Chapter 1. Introduction

How to setup a Web Server in a Linux or MS-Windows environement with Tomcat, Apache and the WARP Connector (WebApp).

Be careful that the new versions (Apache 2 and tomcat 5) needs some particular changes. I will try to integrate them, but for now, check the Chapter 5 : References at the end of this document ! Besides, consider using Tomcat stand-alone : if it is fast enough, don't loose your time until the connector configuration is more stable. Enventually consider RESIN ($500) or Orion ($1500 or free non-commercial), whish are much cheaper than the well known BEA WebLogic or IBM WebServer.

The 4.0.4 version of Tomcat is very new. I tested it on Windows but still not on Linux. Besides, which WARP Connector version to use is not clear.

The main problem is to make Apache and TomCat work together. This is done through the WebApp connector, which installation is not trivial.

This can be done with the APJ connector (mod_jk or mod_fk2) too (and Coyote ?). But we will not be treat this here. It is a more "traditional" solution. I didn't find a lot of information which compared the APJ and WARP connectors, but from the little I have read, the WARP one seemed the best. (At least, I saw this note on the Jakarta Web site : [Using the WARP connector is recommended on platforms on which it is available .])