Comments on: How To Configure IIS 6.0 and Tomcat with the JK 1.2 Connector

By: PremG

PremG — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:03:22 +0000

Ok so i got my issue fixed as i mentioned it was simple basic rule (pay attention to detail). Well i had my isapi_redirect.properties file on wrong path (it has to be where isapi_redirect.dll file is located). And yes, i am using 32-bit ISAPI DLL and enabled Enable32bitAppOnWin64 via cscript command on adsutil.vbs.

By: PremG

PremG — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:38:22 +0000

I have been trying this since last 2days without any luck. I am trying to configure on windows 2003 server, 64bits, IIS6. Note that I not using Tomcat on same server rather want to redirect on another linux system using the workers.properties.

I have got this working on 32bit w2k3 server with IIS6, however it just does not work on x64bit server. I tried using both jk-1.2.28 and jk-1.2.30 (from bothamd64 and ia64) versions of isapi_redirect.dll. I double checked everything again and again, and also set the permissions as suggested by Robert Heritage.

ISAPI filter will fail to load (red downward arrow) in the IIS Manager. Also if i create the jakarta virtual directory under same Default Web Site where Citrix is also installed, even citrix site stops working.

I am sure i am missing something very basic, however just cant get what it is

Harro,

Could you please provide tips on what you did to make it working?

By: YK

YK — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:33:30 +0000

I was also trying to configure Tomcat with IIS6 on Win2K and was facing “Incorrect Function” problem. It turned out that I had mistakenly created “worker.properties” file instead of “workers.properties”. Once I corrected the file name, it worked fine.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:07:19 +0000

I was getting a 404 IIS error even after setting up as directed. After scouring and re-setting everything multiple times, I found that there must’ve been some sort of special character in my isapi_redirect.properties file that was causing it not to be processed correctly. When I created it initially, i just copied the text from the apache-tomcat page and modified the paths. To fix it, at a command prompt, I typed ‘type isapi_redirect.properties>isapi_redirect2.properties’, then deleted the original and renamed the new file, and everything started working. Hope this helps someone else.

By: Harro

Harro — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:35:00 +0000

Well, I got it to work: windows 2003 server, 64bits, IIS6. Cost me quite a few hours, but it’s running now on my dev. platform, localhost port 85.

I used stuff from the previous post, combined with the configuration-manual here. I didn’t need to make and edit a key, btw. I’m testing now how changing parts of the configuration can soup things up again (walking back the same road). Maybe I can add some tips here.

By: Robert Heritage

Robert Heritage — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:15:35 +0000

Also, I’d like to retract my earlier statement about the isapi_redirect.dll version. Once the file permissions above are set up correctly it WILL work with the 1.2.30 version of the isapi_redirect.dll

So post 48 is a red herring (I must have done the permissions at the same time)

Perhaps you could include the info about the file permissions in the main article?

By: Robert Heritage

Robert Heritage — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:08:19 +0000

HELP! Can you please anonymise the server names in my previous comment

By: Robert Heritage

Robert Heritage — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:07:41 +0000

ok, I reckon these are the minimum file permissions you need to set to get this working (your install path might be different);

Apache\Tomcat\Conf, NETWORK SERVICE, Read
Apache\Tomcat\ISAPI, NETWORK SERVICE, Read
Apache\Tomcat\ISAPI, IUSR_machineName, Read
Apache\Tomcat\lib, NETWORK SERVICE, Read
Apache\Tomcat\logs, NETWORK SERVICE, Read & write

also remember that;

http://SERVERNAME/examples/
is correct

but

http://SERVERNAME/examples
will give a 404

which can cause confusion.

You will get event ID’s 2214 and 2268 in the application log if the file permissions are not set up right and the ISAPI filter will fail to load (red downward arrow) in the IIS Manager

By: Robert Heritage

Robert Heritage — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:57:41 +0000

File permissions of the Apache folders also have a part in this - I will post the minimum requirements once I figure it out.

By: Robert Heritage

Robert Heritage — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:13:49 +0000

I have been over and over this over and over again for the last two days. I checked and rechecked everything. I checked spelling, case, re-installed tomcat in file paths without spaces, I even checked I didn’t have my pants on inside out. I gave everyone full control of everything and still it didn’t work. I sacrificed time with my family and a portion of my soul to trying to get IIS to work with Tomcat.

In the end, I replaced the 1.2.30 isapi_redirect.dll with the 1.2.28 version and hey presto! Suddenly it works.

Now I can die happy!