lrnobs - need to make a correction to my reply. Regarding versions of Tomcat offered as packages with Linux distributions. Change that to read 5.0.3 not 5.3.0. > > From: Warren Pace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/30 Sun PM 01:39:40 EDT > To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Easy Tomcat Linux/Unix Platform > > SUSE 10 would be a good choice. It's the Novell group's open source > offering. After installation & updates you'll have the latest sun jvm > (you'll want to add inst-source.java to your install sources list), and a > very recent MySQL. The only problem is with Tomcat. I know of no Linux > distribution that offers a version of Tomcat higner than 5.30 as a package > and I believe the latest stable version is 5.5.16. It's not too hard to set > up. > Like most recent Linux distrbutions, you can download and burn a minimal > install cd and do the rest over the web. Take your time during the install > process. Be sure not to accept the defaults (i.e. your host name would be > linux, etc., etc). Debian and Fedora are other good ones (Debian probably > has the fastest web-based install). My main reason for using SUSE is that it > has a package which, when installed, allows your machine to emulate a Novell > Netware server... > > > > From: lrnobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2006/04/30 Sun AM 11:26:56 EDT > > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > > Subject: Easy Tomcat Linux/Unix Platform > > > > I have a project that I need to deploy on the web. It was up and > > running as a prototype a few years ago on the current RedHat version of > > that time. I had professional help on the Linux end at that time. I > > want to deploy it with a current Linux or BSD version in the next couple > > of days. > > > > I should have it up and running on my "windows" laptop with netbeans > > version 4.1 and mysql version 5 shortly. I'm stumbling through that now > > but I expect to have the prototype working again on my laptop in a few > > hours. I will make a few changes and then be ready to deploy it to the > > web, but not on a windows platform. > > > > I am looking for suggestions for which flavor of Linux to use which will > > be the easiest to setup both in the setup of this Java/JSP/Tomcat/MySQL > > app and web security. I can leave SSH off which should help a lot but I > > also know I need a strong iptables/iprules setup. Trying to learn the > > rules rules made me a little dizzy last time. > > > > Last year I talked to a guy about doing this with the current FreeBSD > > version at that time which I believe was 5 and he told me that binaries > > were not supported and I would have to compile from source etc. I don't > > know if that is still the case today. > > > > I would like to do this myself so the easier the better, yet I need to > > have good security - maybe from a cookie cutter rules file. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Larry Nobs > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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