Tomcat is a newer version of the Servlet engine and it has built-in jsp
support. JServ is a little older and doesn't have jsp support (GNUJSP or
JRun is your best bet if you don't want to use Tomcat - JRun's a snap
(completely replaces JServ on both the Apache and Servlet engine sides), but
i never got GNUJSP to play nice).
Tomcat's a little harder to set up (IMHO), but it's the standard so in the
long run (i hope) it's worth it. you'll still need JServ on the Apache side
to forward requests to the Tomcat engine, but Tomcat replaces the JServ
servlet engine on port 8007/8008.
one other thing - i've only been able to get Tomcat to work with the
mod_jserv.so on the Tomcat site. the newest JServ broke sessions completely
in Tomcat. once you have Tomcat set up you place your jsps into your
servlet context (aka, web-app) at which point JServ forwards the request to
Tomcat which compiles the jsp, generates a servlet and calls its service()
method. I've written up a few pages on setting up various components with
Apache, including JServ and Tomcat. in fact tonight i'm writing up the
steps to add mod_ssl to a named-based virtual host apache install. fun,
fun, fun! :)
..............ron.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sesheeka Selvaratnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:59 PM
Subject: JServ vs. TomCat
>Both of these are Servlet engines that support jsp. Is one better than the
>other?
>
>Also can someone tell me, after i install apache/jserv i should be able to
>start creating .jsp files on my web server correct or is there something
>else i would have to do before this?
>
>Thanks.
> - Sesheeka
>
>---
>Sesheeka Selvaratnam, i-Net+
>519-747-5222 ext 279
>
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