I never said "easy to administer." What I did say was "simple to configure." Obviously, there is some room for interpretation there.
"...how the @()[EMAIL PROTECTED] do you get the damn thing to do SSL.." Fair question. It deserves a fair answer. Here is a tutorial that took me all of about 20 minutes to put together. <Tomcat + SSL Tutorial> *Tomcat Install* 1. Download the installer from http://tomcat.apache.org. 2. Run the installer. 3. Agree to the license. 4. Choose your options. 5. Select an installation directory. 6. Select a connector port, username and password. (Add a password, accept default port.) 7. Select path to the correct JRE. 8. Press the install button. 9. Leave the "Run Apache Tomcat" option selected. 10. Press the finish button. 11. The service will start once the installer is closed. 12. Download the "administration interface" package. *SSL Keys* 1. Download and install the Java SDK - not the JRE. 2. Add the JDK /bin path to your path. (set PATH=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_04\bin;%PATH) 3. Issue the command "keytool -genkey -alias kameno -keypass password -keystore kameno.bin -storepass password" 4. Answer the following questions, or accept the defaults: What is your first and last name? [Unknown]: What is the name of your organizational unit? [Unknown]: What is the name of your organization? [Unknown]: What is the name of your City or Locality? [Unknown]: What is the name of your State or Province? [Unknown]: What is the two-letter country code for this unit? [Unknown]: Is CN=Unknown, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=Unknown correct? [no]: yes 5. Copy the kameno.bin file that was created and place it into the tomcat/webapps directory. 6. Open server.xml (tomcat/conf directory) in an editor. 7. Search for the connector description that sits on port 8443. It should be commented out. 8. Uncomment it by removing the "<!--" and the "-->" which preceed and follow it. 9. Add the following lines to the description: keystoreFile="/webapps/kameno.bin" keystorePass="password" 10. Save the file and close it. 11. Stop Tomcat & Restart it. 12. Verify connectivity by pointing your web browser at https://localhost:8443. </Tomcat + SSL Tutorial> That was easy, yes? "...Plus everything you need for BMC ITSM installation wants to install its own instance of Tomcat..." & "...Then they all fight over the JVM..." Well, there I am not sure that I can help you. BMC has not gotten around to offering a - to borrow your term - @#*&@#*&# - developer-only version of their products yet, so trying to provide any practical assistance is out of the question. Not being able to play with the technology and learn from it without working for someone that already has it - bites. My gut instinct, however, says that there has to be a way to make it work. Sorry, I know that is not too much help. -- ------------------------------------- Will Du Chene ------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.myspace.com/wduchene ------------------------------------- "...you're an anti-Microsoft zealot..." - Norm Kaiser ------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
