Actually you don't need a web front end. JBoss and the Sun app servers both have embedded web servers. JBoss uses Tomcat 5 to handle the web requests. Its very easy setting it up and getting it running. Steve Brownlee has some very good tutorials on his blog about setting up JBoss, for instance http://www.fusioncube.net/?p=111 talks about setting up apache using JBoss with an Apache proxy.
As for setting it up, just download the latest version (http://labs.jboss.com/jbossas/downloads/) and expand the archived file. Then go to the install directory/bin/ and run the run.bat file. Options when running it use the -c default option for most work. The minimal option (run -c minimal) is the barebones options while run -c all includes all options, including clustering. hth, larry >I'm going to dip my toe in jruby waters. I'm trying to figure out how >java application servers work. My guess is that they all need a web >server front end to them just like cf uses where jboss runs on a port >in the 11000 range, and iis or apache feeds the request to it. Am I >on the right track? > >Is it fairly easy to set one of these things up? Any suggestions >which one? GlassFish seems to be getting a lot of attention lately.... > > > >Don?t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you?re ahead; sometimes >you?re behind; the race is long, and in the end it?s only with yourself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255061 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
