Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 22:09:47 +0200 From: Ernst de Haan <ernsth@nl.euro.net> To: Alexandre Bouchard <rolivawdaneel@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tomcat3/4+Apache architecture on BSD Message-ID: <20010828220947.A9506@c104187.upc-c.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <F73PNXRPmcarcR4ZDgC00015a68@hotmail.com>; from rolivawdaneel@hotmail.com on Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 03:37:33AM %2B0000 References: <F73PNXRPmcarcR4ZDgC00015a68@hotmail.com>
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Hi Alexandre,
> We will deploy very soon a web server that need to support java servlets,
> jSP and perhaps EJBs (if we use tomcat4). We dont know yet if we will use
> BSD or Solaris8.
Use BSD :-) You'll thank me for it ;)
> I was wondering how close is the integration of Apache, Jakarta-Tomcat and
> the BSD plateform. I already know that Apache and Jakarta work very well
> together with an ajp connector. But to be reliable, our architecture must be
> built on a solid and mature Java Virtual Machine. A stable built of Java 2
> is mandatory for us.
Install mod_jk ('make install' in /usr/ports/www/mod_jk), this will install
Apache and Tomcat 3 as well, as dependencies. If your ports tree is up to
date, then these will be the latest versions.
Then make sure Tomcat uses JDK 1.2 instead of the default JDK 1.1. You'll have
to install one of the JDK 1.2's for that. I suggest you install the native JDK
1.2.2, available from /usr/ports/java/jdk12-beta/, but don't let the -beta
scare you, IMO this JDK runs more reliable than any of the 1.2 JDK's on
Windoze, at least for server-side purposes.
In our experience (I work as a development team leader) the integration of
Tomcat and Apache on FreeBSD is very smooth. We've integrated deployment on
Tomcat in our Ant build process, so redeployment is just a matter of
executing:
$ ant redeploy
You can see the build file if you like (privmsg me).
If you need a production-quality web container, then I suggest you take a look
at Orion as well. It's commercial, it's much more stable (although Tomcat
isn't bad) and it supports the complete J2EE platform.
See:
http://www.orionserver.com/
Good luck.
/Ernst
> I am an opensourcist (but with previous experience only on linuxes) so I
> would like to convince my team to use BSD. But officially sun supports only
> windozes and redhat.. I would appreciate if someone could tell me if it is
> reliable to built an architecture such as ours on the BSD plateform and why.
>
> Thank you
>
> Alexandre Bouchard
>
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