> I've been putting in a fair amount of effort recently
> trying to evaluate servlet engines, and it's really
> starting to bug me. Maybe some of you can help me with
> solutions, provide pointers to alternatives, or at least
> sympathise with me.
>
> My problem is this. I want to deploy servlets on a commercial
> web host. I don't particularly care which one, although the
> usual conatraints about cost and available features do come
> into it. I know there aren't many that offer servlet hosting
> at the moment, but that's not the real problem. The problem is
> with the servlet engines.
>
> I have looked at Java Web Server, Jigsaw, JRun and Apache
> JServ so far, and none of them are suitable. The reasons :-
>
> JWS: The server is written in portable Java (which means
> I can theoretically run it) but installing it is irritating.
> The worst thing about it, though, and thething which
> effectively kills it for me is its reliance on a *massive*
> applet for configuration. Downloading this is a bind even
> on or local LAN, let alone over a modem or a transatlantic
> connection. Why did they chose such a silly way of
> configuring it?
>
> Jigsaw: This failed straight away, it's installation and
> configuration process uses a Graphical GUI. I have access
> to commercial servers using telnet,http, ftp, smtp and pop3;
> none of these permit the running of graphical applications.
>
> JRun: This has the same problem as Jigsaw, but also needs
> hacking of the main http server configuration. Mere customers
> of mass market web space providers don't have that option.
>
> Apache Jserv: This is a little better than the others (it
> can be installed and configured over telnet, at least), but
> it will only work with one type of web server, and it also
> requires hacking of the http server config files.
>
> Can anyone help me. Do you know of a servlet engine which:
>
> + can be installed using telnet/ftp
> + can be configured using telnet or low-bandwith http/ftp/smtp
> + uses a small amount of ISP storage space
> + runs on a wide variety of operating systems
> + runs with a wide variety of http servers
> + needs no access to protected server configs
> + doesn't need root access to install
> + supports a modern servlet API
> + is free/shareware/reasonable cost
>
> Ideally it should also support zero-admin adding or changing
> of servlets and their associated code, so that simply
> uploading a new version will install the servlet update the
engine. In a nutshell what I'm after is a way of making
basic servlets as easy to deploy as CGI scripts.
> Is this too much to ask?
>
> --
> Frank Carver
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>
>
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