That, plus load balancing, using other Apache modules (either third-party or custom), etc.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Finney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:51 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Apache Web Server vs. Tomcat > > > Thank you. I figured it comes up all the time and > trying to find something in the jGuru FAQ was not > yielding anything. > > PHP may be desired by someone on the team. However, > increasing the complexity of the architecture topology > just to use PHP does not seem like a great idea. > > "Apache doesn't run as root on port 80 ..." sounds > like the only applicable reason. I assume Tomcat > handles requests as root then. That would get into > security issues. > > Michael > > --- "Turner, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This comes up all the time. Some reasons why you > > would want to run Apache > > (there are many): > > > > - Apache doesn't run as root on port 80 (at least > > when serving requests) > > - Apache has modules like mod_rewrite that you might > > need > > - Apache can handle other technologies besides > > Tomcat, like CGI and PHP, all > > at the same time. In a shared environment or an > > enterprise environment, > > it's very possible that you'll have legacy apps that > > you need to support, > > like CGI or PHP, in addition to Tomcat > > - can load balance requests to multiple Tomcat > > instances on other servers > > > > ....and more and more. > > > > In general, if Tomcat works for you as a general > > purpose HTTP server, then > > use it that way and be happy. That doesn't change > > the fact that there are > > plenty of scenarios where using Apache + Tomcat is a > > more appropriate > > solution. Note that I said "appropriate" and not > > "better", "smarter" or > > "wiser" because those types of adjectives are all > > subjective based on each > > person's needs in each of their given environments. > > > > John > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Michael Finney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:36 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Apache Web Server vs. Tomcat > > > > > > > > > Why bother with Apache's webserver as opposed to > > > Tomcat for a JSP web application? > > > > > > If there are not many static web pages (4), why > > bother > > > with Apache's Web Server at all? Why not just go > > with > > > Tomcat? > > > > > > Someone mentioned they they are considering > > switching > > > to Linux from Windows and using Apache Webserver > > or > > > Tomcat. Well, that person is already using > > Tomcat on > > > Windows. So, I figure staying on Tomcat is the > > smart > > > thing to do. Right? > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > Michael Finney > > > 719-572-1577 (H) > > > Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform > > > Sun Certified Developer for the Java 2 Platform > > > Sun Certified Web Component Developer for J2EE > > Platform > > > Co-founder of PPJDG - http://www.ppjdg.org > > > Co-founder of cosAgile - Colorado Springs XP Users > > Group - > > > http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/cosAgile > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > > now. > > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > > 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]> > > > > > ===== > Michael Finney > 719-572-1577 (H) > Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform > Sun Certified Developer for the Java 2 Platform > Sun Certified Web Component Developer for J2EE Platform > Co-founder of PPJDG - http://www.ppjdg.org > Co-founder of cosAgile - Colorado Springs XP Users Group - http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/cosAgile __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- 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]>
