My point is that if the person is in charge of a production machine, then they already know how to take care of the things that are different because of operating system.
For Tomcat, you do not set up WindowsVar1, WindowsVar2, and on Unix UnixVar1, UnixVar2. You set up Var1 and Var2. How you do that differs by platform, but it doesn't change the functionality of Tomcat (Write Once, Run Anywhere, right?). For example, you need to set CATALINA_HOME as a system-level environment variable. How you do that is completely different on Windows vs. UNIX/Linux, but that requirement is identical regardless of platform. The assumption being that when told "set up an environment variable called CATALINA_HOME and set it to the place where Tomcat is installed" the person doing the installing understands what that means, since it's an OS thing, NOT a Tomcat thing. I think it's reasonable to assume that someone "in charge" of a production machine would know how to do something like that, and I also think its reasonable not to expect a book on Tomcat to detail every possible scenario that someone might encounter...the book would be 1200 pages instead of 450 pages. There are several HOWTOs available for various operating systems, that detail step by step what to do. I've written several myself and have used others written by other posters. That said, the book I mentioned covers Windows and Linux for sure, not that it really matters past initial installation. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Finney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:38 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Tomcat on Linux training > > > The point of the training is for a person in charge of > the production machine. So it is relevant. Also, the > person is not someone who programs for a living. > > I do, but the person in question does not. > > Michael > > > --- "Turner, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > For Tomcat only, platform is pretty irrelevant. The > > use of Tomcat is the > > same. > > > > The only differences are setting things up like > > environment variables, > > services, etc. which differ from platform to > > platform, but as far as using > > Tomcat, configuring Tomcat, writing apps, etc. the > > actual OS platform is > > pretty irrelevant until you get into production and > > have to consider things > > like resource usage, stability, etc. > > > > John > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Michael Finney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:31 PM > > > To: Tomcat Users List > > > Subject: RE: Tomcat on Linux training > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you all. Yes the list is great, Of course, > > > some people learn better in a classroom setting. > > I > > > will share this knowledge with my friend and see > > if > > > the person learns better via books, mail messages, > > or > > > classrooms. > > > > > > Does the book specifically cover Linux deployments > > and > > > management? > > > From some, Linux seems a lot tougher to mess with > > than > > > Windows. I would hate to throw someone a book > > when a > > > classroom may assist them better. > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > --- "Turner, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I've been reviewing "Professional Apache Tomcat" > > > > from Wrox Press the last > > > > few days, it's pretty good. Other than that, I > > > > would say this list. :) > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Michael Finney > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:55 PM > > > > > To: Tomcat Users List > > > > > Subject: Tomcat on Linux training > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone recommend some good training in regards > > to > > > > > Tomcat on Linux? > > > > > > > > > > Deployment and management training on a Linux > > > > > environment is what is desired. JSP training > > is > > > > not > > > > > desired. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > 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. 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