On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:55:29AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> One of the goals of mod_jk2 is to go further and be able to operate with
> only 'standard' apache directives and configuration ( i.e. and
> SetHandler ). That'll be much faster and easier to integrate - but even
> more verbos
On Thu, 2 May 2002, Noel J. Bergman wrote:
> AIUI, mod_webapp has been easier to configure; mod_jk offers load balancing,
The configuration is the same, for the 'basic' things:
WebAppDeploy examples /examples
is arguably as easy as:
JkMount /examples/* tomcat
And has the same effect (i.e.
> >For example, mod_jk won't know that we want
> >Tomcat to process a filter chain against a directory unless we've done a
> >JkMount for that tree, whereas it would know that Tomcat needs to process
a
> >JSP page. On the other hand, mod_webapp would know about the filter
chain
> >because the res
>For example, mod_jk won't know that we want
>Tomcat to process a filter chain against a directory unless we've done a
>JkMount for that tree, whereas it would know that Tomcat needs to process a
>JSP page. On the other hand, mod_webapp would know about the filter chain
>because the resource
> I believe that the official stance is that mod_webapp will be the future
of
> Apache-tomcat connectors, and it will receive performance and feature
> improvements whereas ...
This appears to be one of the most common myths regarding Tomcat connectors.
The real official stance appears to be that
Cynthia -
Here are a couple tomcat-user postings on the differences. They might help:
http://www.mail-archive.com/tomcat-user%40jakarta.apache.org/msg50263.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/tomcat-user%40jakarta.apache.org/msg49707.html
They are not quite solid, but they are something. I am s
mod_jk supports load balancing across several tomcat servers and also
supports serving static content from Apache and *.jsp from tomcat.
mod_webapp does not support load balancing, and the decision to
forward requests to tomcat are based on whole directories, you cannot
use wildcards such as *.js
I searched the Tomcat and Apache site yesterday for some explanation
and/or recommendations for the choice of connector, but a search on
"connector" or "mod_webapp" did not seem to provide any information
about why I would chooce one over another. Can someone point me to the
correct place or expl
