Hi Jan,
Jan Luehe 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?
>
Well, that's just my use case I suppose, although I don't think it is
entirely uncommon. For example, an ISP would probably want to make a manager
application available to all virtual hosts. Tomcat's manager doesn't need to
be configured for each host, but this might still be useful.
P1 does sound a bit high for this feature, but that really depends on what
other jobs are on the task list.
Having this feature would definitely take me one step closer to replacing
tomcat with glassfish, but it still needs to be manageable in a shared
environment which is something I haven't studied thoroughly. I'd be
interested in experimenting with this though: e.g. Is there a market for
shared Java EE hosting? Can a complete virtual server service be provided
with EJBs *and* servlets? Can the manager app be secured and shared? What
CPU and memory resources would be required? etc etc
I'm currently selling shared Tomcat hosting through Gecko Hosting
(
http://www.geckohosting.com.au).
Roger
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