I think it *can* be, but it may not always be the best choice depending on your environment. If you're running one Tomcat container per web application, and multiple web applications per machine, an Apache server comes in mighty handy.
Ultimately, the HA section may need to get more vague/generic as it gets above the Tomcat layer (i.e. we can't describe every load balancer scenario in explicit detail, nor can we tell you if Apache makes sense in your environment). We should make sure we document all of CAS's high availability options (and maybe invite some people to contribute their HA set ups along with commentary on why they made their choices?). Cheers, Scott On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Marvin Addison <[email protected]>wrote: > Seems like a good day for a holy war. A good holy war always starts > out with a controversial if not inflammatory statement or claim: > > Tomcat alone is sufficient as an enterprise servlet container and > nothing further is needed for an adequate HA solution in most cases. > > Perhaps more controversial is an unstated implication: Apache httpd > has _no_ place in most enterprise HA setups for serving Spring-based > Web applications like CAS. > > This point of view is relevant for CAS users since I'm planning to > discuss system architecture generally and servlet container > configuration specifically as part of a chapter on HA considerations > for the new CAS User Manual. I plan to make the above statement a > thesis of the discussion. > > I'm hopeful the above statement is provocative enough to stimulate > some discussion on the matter; I'm particularly eager for dissenting > opinions. I would be especially grateful if you could back up you > opinions with analysis and/or data. > > Kindly, > Marvin > > -- > You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user > -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user
