On 9/4/07, Tom Holmes Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Thilina, thanks for the information. > > I checked with the client, and it seems there might 2-3 concurrent users > at a time, certainly 12 would be the absolute most if all 12 employees > decided to hit the web-services at once. > > So, I think Axis2, standalone would be the best bet. I'll certainly > look at SimpleAxisServer to start ... and then I'll add to it.
Is there any reason not to use Tomcat or any other production level server? I belive for any production envirionmet it is better to deploy axis2 inside such a web server. Amila. Thanks again for the help. > Tom > > Thilina Gunarathne wrote: > > Tom, > > It'll be a choice depending on your usage of the web service. A > > SimpleAxisServer started using axis2server.bat will work if you are > > not expecting many concurrent users to use the service. AFAIK > > SimpleAxisServer is still experimental and chokes on many concurrent > > requests. If you are expecting your web service to be heavily used by > > a large set of users, then I would recommend you to go for > > Tomcat+Axis2. Also you can start your work with simpleAxisServer and > > then later you can move to the Tomcat depending on the situation. > > > > On a side note: Lately I've seen integrating a NIO transport with > > Axis2. I'm not sure whether the SimpleAxisServer uses it. You are > > better off with SimpleAxisServer if that is the case. > > > > Thanks, > > Thilina > > > > On 9/2/07, keith chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> You don't need any other libraries to run Axis2 standalone server. > Tomcat is > >> not essential but if you wish you can use the war distribution so that > you > >> can use it with any application server. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Keith. > >> > >> > >> On 9/2/07, Tom Holmes Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> I am a newbie with Axis2, and I have a number of questions, Before > you > >>> rip off my head and show it to me. let me explain myself first: > >>> > >>> 1) I have been developing for nearly 20 years, the last 10 have been > in > >>> Java/J2EE > >>> 2) I have used Apache and Tomcat for years. > >>> 3) I have used Axis and developed Web-Services with Apache ... I don't > >>> recall needing a Servlet container like Tomcat. > >>> 4) Yes I have been reading the documentation and googling, and reading > >>> the mailing list archives of which I am now subscribed to. > >>> > >>> So, my situation is that I have a Windows laptop/desktop system. I > >>> want to use Web-Services and certainly not IIS or other Microsoft > >>> Technologies. > >>> I want to use Axis2 which I download, extracted, and setup the home > >>> directory with the environmental variables. The JDK 1.6 was > previously > >>> installed and working. > >>> I ran the Axis2Server.Bat and it is running fine. Do I still need a > >>> Servlet Container like Tomcat? If I run Axis2 as a stand-alone, do I > >>> need Apache at all. > >>> I don't really need a a full servlet container or full http server. > >>> So, I imagine the standalone Axis2 should work for me to do > Web-Services. > >>> The documentation seemed to say I still needed to build the war file > and > >>> deploy it into web-apps, but I'm thinking that would only be the case > if > >>> I was Axis2 under some > >>> other App Server or Servlet Container. > >>> > >>> Ultimately ... I am gonna have a PDA using Microsoft Technologies as a > >>> web-services client. The PDA will send data to the Web-Service under > >>> > >> Axis2. > >> > >>> The Web-Services I hope to deploy to Axis2 will be written in Java > since > >>> that is what I know. The Web-Service (written in Java) will then > open > >>> to an > >>> Access database to read/write data and return information in the > request > >>> back to the PDA. > >>> > >>> Please point me to starting resources for Axis2 web-site, and again > can > >>> you answer some of those questions above. Thanks! > >>> > >>> Tom > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >>> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Keith Chapman > >> WSO2 Inc. > >> Oxygen for Web Services Developers. > >> http://wso2.org/ > >> > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Amila Suriarachchi, WSO2 Inc.