Hi Ylan OFBiz is deployable as an EAR and the various app server deployment templates in the framework/appserver/ directory facilitate this.
The main reasons as far as I am aware for using embedded tomcat is as follows: - Simple setup and deployment - Ability to change files on the fly without redeploying - I'm not sure if it is still the case, but there have been issues in the past where the EAR standard doesn't allow for the use of a shared classpath between the OFBiz applications and often requires the use of app server specific EAR extensions - Meets the vast majority of users' needs as is At the end of the day it is a fairly simple thing to upgrade tomcat (especially minor versions) when needed and our current deployment model is much easier to use and maintain. But as I mentioned above, if someone really wanted to go that route it is possible and there are some tools in OFBiz to assist with it. Regards Scott HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com On 10/02/2010, at 3:42 PM, Ylan Segal wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am new to ofbiz and wondering: Why is ofbiz integrated to tomcat? Is there > a reason that ofbiz isn't just a web app that can be deployed in a standard > war? > > For demonstration purposes, it works really well, since there is no need for > the person downloading to have anything but java installed, but I am thinking > later this makes it less flexible, as any tomcat fix at some point needs to > be incorporated back into ofbiz. > > Thanks, > > -- > Ylan Segal > > >
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