OK, i've just re-read your message and d'oh I see you want to move away from Apache and JK2. Sorry. Will take another look ...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Allistair Crossley > Sent: 03 December 2004 11:23 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Migrating from Apache2/JK2 to Tomcat standalone > > > Hi > > > 1) Since Tomcat now will be serving all the static content as > > well, will it require more threads than when only serving > dynamic content? > > That doesn't *have* to be the case. You could still have > Apache serve up your static resources by pointing the > document root at your webapp's root directory. > > Static resources are served by a defaut servlet in Tomcat, so > I am guessing that needs a request thread and so perhaps > your maxThreads should be slightly higher than when a web > server is taking care of that stuff. * Note: I could be > wrong, and if I am, someone will correct me later I am sure ;) * > > > 2) In Apache I'm using mod_rewrite to rewrite requests to > > mydomain.com/ to mydomain.com/myapp. I've implemented this > behaviour by using > > response.sendRedirect in a scriptlet in the index.jsp of my > ROOT app. Is > this the preferred way of doing this? > > Not really. You should configure Apache/Tomcat connectivity > using jk (or soon/now mod_proxy). In JK which is how most > people do it currently, you create a workers file that uses > URL matching to decide whether the request should be passed > to Tomcat. Check out the JK connector docs > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/connectors-doc/index.html > > > 3) In Apache I'm using some aliases to serve images stored > outside my > > appbase from insisde my webapp (Alias /myapp/alias > "/path/outside/appbase"). I've > > implemented this by creating context xml files for all my > aliases with > > appBase="/path/outside/appbase" path="/myapp/alias". Again, > is this the preferred way of > doing this? > > This breaks the general rule that web applications shoud be > self-contained, so I don't recommend it but you have probably > found that it "works". > > > 4) I've compiled jsvc and adapted the Tomcat5.sh to start the > > server. If I do "Tomcat5.sh stop ; Tomcat5.sh start" to do > a restart of > the server my machine hangs. If I allow a > pause between stop and start then the > > server starts with no problem. Is this a known issue? > > On Linux/Unix I have found you need to give Tomcat a little > moment to shut down all the threads it creates. You can see > this yourself by starting tomcat and constantly monitoring ps > -e .. you'll see the various processes for Tomcat building > up. Same for shutdown, they disappear. I am not sure about > the exact answer, but I suspect if you are calling start and > stop too fast, there will be a binding problem on tomcat's > port or something. I once wrote a script for restart that > slept for a few seconds after the shutdown. > > Allistair. > > > <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA,ARIAL" COLOR=BLUE> > ------------------------------------------------------- > QAS Ltd. > Developers of QuickAddress Software > <a href="http://www.qas.com";>www.qas.com</a> > Registered in England: No 2582055 > Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 > ------------------------------------------------------- > </FONT> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
