One thing to remember is that to take over port 80 on any UNIX platform,
you'll be required to have root access, so that may defeat another of your
points unless you are just trying to hook up to an already configured web
server.
(*Chris*)
----- Original Message -----
From: Hans Bergsten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 1999 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: FW: Evaluating Servlet Engines
>"Carver,F,NAIDP,CARVERFK M" wrote:
>>
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > [...]
>
>Any add-on engine will require that you modify the web server's main
>configuration files to some extent. How else would the web server know
>to forward servlet requests to the servlet engine? I'm afraid there no
>way around this problem.
>
>With regards to low bandwidth administration most engines let you
>edit the property files with any text editor. The admin tool is
>usually just a "user friendly" interface, and I agree that some
>admin tool are painful to use. But usually you don't have to use
>them.
>
>Below follows how our WAICoolRunner (add-on for Netscape) and
>LiteWebServer (stand-alone, low traffic server) meet your requirements:
>
>> > + can be installed using telnet/ftp
>
>Both products are distributed as ZIP files. Just FTP to
>the server and unzip. For WAICoolRunner you have to update the
>Netscape obj.conf file to integrate with the server. For
>LiteWebServer there's a server.properties file that you can edit
>with any text editor to set the docroot and port number. Then
>you just set the CLASSPATH and run the appropriate "java <MainClass>"
>depending on product in a shell.
>
>> > + can be configured using telnet or low-bandwith http/ftp/smtp
>
>Both products provide a browser based (regular HTML) configuration
>interface.
>
>> > + uses a small amount of ISP storage space
>
>Each product is less than 500 KB (of course excluding the JDK/JRE).
>
>> > + runs on a wide variety of operating systems
>
>Pure Java, runs on any OS with JDK 1.1 or JDK 1.2
>
>> > + runs with a wide variety of http servers
>
>WAICoolRunner only runs with Netscape servers (FastTrack and Enterprise).
>LiteWebServer is a complete stand-alone server, but note that it's
>intended for low traffic sites only.
>
>> > + needs no access to protected server configs
>
>For WAICoolRunner you need to edit the obj.conf file.
>
>> > + doesn't need root access to install
>
>Not needed for any of them.
>
>> > + supports a modern servlet API
>
>Both products support the 2.0 API. Support for 2.1 will be available
>soon.
>
>> > + is free/shareware/reasonable cost
>
>Both products are free for own use. Redistribution and bundling
>requires a separate license.
>
>> > 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.
>
>You need to restart both engines to load new versions of servlets.
>Changing init arguments, adding new servlets, suspending and resuming
>servlets, etc. can be done through the configuration interface
>while the server is running.
>
>For more information about WAICoolRunner, see
>http://www.gefionsoftware.com/WAICoolRunner.
>
>LiteWebServer is currently only available as a part of our InstantOnline
>Basic servlet suite. It will be released as a stand-alone product when
>the Servlet 2.1 API support is ready. You can download the InstantOnline
>Basic package at http://www.gefionsoftware.com/InstantOnline/Basic.
>
>--
>Hans Bergsten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com
>
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