> I have a Linux/Debian system.
> I want to use Apache as web-server and Tomcat only for JSP file.
You can use it for servlets, too. :-)
> Is it true that it is necessary to make start Tomcat before Apache? Why?..
1. Tomcat usually builds automatic configuration for including in Apache's httpd.conf.
If nothing changed from the last time, then Apache can use the old generated file.
Still it should make any admin feel uneasy.
2. Apache connects to Tomcat via plugin, mod_jserv (my case - Digital UNIX), mod_jk or
mod_webapp. It is reasonable to assume that the other end should be up and running,
when Apache loads that module.
> and if it is true.. how??
You have startup scripts which bring up most, if not all, of your daemons. Place
Tomcat's startup commands there. On our Digital UNIX it is a collection of
stratup/shutdown scripts in /sbin/init.d/ On Linux it should be /etc/rc* or something
similar.
Nix.
