I'll agree with you - this provided a fair and thorough examination of the reasons some people run httpd and tomcat, and why others don't - which was my original intention... To stimulate that very discussion.
BTW, I hope none of you got the idea that I supported _either_ approach, only described why some people do them. -- Robin D. Wilson Director of Web Development KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. WORK: 512-623-5913 CELL: 512-426-3929 www.KingsIsle.com -----Original Message----- From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 6:28 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Why we need two servers (httpd and tomcat) Robin Wilson wrote: > For the record, my answer was neither stupid or reflexive. And for the record, I personally did not think it was either. I agree with Leon when he says that some people just automatically put an Apache in front of a Tomcat when they don't really need to, just by habit or because they've found a configuration to copy, and without even thinking about whether they really need it. Or maybe just because the server comes that way pre-installed. Then they add a JkMount /* ajp13 ;-) Or they configure a load-balancer to balance one single back-end.. Or they set Apache's DocumentRoot to the Tomcat webapps directory, just because it's easier and this way all the links work (usually in even more ways than they expect). On the other hand, I also believe, contrarily to Leon, that there are plenty of practical cases where running some back-end Java applications on a Tomcat server is necessary, but is not the main purpose of the site, and thus having an Apache httpd in front comes in very handy or is necessary. And provided you know what you're doing, the additional overhead due to mod_jk is going to take 100 years to overtake the cost of two days of trying to figure out how to do the same in Tomcat. It also depends very much on the skills at hand. Given a certain problem, the "right" solution will be different depending on whether you have a staff of mostly java-oriented people, or not. So this was not a flame, just an attempt at restoring some balance which I felt was a bit upset by Leon's diatribe. Thus, to the original poster : I believe that by now you should have a relative balance of arguments allowing you to decide when one needs only Apache httpd, only Tomcat, or a combination. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
