[thelist] Java (JSP) engine locally

[Sam]

I'm running both Tomcat and Apache right now. I use the ProxyPass 
directives in my Apache httpd.conf to proxy all requests for my webapp 
through to Tomcat, and let Apacha handle all the static content. I have 
to say it is sweet. I don't have to muck around with getting the 2 to 
play together beyond this simple step - I don't even have to really read 
the Tomcat docs, I can leverage what I already now about Apache. both 
use seperate document roots, seperate everything, but the user just sees 
one site.
This is on a development server, but I've heard people recommend a 
similar setup for a production environment.

Sam

Diane Soini wrote:
> I have found jakarta tomcat easy to install, but hard to integrate with 
> an existing apache engine. Not sure how it is done. Not as easy as the 
> directions say. Tomcat will serve up html or other things like a regular 
> server. The JDK from Sun is easy to install, too, and you can start 
> writing applets and swing applications in no time.
>