Thanks for the inputs that you have provided. Appreciated. I am sorry for the confusing question. I really wanted to know whether tomcat runs on the below mentioned platforms, and you have answered my query. :-)
-- Rajesh awarnier wrote: > > rajesh202023 wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Can anyone please tell me whether Tomcat 6.0 is supported on the >> following >> platforms or not? >> >> a. Windows 2003, 2008 32 bit x86 >> b. Windows 2003, 2008 64 bit x64 >> c. Solaris 10 SPARC >> d. HP-UX 11.31 IPF >> e. RHEL 5, SLES 10 x64 >> > > I am not the best qualified to answer your question, but I will make a > stab at it, and someone else can contradict me if I am wrong. > > Your question above really has several parts : > > 1) is Tomcat "supported" ? > > Tomcat being a free and open source thing, it is not really "supported" > in the sense that a commercial product may be supported. The support > you get (like here) is free of charge, which does not mean that it is > bad, but that you get what you get. > > 2) does Tomcat 6.x run on the above platforms ? > > Nothing that Tomcat does should in principle access the platform itself > directly, it all goes through the Java JVM. > Since Tomcat runs in the Java JVM, I would think that as long as a > decent Java JVM is present on the platform in question, nothing should > prevent Tomcat 6.x from running. > That's one of the benefits of Java. > For Tomcat 6.x, you will need at least a Java 1.5 JRE or JDK. > > 3) where your Tomcat come from > There are different packages for Tomcat 6.x. > > There is "the official Tomcat", which you obtain from the Tomcat website > "http://tomcat.apache.org";. That one will install on all platforms, in > the same essential way. Since this is the Tomcat package that the > "helpers" on this list all know and love (and use themselves), it is the > easiest for them to support, because they know "where things are" and > how it is configured. > But, the way in which it installs and the way in which it must be > administered and maintained does not necessarily match the constraints > of the environment in which you work, or the wishes of your system > administrators. > > And then there are, for each platform, some pre-packaged versions of > Tomcat, usually available in that platform's "software depot" or > similar, and installable with the standard software utilities of that > platform (e.g. SAM for HP, apt-get for Linux Debian, rpm for other > Linuxes, etc..) > These are the easiest for the sysadmins to install and maintain and > update, because they fit with the rest that exists on the machine, they > can use their preferred tools, they can easily see what is installed, > etc... > One inconvenient of these packages is that they are not necessarily > available for the latest available version of Tomcat. That is normally > compensated by the fact that these packages have been tested, that their > installation has been tested, that the installation will automatically > resolve any issue of dependencies with other packages, etc.. (e.g. > automatically install Java if it is not already present, or SSL if > needed, etc..). > Another inconvenient of these packages is that they sometimes (usually) > use other directories to install the software than what the official > Tomcat does, they put links all over the place, they use different > configuration files, etc.. > So the problem is that if you use one of these "non-official-Tomcat" > packages, it may be easy to install and your sysadmins may be happy, but > the people on this list may have a harder time helping you in case of > problems, because they do not know where things are or which > configuration things are changed from the official version. > > Hope this helps > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/tomcat-6.0-support-tp20125222p20143988.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
