS.

Follow the instructions for installing the Tomcat Connector on Apache HTTP Server on the Apache web site. Use the values suggested in Configuring the Tomcat Connector for a single instance of JBoss AS and Configuring the Tomcat Connector for a JBoss AS cluster to configure the .properties files.