On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Michael Finney wrote: > 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.
I'd say that normally people who are running Tomcat standalone just run it on a non-privileged port, like 8080, the default "out of the box" port. That may be an issue, since then that port, since it's not the default http port, will have to be included in all the url's. You'll then have to weigh the pros and cons of the various different alternatives (including leaving it like that) for your particular situation, and decide what you want to do. > --- "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]> > Milt Epstein Research Programmer Integration and Software Engineering (ISE) 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]>
