Hmmm, from what I've read of Tomcat it is recommended to use it in conjuction with apache and just proxy specific requests to Tomcat.
> > Why would you need mod_perl with Tomcat? You can use > > Tomcat with Apache using mod_jk, and get the best of > > both worlds. > > presumably so that he doesn't have to port his cgi programs > to servlets. > > i'm pretty sure tomcat has the capability to execute cgi > programs, but that doesn't buy you the acceleration you get > with mod_perl. > > it's probably worth the original poster's time to figure out > how to get apache working with ssl so he can continue to use > mod_perl. his only other realistic choice is using something > like xml-rpc (or maybe even http) from tomcat to a (non-ssl) > backend apache/mod_perl. >
