Just wanted to +1 to Chris' comments as one of the folks Chris was referring to in the community :) I'd also add that Red Hat also runs lots of regression tests, integration tests, testing layered products that use tomcat, etc. that ensure the packaged version of tomcat works without issue.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM Christopher Schultz < ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > Bharath, > > On 7/15/25 3:11 AM, Cheruku, B.R. (Bharath) wrote: > > Thank you for your detailed response and the helpful information > > regarding Tomcat on RHEL 10. > > > > As a follow-up, do you or anyone in the community have similar > > insights or recommendations regarding running Apache HTTPD (httpd) > > on RHEL 10? Are there any known issues, limitations, or best > > practices for deploying and managing HTTPD on this platform? > I would highly recommend: > > $ sudo yum install httpd > > Then configure from there. > > > Any information about future updates or compatibility plans for > > HTTPD on RHEL 10 would also be appreciated. > If Red Hat drops support for Apache httpd, I'll eat my (red) hat. > LOL, same. > > -chris > > > From: Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net> > > Date: Monday, 14 July 2025 at 19:34 > > To: users@tomcat.apache.org <users@tomcat.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: RHEL 10 Compatibility for Apache Tomcat 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, and > 11.x > > Bharath, > > > > On 7/14/25 9:17 AM, Cheruku, B.R. (Bharath) wrote: > >> I would like to ask if anyone in the community has experience running > >> Apache Tomcat versions 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, or 11.x on Red Hat Enterprise > >> Linux 10 (RHEL 10). > >> > >> Are there any known issues, limitations, or recommendations for these > >> versions on RHEL 10? > > > > The Tomcat PMC contains quite a few employees of Red Hat and I believe > > it is their priority to ensure that Tomcat works well across all their > > various versions. > > > > If you download Tomcat from the ASF, you'll get a tarball containing the > > servlet container and you supply your own Java version. There are no > > known issues on RHEL that I know of with this kind of environment. > > > > I believe RHEL also has packages for both Java and Tomcat in various > > versions. They will select the best (in the opinion of the RHEL package > > managers) versions of everything and ensure that it fits-in with your > > other RHEL expectations. Plus, Red Hat provides support directly for > > those packages. > > > >> Additionally, if there is any information about future updates or plans > >> regarding RHEL 10 compatibility, I would appreciate your insights. > > > > The Tomcat team does not officially guarantee support for any particular > > environment, OS, etc. other than maybe Microsoft Windows through the > > installer and service runner. But our expectation is that any OS that > > can run an appropriate version of Java should be able to run Tomcat > > without any problems. > > > > That said, there are plenty of Red Hat users and staff in this community > > who can help you if you are having any particular problems with Tomcat > > on RHEL. > > > > I would say that if you want to run Tomcat on RHEL, you should just > > install it and get started. Come to us if you have any questions. But it > > should work. You just need to decide what Tomcat version you want. > > > > -chris > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ATTENTION: > > The information in this e-mail is confidential and only meant for the > intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, don't use or > disclose it in any way. Please let the sender know and delete the message > immediately. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
