> From: blueberry lake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: confusion of tomcat downloading > > On page http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi, there are > several choices for tomcat 5.x, like core, deployer, embedded, > admin web application, etc., > can anyone explain berifly what their difference are?
Core is the primary Tomcat download. Beware of the .exe version, since it does not include the various scripts that a beginner should start with; the .exe installs only as a Windows service. Better to get the .zip or .tar.gz, as appropriate - I believe they're identical other than the archive format, but I haven't verified that lately. You used to have to use the GNU tar utility for the latter form, but I don't know if that's still true. Deployer is a utility application that supposedly simplifies webapp deployment; can't say that I've ever used it. You can read about it here: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/deployer-howto.html at the bottom of the page. Embedded is a Tomcat variation that lets you bury Tomcat inside another app; JBoss uses this format. It is not for use with Apache httpd, as an earlier posting might have implied. If you're going to front-end Tomcat with httpd, use the core download. (Tomcat performance in handling static content is getting very close to that of httpd, so there are few reasons to complicate your life by front-ending it these days.) The admin webapp is quite useful for poking around inside Tomcat from a web browser, so by all means pick that up. Just unzip (or untar) into the Tomcat installation directory, update the conf/tomcat-users.xml file, and play. The compatibility package is required if you're going to run Tomcat with a 1.4 JRE or JDK. Contains a couple of jars with classes for XML processing that are standard with the 1.5 JRE, but have to be added on to 1.4 environments. The documentation download is what it is. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
