Dispatcher Configuration on Apache2 Server

In this blog, I will explain the easiest way of dispatcher configuration on Apache2 Server and OS version Ubuntu 15.04. This configuration will also work on Ubuntu 14.04.

Let’s start:-
Firstly, you have to install Apache2 server on your Ubuntu machine using this command-
sudo apt-get install apache2

Now type the command-
sudo service apache2 start

Now hit a url in a web browser-
http://localhost

You will get apache2 welcome screen as shown in figure-

Now download the dispatcher package from this link-
https://www.adobeaemcloud.com/content/companies/public/adobe/dispatcher/dispatcher.html

If you are using the apache2 version 2.4.10, you have to download dispatcher version 4.1.9
Extract this *.tar.gz file, You will get a folder named as dispatcher-apache2.4-linux-x86-64-4.1.9.

In this folder you have a file dispatcher-apache2.2-4.1.9.so file, just rename this file with dispatcher.so
The location of this file will be like as shown in figure-

Copy and paste this dispatcher.so file to /usr/lib/apache2/modules as shown in figure-

Before paste this file into this directory you have to change the permission of the directory using this command-
sudo chmod 777 -R /usr/lib/apache2/modules

Now copy an another file named as dispatcher.any file from dispatcher-apache2.4-linux-x86-64-4.1.9/conf directory and paste to the etc/apache2/conf-available directory.
Again, if you can’t paste this file into this directory  you have to change the permission of the directory using this command-
sudo chmod 777 -R /etc/apache2

Now you can easily paste your file in this directory and all those directories which are placed into appache2 directory. The location of this directory is shown in figure-
“In this file you have to change the port number to 4503 as the default number 8080”.

After this, you have to create a soft link of dispatcher.any file into the conf-enabled directory using this cammand–
ln -s /etc/apache2/conf-available/dispatcher.any /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/dispatcher.any

 It will look like this-

Now create a dispatcher.load file in mods-available folder and write a line in this file-
LoadModule dispatcher_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/dispatcher.so

It will look like this-

“Note: – This file will be used to load dispatcher module on Apache2 server”.

Now create a soft link in mods-enabled directory using this command-
ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/dispatcher.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dispatcher.load

It will look like this-

Now open apache2-conf file which is placed in etc/apache2 directory and search for the Directory tag. Here you have to add one more directory tag as given below-

<Directory />
  <IfModule disp_apache2.c>
   SetHandler dispatcher-handler
  </IfModule>
  Options FollowSymLinks
  AllowOverride None
</Directory>

Now open ports.conf file & add these some line at the end of the file-

<IfModule disp_apache2.c>
     DispatcherConfig conf-enabled/dispatcher.any
     DispatcherLog    logs/dispatcher.log
     DispatcherLogLevel 3
     DispatcherNoServerHeader 0
     DispatcherDeclineRoot 0
     DispatcherUseProcessedURL 0
     DispatcherPassError 0
</IfModule>

Now go to /etc directory and open hosts file using this command-
sudo gedit /etc/hosts

Add one more line in this file-
127.0.0.1       publish.sjigaurav.com

You can add anything whatever you want at the place of publish.sjigaurav.com.

Now configuration is complete you can restart your apache2 server using this command-
sudo service apache2 restart

Go to your web browser and hit the url publish.sjigaurav.com you will find the welcome screen.
It starts successfully.

Be Happy