On 24/02/2014 16:15, David kerber wrote: > On 2/24/2014 10:59 AM, Leo Donahue wrote: >> In general, is it assumed that all responses given to the list assume >> the OP is running a version of Linux, if they don't state the OS? >> >> For example, I read the post about "Tomcat upgrades/security patching >> best practices" and the advice given is to modify init.d script. I >> don't recall seeing the OP indicate they run Linux and the list >> usually gently bashes people for not being specific about their >> environment.
That was more me picking an OS to respond to on the basis of my mode at the time rather than an expectation of Linux. >> Since I run Tomcat on Windows, I don't know what the init.d script is, >> but reading that response I get the feeling the that Tomcat on Linux >> is "alot" easier to manage than Tomcat on Windows, especially if you >> are running Tomcat as a Windows service. You can do pretty much the same thing for Windows. It would look something like: - push the new CATALINA_HOME via a shared drive - remote tweak the registry to point to the new CATALINA_HOME - remote restart the service All of the above can be scripted if you wish. Rather than pushing you could pull with some simple scripts and scheduled jobs. >> I would have thought that another option to that post would be to use >> the "appBase" attribute of a Host element and just move your webapps >> out of the traditional location located within the Tomcat installation >> directory. But I guess I didn't understand the OP. >> >> Is it time for us to go to Linux? > > Not if you're already used to windows and not familiar with Linux; the > difference isn't big enough to justify the learning curve. > > I use TC on windows at work, and my home server is Linux (Debian). The > main advantage of windows is that you have GUIs available for setting > most options, which is easier if you don't know exactly what you're > looking for. The advantage of Linux IMO is that you have more > fine-grained control of things, once you know what you're looking for. > > If you know either one of them well, switching isn't going to be enough > of a gain from an administration POV to be worth the learning curve. +1 > Of > course, there may be other considerations in your particular environment > that may drive the decision one way or another. I've worked with Tomcat on Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, HP-UX and some more unusual hardware like plug-computers. By far the biggest issue the first time I hit a new OS is figuring out how to do stuff in that OS. I'm comfortable with most OSes these days. Given a free choice for a server I'd start from some flavour of Linux but my desktop where I do all of my dev is Windows and is likely to stay that way (multi-head support for old-ish hardware is so much less hassle with Windows). Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
