I know there are several people on the list using Tomcat only, and from what I remeber from earlier list threads, the overall view was positive. There used to be a performance penalty serving static pages with Tomcat, but I believe they fixed that problem several versions ago. Here is the Tomcat folk's take on it: http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Connectors#Q3
I use Apache in front of Tomcat so that I can use PHP in addition to Java for my web applications. CAS requests get passed through to Tomcat, but PHP apps get executed by Apache. I also feel that the SSL configuration with mod_ssl is cleaner/simpler than in Tomcat, but that's just personal preference. -Eric On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:26 AM, Matthew Jones < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Scott. Do you use any of the extra flexibility for you CAS > deployment? If so, please can you tell me what in particular? (Without > giving away any secrets of course). > > Is anybody on this list deploying CAS on Tomcat only? > > Thanks > > > We generally run Apache in front as it gives us more flexibility with >> configuration. I believe its also faster but we've never really tested >> Apache+Tomcat vs. Apache. We're currently running Apache+AJP->Tomcat. >> >> -Scott >> >> -Scott Battaglia >> PGP Public Key Id: 0x383733AA >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbattaglia >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Matthew Jones < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Is there any compelling reason to (or not to) run Apache in front of >>> Tomcat5.5 when we are dedicating a (virtual) server to run CAS? The >>> Tomcat >>> documentation extols the virtues of Tomcat's raw performance whereas I >>> have >>> seen other reports to the contrary. I am using OpenLDAP and the LDAP >>> authentication configuration in CAS 3.3 and really just want to do as >>> little >>> as possible to have CAS up and running. >>> >>> CAS is now hosted on Tomcat5.5 running CentOS and the plan was to put >>> Apache in front of it to handle the SSL connection but is there really >>> any >>> advantage to doing this? If there's no compelling reason to do so, I am >>> inclined to stick with just using Tomcat given that I have (eventually) >>> managed to get it to work with our certificate infrastructure. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >> > -- > Matthew Jones > Interactive Data Managed Solutions Ltd > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Registered in England Company Number 3691868 > Registered Office: Fitzroy House, 13-17 Epworth Street, London, EC2A 4DL > Tel: +44 (0)1242 694133 | Fax: +44 (0)1242 694109 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.interactivedata-ms.com/694133 > > _______________________________________________ > Yale CAS mailing list > [email protected] > http://tp.its.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/cas > > -- Eric Pierce, RHCE -- University of South Florida -- (813) 974-8868 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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