Hi: On Monday 22 September 2008 06:56:45 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think you understand. The following is meant as a draft of what > could be added to the documentation. Would this text have prevented > your confusion? > > === > Lenya is a Java Servlet i.e. an object that plugs into proper interfaces on the serverside. Therefore > running Lenya requires a servlet engine or a > Web > server providing such interfaces > . Two popular (and well-tested) choices are: > 1. Jetty - a free non-Apache simple servlet engine/Web server included > with Lenya. > 2. Tomcat - Apache's robust servlet engine/Web server. Tomcat also > offers integration with Apache httpd. > > Lenya on Jetty defaults to using port 8888 to avoid conflicts with > Tomcat's default port 8080 and the default port 80 for Web servers. > The port for any Web server (including Jetty) is configurable; so Lenya > can use port 80 (if not conflicting with other Web servers) to avoid > requiring any port number in URLs. > > Many Web servers can proxy to the Lenya standalone (Jetty) server. > This often requires URL and Cookie rewriting. The advantage is the > URL rewriting can create more concise URLs e.g. removing the > Publication and Area names from URLs. > > We recommend evaluations (and beginners) use the standalone Jetty > installation with the understanding that URLs can be improved for > production purposes. I tried to improve your text further but I can't. To me it seems very precise and it surely would have prevented my confusion. Thank you very much, Gregor --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
