socket error tomcat 4 Apache mod_jk

[Steven Gillard_2]

Error 239 is a 'connection refused', and its occurring when apache is trying to connect to the tomcat server. This indicates that your tomcat server isn't running - either it hasn't been started or has died for some reason.

First, make sure tomcat is running, and check its log file. You can also try connecting to the tomcat welcome page with your browser (port 8080 by default).

Regards,
Steve

[Bruce Ashton]

What do you know, half an hour after posting this I had a brainwave and solved the problem myself. The issue was that I was actually running Apache and Tomcat on a package, and not just a host. However there was no local interface for the package on the host. The result was that mod_jk was trying to access port 8008 on the package, getting sent through the external network interface, and actually getting firewalled off from itself.
Unix admin set up a local entry for wclopweb, and now I'm getting a completely different error message, which is progress.