Apache also comes in handy if you need to have multiple tomcats serve a single IP address. this is particualy important if you host legacy applications that cannot handle upgrading JVM's or need specific JVM configurations incompatible with other application needs.
Then there is load balancing. True security freaks will argue that only your webserver should be outside the firewall while tomcat should be hidden inside with only the mod_jk port open for communication. -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Whitlock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:23 PM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Tomcat and IIS That's possible BUT performance will suffer. Tomcat isn't as powerful as Apache. If you are running a small website, intranet and such, Tomcat would probably work fine but it's not Commercially fit as a Web Server. Apache on the other hand is. Later, J -----Original Message----- From: jsp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:25 PM To: 'Tomcat Users List'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Tomcat and IIS If you can use TOMCAT as a web server also a container for jsp and servlets, then I don't understand why you even need Apache Web server? Can someone fill me in? I'm running IIS with tomcat right now but I would like to turn IIS off and just use tomcat like someone here suggested. -wiley -----Original Message----- From: Quinton McCombs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 1:29 PM To: 'John Turner'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Tomcat and IIS > -----Original Message----- > From: John Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Tomcat and IIS > > > > Really? Can you post your config files? I'd be interested in seeing > them...I haven't been able to make this work, though I don't use JK2. > > John > Httpd.conf: <VirtualHost *> DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/default ServerName neo03.nequalsone.com DirectoryIndex index.html Wiki.jsp Alias /wiki /opt/jakarta/webapps/wiki <Directory "/opt/jakarta/webapps/wiki"> Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +Includes MultiViews </Directory> <Location "/data"> AllowOverride None deny from all </Location> <Location "/WEB-INF"> AllowOverride None deny from all </Location> </VirtualHost> Workers2.properties: [channel.socket:localhost:8009] [ajp13:localhost:8009] channel=channel.socket:localhost:8009 [uri:/wiki/*.jsp] worker=ajp13:localhost:8009 > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:15:02 -0600, Quinton McCombs > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, I am doing this on apache 2.0.44. My DirectoryIndex has > > index.html and index.jsp. I am directing *.jsp to tomcat. > Requesting > > the directory without a filename causes index.jsp to be > processed by > > tomcat and the result returned. > > > > I am also using mod_jk2 if that makes a difference. > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > Quinton McCombs > > NequalsOne - HealthCare marketing tools > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.NequalsOne.com > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: John Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, > >> March 27, 2003 3:11 PM > >> To: Tomcat Users List > >> Subject: Re: Tomcat and IIS > >> > >> > >> > >> Switching to Apache wouldn't solve it unless you wanted to use > >> mod_rewrite. Check the archives for last fall...there were > bunches of > >> threads on this topic for quite awhile. AFAIK, nothing's changed, > >> though I was off this list for several weeks recently and its very > >> possible someone came up with a workaround that I missed. > >> > >> John > >> > >> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:10:14 -0800, jsp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > Yea, I thought about that( or even an asp redirect, defeats the > > >> purpose > >> > of using jsp) but I'm trying to get the referrer from > the browser > >> > into > >> a > database and I don't want index.html as my only referrer :) > >> > > >> > I'll try just using tomcat, I would just switch to > apache I guess > >> > but > >> > I > >> > paid about 1200 bucks for w2k server 2 years ago and > STILL paying on > >> it. > Oh well. > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > -wiley > >> > > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: John Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: > >> > Thursday, March 27, 2003 12:57 PM > >> > To: Tomcat Users List > >> > Subject: Re: Tomcat and IIS > >> > > >> > > >> > AFAIK, the only way to do this when using Tomcat in conjunction > >> > with a web server is a kludge. I do it by making index.html my > >> > default home page, and having index.html be nothing but a meta > >> > refresh page with a time of "0" to > http://www.foo.com/index.jsp. > >> > There are other > >> ways...some > Apache folks use mod_rewrite. > >> > > >> > This means index.jsp will show up in the address bar of the > >> > browser. > >> > If > >> > you don't want that, I'm not sure you can do it. I don't > know enough > > >> about IIS to know if there is a more elegant way to do it. > >> > > >> > If you want to use Tomcat alone, you setup a welcome-file > >> > tag/element > >> > in > >> > your application's web.xml file that has index.jsp as a > parameter. > >> > > >> > John > >> > > >> > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:47:17 -0800, jsp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> I'm trying to get away from ASP. The top file of my > website is an > >> >> >> > >> index.jsp page. I set the root directory for the website to >> > >> \<Catalina_home>\webapps\MyWebsite > >> >> > >> >> So when you go to http://www.mywebsite.com the default > page in iis > >> >> is > >> >> index.jsp but I'm positive that is the wrong way to do > this because > >> >> the only way jsp will work is if you type into the browser > >> >> > >> >> http://www.mywebsite.com/MyWebsite/index.jsp > >> >> > >> >> maybe this is not a tomcat related question but I'm > hoping someone > >> >> >> > >> could be doing this and give me some type of CLUE ? > >> >> > >> >> Basically when you go to http://www.mywebsite.com I > want the top > >> >> file > >> >> to be a functioning .jsp page because I don't want to > use an ASP >> > >> stats program. > >> >> > >> >> Hopefully it makes sense > >> >> > >> >> -wiley > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> >> --- > >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: > >> http://www.opera.com/m2/ > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: > http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
