On Jul 21, 2011, at 2:57 PM, Amy Worrall wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Pascal Robert <prob...@macti.ca> wrote: >> Servlet container is an option, but since they are willing to provide a >> Solaris 10 Zone with Tomcat on it, you could install wotaskd and Monitor on >> it. You don't need to be root to install those tools (you do need to create >> an "appserver" user, so that the WO apps won't run under your user), so even >> if they don't give you root access to the machine, you're fine. Same thing >> for the Linux box, as long you have access to the file system, you can >> install the normal WO deployment tools. > > > I was imagining that servlet deployment would be less hassle to set > up, since presumably the IT guys know how Tomcat works and can hold my > hand through the process. Also, I don't want to frighten them too much > by mentioning an app server they've never heard of. > > What are the downsides to deploying with Tomcat? > > To install wotaskd and Monitor, are you saying I need a user called > "appserver", or will any other username do? Also, I assume I'd have to > get an administrator to install the Apache module required, right? > > Thanks for your help, > > Amy
I don't have a lot of Tomcat deployment experience, so rather than downsides to Tomcat, I'll mention upsides to Monitor (^_^) Monitor allows you to run multiple instances of your app. That allows you to do rolling updates. The site never has to go down when you roll out an update unless you add something like a new non-null column in your db. Wonder's Monitor has direct actions that allow you to script an update. Your build server can be set up to do automatic deploy to staging and on demand deploy to your production servers that are running Monitor. Mostly though, everyone uses it. If you have trouble with Tomcat, you're pretty much on your own. If you've got problems with monitor or wotaskd, it's more likely you'll find someone here that has encountered that problem before and knows how to fix it. Ramsey _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-deploy mailing list (Webobjects-deploy@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-deploy/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
