# The Apache Tomcat Connector ## Using proxies with Tomcat |
Http proxy
> It easy to use the standard Http proxy of Apache when single Tomcat is connected to Apache.
>     <Location /examples/>
>     ProxyPass http://localhost:8080/examples/
>     ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8080/examples/
>     </Location>
AJP proxy
> The AJP proxy is a new module based on the standard Http proxy it uses AJP instead of HTTP.
>     <Location /examples/>
>        ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8009/examples/
>     </Location>
AJP proxy and proxy balancer
> It is possible to use the load balancer of the mod_proxy_balancer module.
>     <Proxy balancer://myCluster>
>        BalancerMember ajp://localhost:8009
>        BalancerMember ajp://example.org:8009
>     </Proxy>
>     <Location /examples/>
>         ProxyPass balancer://myCluster/examples/
>     </Location>
Source and Configuration
AJP proxy is integrated in httpd-2.1 and the developement and discussions take place there. The documentation can be found there mod_proxy_ajp and mod_proxy_balancer.
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