Agreed.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Milt Epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:03 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Apache & Tomcat > > > On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Turner, John wrote: > > > The connectors serve as a pipeline from Apache to Tomcat and back > > again for certain requests. A JSP or Servlet request received by > > Apache would be sent to Tomcat, Tomcat would do the processing, and > > the resulting HTML would be sent back to Apache (and then to the > > client), all via the connector. > > > > Apache is not required to use Tomcat. Tomcat works perfectly well > > as a HTTP/1.1 compliant web server, all on its own. However, due to > > various reasons, some people have a need to use Apache in addition > > to Tomcat. If this is the case, you use a connector. > > Well, technically, connectors are used if you run Tomcat standalone as > well (and this may be something that adds confusion to all this, but > that is the way the developers have defined things). To wit, notice > that in the next paragraph you mention deleting the "HTTP Connector" > if you're not running Tomcat standalone. In such a case, they > "connect" directly to the web browser, not Apache. > > > > If you are using Apache, the wisest move from a production > > standpoint is to delete the HTTP Connector element (or comment it > > out) from Tomcat's server.xml and leave only the Apache connector > > Connector element enabled. > > > > John Turner > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:00 PM > > > To: Tomcat Users List > > > Subject: RE: Apache & Tomcat > > > > > > > > > Hi John, I was reading your post and it seems very > interesting, I'm a > > > newbie with these tomcat stuff... > > > > > > I read a lot of emails in the past about the connectors, but > > > what I don't > > > understand is what is the function of these connectors... > I know that > > > Apache and Tomcat use these connectors for integrating > jsp technology > > > under apache... that's ok, but what happens internally with > > > Apache and > > > Tomcat when I use these connectors???... > > > The webserver that comes with tomcat, what happens with > > > it?????.... is it > > > still working????... > > > > > > thanks > > > Alex > [ ... ] > > Milt Epstein > Research Programmer > Systems and Technology Services (STS) > Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
