Chuck's reply about reading RINNIGN.txt is what I was talking about here. He also makes several good points on why separate installs is desirable.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Janner [mailto:jeffrey.jan...@polydyne.com] > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 1:15 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List'; 'cong...@yoeric.com' > Subject: RE: Setup Advice Needed: dev vs. test vs. production > > Susan, > Are you wanting to only perform one (1) install of the Tomcat software? > What is the customer environment (O/S, etc.) that is imposing this > requirement? > I am going to guess that it is possibly Windows, and not Linux. > But whichever, what you probably want is multiple instances of Tomcat > running off the same install. > This has been discussed many times on this list, and I think is > documented in the Tomcat docs. > Please conduct a search. > Also, if it is Windows, it's pretty easy to set up multiple services > using the service installer, so each can be controlled separately. > For ease of use by your users, I would suggest 3 different IPs/DNS > names assigned to the physical server with each Tomcat instance being > configured for one of them. > Jeff > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Susan G. Conger [mailto:cong...@yoeric.com] > > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 12:30 PM > > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > > Subject: RE: Setup Advice Needed: dev vs. test vs. production > > > > I hear you. But in our environment it just isn't feasible to install > > three > > different tomcats on the customer's system. So I was trying to come > up > > with > > a way to do this without having to rename a bunch of stuff. If it > was > > running on a different virtual host for each environment or different > > ports. > > Can Tomcat be setup so 3 VM instances are ran under one tomcat > > installation? > > With the constraint that only one tomcat can be installed on the > system > > what > > is the best way to run 3 separate environments? > > > > Thanks, > > Susan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:chuck.caldar...@unisys.com] > > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 1:15 PM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: RE: Setup Advice Needed: dev vs. test vs. production > > > > > From: Susan G. Conger [mailto:cong...@yoeric.com] > > > Subject: Setup Advice Needed: dev vs. test vs. production > > > > > I don't want to install 3 instances of tomcat on the > > > customers machine for running the different environments. > > > > I strongly suggest you rethink that, and use at least three separate > > Tomcat > > instances. Trying to run everything in one instance puts production > at > > a > > severe risk of failure should anything in the dev or test environment > > have a > > problem (e.g., infinite loop, heap overflow). Given the extremely > low > > cost > > of hardware (or VMs) these days, I'd have the test and prod systems > on > > different boxes or VMs, and let each developer run their own Tomcat > > instance > > on their own workstation. > > > > - Chuck > > > > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE > > PROPRIETARY > > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. 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