On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Daniel Mikusa <dmik...@gopivotal.com>wrote:
> > It might be something as obvious as not having Java EE > installed separately. Perhaps Tomee+ will provide all that is needed. > > What specifically do you need? Tomcat is not a full JEE container. It > implements the Servlet, JSP, EL and WebSockets specs. > > http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html > > If you need more then you could look at something like Apache Tomee or > Apache Geronimo. > +1 i agree, if you need full JEE container, my recommendation is TomEE. When I was trying to migrate from Glassfish to tomcat, i found it very difficult to run my Java EE (JSF) web application via Tomcat 7. I had to search for JARs and place them in tomcat/lib folder. Even after locating some JARs and placing them in tomcat/lib folder, I failed to run my JSF web aplication via tomcat7. I have seen (many) others have success running their Java EE (JSF) web application via tomcat7. After multiple failed attempts in late 2012, trying to run my JSF web application in tomcat 7, I downloaded tomee, emailed my questions to tomee user list, and finally, i had success running my JSF web application via tomee (which is tomcat + java EE, etc...). I don't recommend using Geronimo. I think Geronimo effort/development/maintenance has transitioned to TomEE. Again, I definitely recommend TomEE, and tomee user list is just as helpful as tomcat user list. many of your tomcat-related questions can/should be asked on tomcat list. FYI, I have been using NetBeans 7.2+ to start/stop TomEE via NetBeans/tomcat7 plugin. I usually build WAR via NetBeans, and drop my WAR in tomee/webapps folder. On my development PC/server, I use NetBeans to start/stop TomEE server, and on my production server, I use tomcat7w.exe (or the equivalent that is installed in tomee/bin folder) to install/start/stop the tomcat7 (or tomee) Windows Service on my Windows Server 2003/2008 server. My development server is Windows Server 2008 (Vista version), and my production server is Windows Server 2008 (Windows 7) version. I would assume that you should have no issues using Windows 8.x; i really don't have any experience with Windows 8.x though.
