Invalid message with signature 18245 is thrown when JIRA applications are behind Apache
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Symptoms
JIRA applications are configured behind Apache using AJP protocol and the following appears in the application server log files (UNIX: $JIRA_INSTALL/logs/catalina.out
, or Windows: $JIRA_INSTALL/logs/stdout
and stderr
):
Nov 26, 2013 12:09:51 PM org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpMessage processHeader
SEVERE: Invalid message received with signature 18245
Nov 26, 2013 12:09:51 PM org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpMessage processHeader
SEVERE: Invalid message received with signature 18245
Also, the following appears on the browser screen:
Cause
This error is caused by incorrect Apache configuration. This is usually related to the VirtualHost
configuration section in Apache httpd.conf
file.
Resolution
Make sure that the following is inside the VirtualHost
, replacing jiraserver
with the hostname of the JIRA application server and also modifying the context path accordingly (/issues
).
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPass /issues ajp://jiraserver:8009/issues
ProxyPassReverse /issues ajp://jiraserver:8009/issues