One particular feature that caught my attention was "Each host has its
own authentication realm". This is supported in Tomcat and not in
GlassFish.
GlassFish has authentication realm per application (I implemented it
ages ago, I hope it is still there :-)). Look under sun-application*.dtd
under the libs/dtd directory.
You could write a custom realm
(
http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/appserver/reference/techart/as8_authentication/index.html)
and configure all your applications on a particular host to use this
authentication realm and voila you have a realm per host. It is a
workaround but nevertheless if this is something that you are looking
for - these steps will simulate it for you.
But then again, realm per application seems more flexible then realm
per host. ;-)
Thanks
Harpreet
> I have copied the table to the wiki and put a brief intro at the top (it
> won't hurt my feelings if someone were to edit or totally replace that
> ;). The page is here:
>
> http://www.glassfishwiki.org/gfwiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ComparingGlassfishAndT
> omcat
>
> I added a ProductComparisons page, added the link to the left menu bar,
> and linked to the page above from ProductComparisons. If I've
> overstepped a bit, please accept my apologies and feel free to correct
> any abuses. :)
>
> Hope that helps out. Thanks Roger for the comparison and letting us use
> it. :)
>
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> Jason Lee, SCJP
> Programmer/Analyst
> http://www.iec-okc.com
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan.Luehe_at_Sun.COM [mailto:Jan.Luehe_at_Sun.COM]
>> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 1:49 PM
>> To: roger.keays_at_ninthavenue.com.au
>> Cc: users_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
>> Subject: Re: comparing glassfish with tomcat
>>
>> Hi Roger,
>>
>> Jan Luehe wrote On 11/30/06 08:57,:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Roger,
>>>
>>> roger.keays wrote On 11/29/06 21:50,:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Jan,
>>>>
>>>> Nice work on adding support for per-virtual-server realms
>>>>
>> in glassfish!
>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> If you're satisfied, could you turn the corresponding
>>>>>
>> cell in your
>>
>>>>> comparison table from red to green for GlassFish? :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The problem is that it's a blog dated 30th October and not really
>>>> meant to
>>>> be a living document. I added the comment so that people
>>>>
>> can see how
>>
>>>> quickly
>>>> the glassfish team get these things implemented. I can't,
>>>> philosophically,
>>>> go back and change that document but maybe in the future
>>>>
>> I'll blog again
>>
>>>> about glassfish's virtual hosting features.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Fair enough!
>>>
>> one feature that was already supported in GlassFish when you first
>> published the comparison table is support for alternate docroots (or
>> virtual directory mappings).
>>
>> See
>>
>> http://blogs.sun.com/jluehe/entry/new_support_for_virtual_directory
>>
>> for details.
>>
>> You might want to add this to the original table, or we should add it
>> to the table that has all the updates.
>>
>> This is not supported by Tomcat, BTW.
>>
>>
>> Jan
>>
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