Thanks alot Chris and Todd, Yes, i want to avoid conflicts with the host computer's default tomcat ports.
>From what you said about using a virtualized server, if i used VM Ware could it be made bootable? I'd like to try the option I have actually tried xampp Todd mentioned, but the problem i had with xampp is that it asks me to setup each time i take it to another pc. However, i had another tomcat installation before using the xampp(tomcat) option. On 3/16/10, Todd Hicks <electronjoc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm currently working on a portable development environment for a client. I > have Tomcat 6.0.20 running portably as part of Xampp. I have successfully > configured it to run with the JDK (non-installed) on the same USB device, so > it can be done. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 12:26 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Portable > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Asangansi, > > On 3/12/2010 4:18 AM, Asangansi wrote: >> I have a webapp that runs on tomcat 6.0.2 with a mysql database. > > 6.0.20? > >> I'm looking at creating a portable version of my server for >> demonstration purposes, which will run on a different port other than >> the default. > > Do you want to avoid port conflicts when running on a client's machine? > >> So, [I'd] like to know what configuration files i need to [reconfigure] >> and files [I wouldn't] need so it could be lighter. > > I think you need to ask yourself what is most important: portability and > being self-contained, or running the fastest. > > If you want it to run fast, you'll want to run natively /and/ avoid > installing anything on the client's computer: I certainly wouldn't let > you install something on my computer for a quickie demonstration. That > will limit your options to those architectures that are supported by > MySQL (currently Microsoft Windows, most *NIX platforms, and Mac OS X). > > Tomcat itself is trivial to run in a "portable" way, since Tomcata > figures out its own installation directory at start-up and runs > everything relative to that. > > The problem might be the JVM: I've never tried to run a non-installed > JVM on Microsoft Windows, but it runs perfectly well on a *NIX machine > without any formal installation. > > If you want a foolproof environment, go for a virtualized server: > install everything you need, including your webapp, and then just fire > up the VM when doing demonstrations. You could even put a web browser, X > environment, etc. all on your USB memory stick and make the thing > bootable: simply insert the stick and reboot the client's computer: no > interference (aside from the reboot, of course) and you know your > environment will be sane. > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkueX5UACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PDPRwCeJcRjkGVZUwYdSgCSKuxNAbAt > 6YQAnjDWTR5J7/Rm7rQmlgobMj3Qh46f > =bkdp > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > -- CTO - Thinkwizer Limited, +234 703 5358949 +234 805 7590042 skype: asangansi.ini yahoo: inionfire --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
