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USING ROBOHELP SERVER 8
Getting started
•
Right-click the WebHelp Pro or FlashHelp Pro layout in the Single Source Layouts pod and select Properties.
2
In the WebHelp Pro Publish dialog box, click Next to go to the server selection screen. Click New to create a
RoboHelp server destination to publish projects.
3
To publish to the default context, enter the server name in the machine-url:port format. RoboHelp HTML appends
/robohelp/server to it.
4
To publish to a context other than robohelp, specify a complete URL in the format <server-name>:port/<context-
name>/server. For more information on creating contexts, see “
Creating contexts or multiple websites
” on page 12.
5
Click the Refresh button to refresh the list of areas from the server. If you do not select an area, the project is
published at the default area. For more information on areas, see “
Managing areas
” on page 17.
Install and configure Apache and Tomcat
Install Apache
1
Download the Windows binary distribution (.msi file) from
http://www.devlib.org/apache/httpd/binaries/win32/
.
2
Run the MSI file downloaded.
3
(Only if some other server is using port 80) In <apache httpd install>\conf\httpd.conf file, change the port on which
Apache listens for requests. Search for the directive
Listen
in the conf file and change the port number by changing
this directive to
<new-port-num>
.
Download sample workers.properties
Download sample workers.properties from
http://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxDOC12/configure-apache-httpd-with-
jakarta-tomcat-connector-modjk.data/workers.properties
, place it in the folder <apache httpd install>\conf, and
modify it for the Apache HTTPD and Tomcat on that machine. Modify the following variables:
•
workers.tomcat_home: Set to the Tomcat installation directory.
•
workers.java_home: Set to the JRE path.
Download the mod_jk module
1
Download the mod_jk module for Apache from
http://tomcat.apache.org/download-connectors.cgi
. This module
exists as
mod_jk-apache-2.2.4.so.
2
Place the module in the folder <apache httpd install>\module\.
Modify the <apache httpd install>\conf\httpd.conf file
Modify the <apache httpd install>\conf\httpd.conf file to add the mod_jk module as follows:
LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk-apache-2.2.4.so
Enable Apache auto-configure
1
In the server.xml for Tomcat (<tomcat install>\conf\server.xml), enable Apache auto-configure. Tomcat
automatically generates the files required for using mod_jk with an Apache HTTPS Web server.
