So why use RHEL if your hand installing everything, it pretty much doesn't matter what Linux distro you use, why not use a free one? It seems paying for is supported version of the software stack, and not using that supported configuration pretty much negates that service.
-Mark On Feb 8, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Tim Donohue wrote: > Mark (and Steve), > > Mark Diggory wrote: >> Tim, >> Nobody has yet to actually answer the deeper question about >> RHEL... How about you guys? Are you running DSpace on Java/Tomcat >> provided by RHEL support channels/updates or are you running on a >> "rolled your own" installation of java/tomcat? Or alternatively, >> are you using JPackage? > > We've gone the "rolled your own" approach for Java/Tomcat. So, we > downloaded Java/Tomcat from the usual Sun/Apache sites and > installed both in that manner. > > When I did this install, I had trouble getting the latest versions > of Java/Tomcat through the RHEL support channels. So, I scrapped > that idea right off the bat, and just downloaded the latest & > greatest from Sun and Apache. > > However, we are using the Apache web server through RHEL support > channels (since that was up to date). And we have mod_jk compiled > from source (my notes on wiki: http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/ > ModJk), so that we can use Apache + Tomcat to serve up DSpace. > > Feel free to contact me for more detailed info. I'd be glad to > share installation notes to anyone interested. > > - Tim > > > > > -- > > ======================================== > Tim Donohue > Research Programmer, Illinois Digital Environment for > Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS) > 135 Grainger Engineering Library > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: http://ideals.uiuc.edu > phone: (217) 333-4648 > fax: (217) 244-7764 > ======================================== Mark R. Diggory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DSpace Systems Manager MIT Libraries, Systems and Technology Services Massachusetts Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
