Ah. I understand. Thank you. Michael
--- "Turner, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. 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