How to enable Tomcat for a domain in cPanel

To enable .jsp pages for a domain

# /scripts/addservlets –domain=example.com

To disable .jsp pages for a domain

# /scripts/remservelets –domain=example.com

In some cases, these scripts won’t work. Manually check the setting for the domain.

1. Open up the Apache configuration file /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

# vim /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

2. Check if the directive given below in the virtual host entry of domain, if not add it.

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Include “/usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/2/username/domainname/*.conf”
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3. Now navigate to the directory

# cd /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/2/

4. check whether the folder named username(replace username with appropriate username) exist if not, create it.

# mkdir username
# cd username
# cd example

5. If the directory “example” is not present, create it

6. Check for the file cp_jkmount.conf here, if it is not present, create it with the following contents
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 <IfModule mod_jk.c>
      JkMount /*.jsp ajp13
      JkMount /servlet/* ajp13
    JkMount /servlets/* ajp13
    JkMount /*.do ajp13
 </IfModule>
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7. Check the file /usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/conf/server.xml Add the entry for host http://www.example.com

# vim /usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/conf/server.xml

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 <Host name=”example” appBase=”/home/username/public_html”>
    <Alias>www.example</Alias>
      <Context path=”” reloadable=”true”
               docBase=”/home/username/public_html” debug=”1″/>
      <Context path=”/manager” debug=”0″ privileged=”true”
        docBase=”/usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/server/webapps/manager”>
      </Context>
     </Host>
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8. Restart the services

# /usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh

# /usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/bin/startup.sh

# /scripts/restartsrv_tomcat

9. Restart Apache