Apache HTTPD mod_cluster Requests Fail With 403 Forbidden Response

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Any idea why I got error.log below on jboss apache web server?

    [Wed Feb 25 14:59:13.264361 2026] [authz_core:error] [pid 63009:tid 63105] [client 123.123.123.123:12345] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /
    [Wed Feb 25 14:59:13.264467 2026] [authz_core:error] [pid 63009:tid 63105] [client 123.123.123.123:12345] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: proxy:balancer://mycluster/.noindex.html
    
  • mod_cluster MCPM requests from JBoss EAP/Tomcat are failing due to HTTP 403 response from Apache HTTPD:

    ### Apache HTTPD access_log
    123.123.123.123 - - [04/Oct/2017:15:47:17 -0400] "INFO / HTTP/1.1" 403 - "-" "ClusterListener/1.0"
    
    ### Apache HTTPD error_log:
    [:debug] [pid 15167] mod_manager.c(2338): manager_trans INFO (/)
    [authz_core:debug] [pid 15167] mod_authz_core.c(809): [client 123.123.123.123:12345] AH01626: authorization result of Require ip 123.123.123.123: granted
    [authz_core:debug] [pid 15167] mod_authz_core.c(809): [client 123.123.123.123:12345] AH01626: authorization result of <RequireAny>: granted
    [core:error] [pid 15167] (13)Permission denied: [client 123.123.123.123:12345] AH00035: access to /index.html denied (filesystem path '/opt/jbcs-httpd24-2.4/httpd') because search permissions are missing on a component of the path
    [core:error] [pid 15167] (13)Permission denied: [client 123.123.123.123:12345] AH00035: access to /index.html.var denied (filesystem path '/opt/jbcs-httpd24-2.4/httpd') because search permissions are missing on a component of the path
    [core:error] [pid 15167] (13)Permission denied: [client 123.123.123.123:12345] AH00035: access to /.noindex.html denied (filesystem path '/opt/jbcs-httpd24-2.4/httpd') because search permissions are missing on a component of the path 
    
    ### JBoss EAP server.log:
    15:48:17,283 ERROR [org.jboss.modcluster] (UndertowEventHandlerAdapter - 1) MODCLUSTER000042: Error null sending INFO command to localhost/111.111.111.111:6666, configuration will be reset: null
    

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services (JBCS)
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
  • Apache Web Server (HTTPD)
    • mod_cluster

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