No, you do not need Apache HTTPD, you can use the webcontainer that
comes in Geronimo (either Tomcat or Jetty depending on which
distribution you pick). If you want you can setup an AJP connector
from the webcontainer in Geronimo to allow an Apache HTTPD to
integration with Geronimo seamlessly. This is handy if you have
other apps that you need to run that are in PHP (or something) and
want to present your users with a single URL to access both
(otherwise you'd need 2 urls, one for HTTPD and one for Geronimo).
HTTPD also makes a nice SSL accelerator for use with Geronimo
applications, so you can configure HTTPD to use SSL, setup AJP to
connect up Geronimo, and then block off all other ports to Geronimo
so that the site is more secure.
--jason
On Dec 19, 2006, at 5:03 PM, Ray Hurst wrote:
Can Geronimo be the web server or does it need be a back end to
Apache?
Are there docs that explain the advantages and disadvantages?
I am an extreme newbie?
Ray
