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Re: comparing glassfish with tomcat

From: Jan Luehe <Jan.Luehe_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:33:59 -0800

Hi Roger,

roger.keays wrote On 10/31/06 10:35 PM,:

>Hi jeanfrancois,
>
>Thanks for your comments.
>
>
>Jeanfrancois Arcand-2 wrote:
>
>
>>+ "Configure same webapp differently". Hum...how do you do that in Tomcat?
>>
>>
>>
>
>In tomcat I can create and configure contexts with individual context.xml
>files for each virtual host or in conf/server.xml like this:
>
>(host1)
> <Context path=""
>docBase="${catalina.home}/server/webapps/figbird-2.0.x">
> <Environment name="configFile" value="/tmp/host1.properties"
> type="java.lang.String" override="false"/>
> </Context>
>
>(host2)
> <Context path=""
>docBase="${catalina.home}/server/webapps/figbird-2.0.x">
> <Environment name="configFile" value="tmp/host2.properties"
> type="java.lang.String" override="false"/>
> </Context>
>
>

How important do you consider this feature?

I would have expected that in most cases, ISPs will host different (as
opposed to differently configured) webapps on different virtual
servers.

Would you agree? If so, can we reduce the priority (currently P1) of
this feature?

Thanks,


Jan



>
>Jeanfrancois Arcand-2 wrote:
>
>
>>+ "Each host has a jailed manager". Why do you need such isolation?
>>
>>
>>
>Not a major requirement, but useful if you want to offer a mass virtual
>hosting service for the public.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Roger
>
>
>
>
>>[1] http://www.ninthavenue.com.au/blog/glassfish_vs_tomcat
>>
>>
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