RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production environment ?

[Richard S. Huntrods]

Anthony,
==
"Anthony Eden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I was unable to get it working with my Thawte certificate (which works
fine in Apache).  After some research I determined that there is an
issue with the JSSE from Sun which prevents certain certs from working.
Has this changed recently?  Personally I would much rather remove Apache

from the chain as it is really doing nothing for me other than handling
the SSL decoding and then passing the request to Tomcat.

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden
==

I'm not 100% sure about Apache, but I suspect you need to get another
type of Cert from Thawte. I beleive Apache takes one type of cert, while
the Java certificate mechanism of Tomcat requires another type of cert
chain.

When I did the "SSL thing" with my Tomcat application, I had to play
around for a while before I got the proper cert from Thawte (or any
vendor, for that matter) - before it worked.

It does work quite fine - I am running Tomcat as standalone servlet
engine on my servers, with SSL enabled, using a Thawte cert with no
problems.

Contact Jason Barr at Thawte - he is the person who I worked with to get
it all working.

Cheers,

-Richard


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RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production environment ?

[Anthony Eden]

Here is my posting to the Java Developer Forum for JSSE which never received a 
response:

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=2&thread=200414

In this I mention the JSSE FAQ which is here:

http://java.sun.com/products/jsse/FAQ.html

Check the last entry where it says: Runtime Exception: No Cipher Suites in Common

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden

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> From: Taavi Tiirik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:56 PM
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> Cc: Anthony Eden
> Subject: Re: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
> environment ?
> 
> 
> Anthony,
> 
> Where can I read more about this issue? I have used self-issued
> certificate so far and have not encountered any problems. Now
> that you say there are issues... it may be more reasonable to let
> apache do the https part.
> 
> Anybody else experiencing problems with Tomcat and Thawte
> certificates?
> 
> with best wishes,
> Taavi
> 
> > I was unable to get it working with my Thawte certificate (which works
> > fine in Apache).  After some research I determined that there is an
> > issue with the JSSE from Sun which prevents certain certs from working.
> > Has this changed recently?  Personally I would much rather remove Apache
> > from the chain as it is really doing nothing for me other than handling
> > the SSL decoding and then passing the request to Tomcat.
> 
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[Taavi Tiirik]

Anthony,

Where can I read more about this issue? I have used self-issued
certificate so far and have not encountered any problems. Now
that you say there are issues... it may be more reasonable to let
apache do the https part.

Anybody else experiencing problems with Tomcat and Thawte
certificates?

with best wishes,
Taavi

> I was unable to get it working with my Thawte certificate (which works
> fine in Apache).  After some research I determined that there is an
> issue with the JSSE from Sun which prevents certain certs from working.
> Has this changed recently?  Personally I would much rather remove Apache
> from the chain as it is really doing nothing for me other than handling
> the SSL decoding and then passing the request to Tomcat.



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RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production environment ?

[Anthony Eden]

I was unable to get it working with my Thawte certificate (which works
fine in Apache).  After some research I determined that there is an
issue with the JSSE from Sun which prevents certain certs from working.
Has this changed recently?  Personally I would much rather remove Apache
from the chain as it is really doing nothing for me other than handling
the SSL decoding and then passing the request to Tomcat.

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden

> -Original Message-
> From: Taavi Tiirik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:43 AM
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> Subject: Re: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in 
> production environment ?
> 
> 
> > If I do not need SSL then I use Tomcat standalone.
> > If I need SSL I use Apache + OpenSSL & Tomcat with 
> mod_webapp.  Both 
> > configurations work fine.
> 
> Anthony,
> 
> Why is it so? Tomcat with SSL works just fine.
> 
> Taavi
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[Taavi Tiirik]

> If I do not need SSL then I use Tomcat standalone.
> If I need SSL I use Apache + OpenSSL & Tomcat with
> mod_webapp.  Both configurations work fine.

Anthony,

Why is it so? Tomcat with SSL works just fine.

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Re: RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in productionenvironm ent ?

[Kim Altintop]

Hi Charlie,

>> no, I don't use a security manager. My machine is secure, so I am not
>> concerned about rogue servlets somehow making their way to my system. I
>> would be more concerned about it if we had a more developers, used third
>> party software(non-open source), etc.

Hum, that's an interesting statement... I once read the following
somewhere: "If you don't know how to break it, that doesn't mean it's
secure". However, I also tend to trust my own software. But how do you
explain that to your customers? Using the exact words you used above, I
guess ;-)


Hi Carsten,

> Imho, the Security manager is one of the easier things to configure (TC
> 3.3), and its use helps to clarify things and find  bugs earlier.
 
That's right - but 3.3 is not my problem: I'm running 4.0.3 (and I have to
- large parts of the code depend on the servlet 2.3/ jsp 1.2 spec). Do you
have any experience with it? 

Regards,
Kim

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[Carsten Burstedde]

>no, I don't use a security manager. My machine is secure, so I am not
>concerned about rogue servlets somehow making their way to my system. I
>would be more concerned about it if we had a more developers, used third
>party software(non-open source), etc.

Imho, the Security manager is one of the easier things to configure (TC 3.3), and its 
use helps to clarify things and find 
bugs earlier.

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RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production environm ent ?

[Cox, Charlie]

no, I don't use a security manager. My machine is secure, so I am not
concerned about rogue servlets somehow making their way to my system. I
would be more concerned about it if we had a more developers, used third
party software(non-open source), etc.

Charlie

> -Original Message-
> From: Kim Altintop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:46 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
> environm ent ?
> 
> 
> Are you using a security manager? I posted on this list as well as on
> tomcat-dev because I (still!) can't get it to work.
> Therefore I would greatly appreciate some more details about 
> your setup.
> 
> Regards,
> Kim
> 
> --On 3/27/2002 1:12 PM -0500 "Cox, Charlie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > I use TC4 in standalone. I started using it with 
> IIS(political reasons,
> > not functional), then after 2 code red attacks(stupid service pack
> > reopens all holes - but I digress), I went to tomcat standalone. 
> > 
> > Since all my pages are dynamic, the only benefit that 
> Apache would give me
> > is for the images,css,etc and I'm not real concerned about 
> them at this
> > time.
> > 
> > I have two virtual hosts(soon to be three). One of those has a 50MB
> > download that I have downloaded from cable modem at 
> 130Kbs...so it can be
> > speedy when it needs to :)
> > 
> > I restarted tomcat last week for the first time this 
> *year*. That was a
> > jvm/memory issue, not a tomcat issue(tomcat still worked, 
> it just took a
> > while to process requests). Stability is good. I really 
> hate having to
> > restart *any* application for anything other than an upgrade.
> > 
> > Charlie
> > 
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Laurent Comte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:17 AM
> >> To: Tomcat Users List
> >> Subject: RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
> >> environment ?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> But my question was : "Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in a
> >> production environment ?"
> >> 
> >> L.C.
> >> 
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RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production environment ?

[Kim Altintop]

Are you using a security manager? I posted on this list as well as on
tomcat-dev because I (still!) can't get it to work.
Therefore I would greatly appreciate some more details about your setup.

Regards,
Kim

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> I use TC4 in standalone. I started using it with IIS(political reasons,
> not functional), then after 2 code red attacks(stupid service pack
> reopens all holes - but I digress), I went to tomcat standalone. 
> 
> Since all my pages are dynamic, the only benefit that Apache would give me
> is for the images,css,etc and I'm not real concerned about them at this
> time.
> 
> I have two virtual hosts(soon to be three). One of those has a 50MB
> download that I have downloaded from cable modem at 130Kbs...so it can be
> speedy when it needs to :)
> 
> I restarted tomcat last week for the first time this *year*. That was a
> jvm/memory issue, not a tomcat issue(tomcat still worked, it just took a
> while to process requests). Stability is good. I really hate having to
> restart *any* application for anything other than an upgrade.
> 
> Charlie
> 
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>> From: Laurent Comte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:17 AM
>> To: Tomcat Users List
>> Subject: RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
>> environment ?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> But my question was : "Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in a
>> production environment ?"
>> 
>> L.C.
>> 
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[Cox, Charlie]

I use TC4 in standalone. I started using it with IIS(political reasons, not
functional), then after 2 code red attacks(stupid service pack reopens all
holes - but I digress), I went to tomcat standalone. 

Since all my pages are dynamic, the only benefit that Apache would give me
is for the images,css,etc and I'm not real concerned about them at this
time.

I have two virtual hosts(soon to be three). One of those has a 50MB download
that I have downloaded from cable modem at 130Kbs...so it can be speedy when
it needs to :)

I restarted tomcat last week for the first time this *year*. That was a
jvm/memory issue, not a tomcat issue(tomcat still worked, it just took a
while to process requests). Stability is good. I really hate having to
restart *any* application for anything other than an upgrade.

Charlie

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> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:17 AM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
> environment ?
> 
> 
> 
> But my question was : "Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in a
> production environment ?"
> 
> L.C.
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[John Niven]

> -Original Message-
> From: Randy Layman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: 27 March 2002 15:40
> To: 'Tomcat Users List'
> Subject: RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in 
> production environm ent ?
> 

> > -Original Message-
> > From: Laurent Comte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:17 AM
> > To: Tomcat Users List
> > Subject: RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production 
> > environment ?
> > 
...
> 
> 
> > 
> > But my question was : "Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in a 
> > production environment ?"
> 
> I don't, not do I know anyone who does.

We do - or are in the process of doing - though probably only as a temporary
measure.  I'll elaborate...

I've been working on an intranet application developed (by a different
development house) on Tomcat, then migrated to JRun.  It currently runs on
JRun/IIS.  The client has issues with JRun, and we're currently moving back
to Tomcat.  At the same time, we're moving towards a distributed model, with
Tomcat servers dotted over a WAN.  As only the application (a time recording
app) is hosted on the Tomcat servers, there's no longer any need for a
dedicated HTTP server, and for simplicity we're sticking to
standalone-Tomcat -- for the moment at least.

If the various regional offices decide to develop their own web-services,
it's highly likely we'd recommend that they use IIS or Apache with Tomcat
(the local boxes are all NT, but the client shares our concerns about IIS).

Hope this helps,
John


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RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production environment ?

[Anthony Eden]

If I do not need SSL then I use Tomcat standalone.  If I need SSL I use Apache + 
OpenSSL & Tomcat with mod_webapp.  Both
configurations work fine.

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden

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> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:17 AM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: RE: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
> environment ?
>
>
> Hmm hmm ... Not so hard, but look at the messages of this group ... ;-)
>
> For the configuration, I tried both on Windows and Linux, but I don't want
> to go in details for now ...
>
> But my question was : "Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in a
> production environment ?"
>
> L.C.
>
> -Message d'origine-
> De : todd tredeau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Envoye : mercredi 27 mars 2002 16:36
> A : Tomcat Users List
> Objet : Re: Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
> environment ?
>
>
> Look, it is really not that hard e-mail me with your platform and
> I'll tell you what to do for apache/tomcat configuration, if I can
> figure it out you can.
>
> todd
> http://www.wiserlabz.com
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>
>
>
> Laurent Comte wrote:
>
> >I was very surprised to see how it's difficult to configure Tomcat with
> >Apache and for now : "I can't get no satisfaction ..."
> >But it seems to be very easy to install Tomcat and execute in "stand-alone"
> >mode ...
> >
> >So I ask you : who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
> >environment ? Why and why not ? Is it ok ?
> >
> >
> >Yes, I read this FAQ :
> >"What are the advantages/disadvantages of using Tomcat's built-in HTTP
> >server instead of, say, Apache?
> >
> >Regarding Tomcat's disadvantages when used as a stand-alone server, here is
> >a list reproduced from the Tomcat-Apache HOWTO page:
> >Tomcat is not as fast as Apache when it comes to static pages.
> >Tomcat is not as configurable as Apache.
> >Tomcat is not as robust as Apache.
> >
> >There are many sites with long time investment in certain web servers, for
> >example, sites that are using CGI scripts/Server API modules/perl/php. We
> >cannot assume that all of them will want to ditch this legacy.
> >The page further says that " For all these reasons it is recommended that
> >real world sites use an industrial strength web server, such as Apache, for
> >serving the static content of the site, and use Tomcat as a Servlet/JSP
> >add-on."
> >The main thing that Tomcat has going for it is that it the official
> >reference implementation of the Java Servlet 2.2 and JavaServer Pages 1.1
> >technologies developed under the Apache license by some of the best
> >developers around the world."
> >
> >
> >Thank you.
> >L.C.
> >
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> -Original Message-
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> environment ?
> 
> 
> Hmm hmm ... Not so hard, but look at the messages of this 
> group ... ;-)

If you are going to use this group to define relative difficulties then you
would also assume that knowing how to import classes is a difficulty and
reading the servlet specs a complicated issue.

> 
> For the configuration, I tried both on Windows and Linux, but 
> I don't want
> to go in details for now ...

I have to agree with the response you got - its not all that difficult if
you follow the directions EXACTLY.

> 
> But my question was : "Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in a
> production environment ?"

I don't, not do I know anyone who does.

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[Laurent Comte]

Hmm hmm ... Not so hard, but look at the messages of this group ... ;-)

For the configuration, I tried both on Windows and Linux, but I don't want
to go in details for now ...

But my question was : "Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in a
production environment ?"

L.C.

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environment ?


Look, it is really not that hard e-mail me with your platform and
I'll tell you what to do for apache/tomcat configuration, if I can
figure it out you can.

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Laurent Comte wrote:

>I was very surprised to see how it's difficult to configure Tomcat with
>Apache and for now : "I can't get no satisfaction ..."
>But it seems to be very easy to install Tomcat and execute in "stand-alone"
>mode ...
>
>So I ask you : who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
>environment ? Why and why not ? Is it ok ?
>
>
>Yes, I read this FAQ :
>"What are the advantages/disadvantages of using Tomcat's built-in HTTP
>server instead of, say, Apache?
>
>Regarding Tomcat's disadvantages when used as a stand-alone server, here is
>a list reproduced from the Tomcat-Apache HOWTO page:
>Tomcat is not as fast as Apache when it comes to static pages.
>Tomcat is not as configurable as Apache.
>Tomcat is not as robust as Apache.
>
>There are many sites with long time investment in certain web servers, for
>example, sites that are using CGI scripts/Server API modules/perl/php. We
>cannot assume that all of them will want to ditch this legacy.
>The page further says that " For all these reasons it is recommended that
>real world sites use an industrial strength web server, such as Apache, for
>serving the static content of the site, and use Tomcat as a Servlet/JSP
>add-on."
>The main thing that Tomcat has going for it is that it the official
>reference implementation of the Java Servlet 2.2 and JavaServer Pages 1.1
>technologies developed under the Apache license by some of the best
>developers around the world."
>
>
>Thank you.
>L.C.
>
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Look, it is really not that hard e-mail me with your platform and 
I'll tell you what to do for apache/tomcat configuration, if I can 
figure it out you can.

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Laurent Comte wrote:

>I was very surprised to see how it's difficult to configure Tomcat with
>Apache and for now : "I can't get no satisfaction ..."
>But it seems to be very easy to install Tomcat and execute in "stand-alone"
>mode ...
>
>So I ask you : who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
>environment ? Why and why not ? Is it ok ?
>
>
>Yes, I read this FAQ :
>"What are the advantages/disadvantages of using Tomcat's built-in HTTP
>server instead of, say, Apache?
>
>Regarding Tomcat's disadvantages when used as a stand-alone server, here is
>a list reproduced from the Tomcat-Apache HOWTO page:
>Tomcat is not as fast as Apache when it comes to static pages.
>Tomcat is not as configurable as Apache.
>Tomcat is not as robust as Apache.
>
>There are many sites with long time investment in certain web servers, for
>example, sites that are using CGI scripts/Server API modules/perl/php. We
>cannot assume that all of them will want to ditch this legacy.
>The page further says that " For all these reasons it is recommended that
>real world sites use an industrial strength web server, such as Apache, for
>serving the static content of the site, and use Tomcat as a Servlet/JSP
>add-on."
>The main thing that Tomcat has going for it is that it the official
>reference implementation of the Java Servlet 2.2 and JavaServer Pages 1.1
>technologies developed under the Apache license by some of the best
>developers around the world."
>
>
>Thank you.
>L.C.
>
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Who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production environment ?

[Laurent Comte]

I was very surprised to see how it's difficult to configure Tomcat with
Apache and for now : "I can't get no satisfaction ..."
But it seems to be very easy to install Tomcat and execute in "stand-alone"
mode ...

So I ask you : who use Tomcat as a stand-alone server in production
environment ? Why and why not ? Is it ok ?


Yes, I read this FAQ :
"What are the advantages/disadvantages of using Tomcat's built-in HTTP
server instead of, say, Apache?

Regarding Tomcat's disadvantages when used as a stand-alone server, here is
a list reproduced from the Tomcat-Apache HOWTO page:
Tomcat is not as fast as Apache when it comes to static pages.
Tomcat is not as configurable as Apache.
Tomcat is not as robust as Apache.

There are many sites with long time investment in certain web servers, for
example, sites that are using CGI scripts/Server API modules/perl/php. We
cannot assume that all of them will want to ditch this legacy.
The page further says that " For all these reasons it is recommended that
real world sites use an industrial strength web server, such as Apache, for
serving the static content of the site, and use Tomcat as a Servlet/JSP
add-on."
The main thing that Tomcat has going for it is that it the official
reference implementation of the Java Servlet 2.2 and JavaServer Pages 1.1
technologies developed under the Apache license by some of the best
developers around the world."


Thank you.
L.C.


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RE: tomcat as a stand alone server

[Randy Layman]

My client is currently in acceptance testing with a Tomcat
installation.  Their system is a Dell PowerEdge 6300 with 4 400MHz
processors and lots of RAM and disk space.  They are running WinNT 4.0 SP6a
and SQL Server 7.0 and IIS 4.0.  We configured IIS so that all of our
resources are served via Tomcat using the isapi_redirect.dll.  The
application consists of about 60-75 jsp files, a handful of servlets, a
handful of JS files, and one each of HTML, GIF, and CSS files.  During
acceptance testing they have between 2 and 10 concurrent users with the
expceted load to be close to 20 concurrent users.  Like I said, not a large
system.  Version Release Candidate 1 was installed on Tuesday and the system
has been running since then with no downtime and performing as fast as their
network will allow (they do have network bandwidth issues).

If you need more specifics about this, contact me directly.

Randy

> -Original Message-
> From: Nick Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 1:10 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: tomcat as a stand alone server
> 
> 
> Can anyone add their experience with tomcat as a stand alone 
> web server. Is
> it stable enough and does it perform fast enough to be considered a
> "production" web server. Any details of your using tomcat in 
> a production
> environment would be appreciated.
> 
> I am not as concerned about security issues because I will be using it
> behind a firewall but stability is very important.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Naik Uresh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 11:55 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: tomcat as a stand alone server
> 
> 
> Can be stand alone.
> 
> -Original Message-
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> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:17 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: tomcat as a stand alone server
> 
> 
> Hello,
> I am new to tomcat. and I just wonder if tomcat can be a 
> stand alone web
> server, of it should only run with apache or IIS,
> Thanks,
> Batsheva
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RE: tomcat as a stand alone server

[Nick Butler]

Can anyone add their experience with tomcat as a stand alone web server. Is
it stable enough and does it perform fast enough to be considered a
"production" web server. Any details of your using tomcat in a production
environment would be appreciated.

I am not as concerned about security issues because I will be using it
behind a firewall but stability is very important.

-Original Message-
From: Naik Uresh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 11:55 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: tomcat as a stand alone server


Can be stand alone.

-Original Message-
From: Batsheva Raviv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: tomcat as a stand alone server


Hello,
I am new to tomcat. and I just wonder if tomcat can be a stand alone web
server, of it should only run with apache or IIS,
Thanks,
Batsheva


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Re: tomcat as a stand alone server

[Brian Tol]

Batsheva Raviv wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I am new to tomcat. and I just wonder if tomcat can be a stand alone web
> server, of it should only run with apache or IIS,

It comes with a Web server built-in, so you can run it stand alone.

Thanks,
Brian

Re: tomcat as a stand alone server

[Arnaud Vandyck]

Batsheva Raviv wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I am new to tomcat. and I just wonder if tomcat can be a stand alone web
> server, of it should only run with apache or IIS,

Yes it can, but you'll don't have support for php, perl, asp, ... (am I
wrong?) and it's not so -robust- as Apache. You can modify the
$TOMCAT_HOME/con/server.xml to tell tomcat to listen to the port 80
instead of 8080.

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RE: tomcat as a stand alone server

[Naik Uresh]

Can be stand alone.

-Original Message-
From: Batsheva Raviv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: tomcat as a stand alone server


Hello,
I am new to tomcat. and I just wonder if tomcat can be a stand alone web
server, of it should only run with apache or IIS,
Thanks,
Batsheva


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tomcat as a stand alone server

[Batsheva Raviv]

Hello,
I am new to tomcat. and I just wonder if tomcat can be a stand alone web
server, of it should only run with apache or IIS,
Thanks,
Batsheva