Re: Apache configuration.

> And Tony, do you think that we should add whatever this list turns out
> to be to
>
> http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/confluence/display/DOC/Sakai+2.4+Admin+Guide+-+Advanced+Tomcat++%28and+Apache%29+Configuration
>
> ??
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
>
>
>
> R.P. Aditya wrote:
> >On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 05:45:51PM -0800, Eric Hattemer wrote:
> >>If you don't really need apache to be the frontend, the simple fix is to
> >>go into tomcat's server.xml, replace 8080 with 80, and replace 8443 with
> >>443.
> >
> >but then you have to run tomcat as root or allow non-root users to bind to
> >privileged ports (or run Windows which is saying the same thing)
> >
> >>What are the most popular production environments?  mod_jk?  Proxying?  
> >>Simple Tomcat?  Tomcat Clustering?  Is there an advantage to anything
> >>above Simple tomcat if all the pages are served by tomcat anyway?
> >
> >UM uses Apache+mod_jk -- there are a few advantages:
> >
> >- serving static content with Apache avoids using a thread per request in
> >Tomcat, which is key for Tomcat scalability (if you have presence turned
> >off,
> >about 40+% of hits are for static content typically, depending on your
> >expiration policy)
> >
> >- Apache native SSL is much faster than Tomcat SSL unless you use APR
> >
> >- In our case, our SSO Apache module (Cosign -- www.weblogin.org) is better
> >tested and capable than the Java filter version
> >
> >- there is no equivalent to mod_security in Tomcat :-)
> >
> >more reasons via Google including at:
> >
> >http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Connectors
> >
> >Hope that helps,
> >Adi
> >
> >>Galina Manirko wrote:
> >>>Hello Sakai Development Group!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I need to configure Apache HTTP server to be in front of my Tomcat
> >>>server that runs Sakai. Could you, please, tell me if we have somewhere
> >>>a detailed instruction on how to implement this task? I try to follow
> >>>the instruction in 'Sakai 2.4 Admin Guide - Advanced Tomcat (and Apache)
> >>>Configuration' but my knowledge in Apache configuration is so poor that
> >>>I cannot make it work; I keep getting error message 'Service is not
> >>>available'.
> >>>
> >>>I would really appreciate if you can help me with this problem.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Regards
> >>>
> >>>Galina Manirko
> >>>
> >>>Network Administrator
> >>>
> >>>Alameda County Office of Education
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>P.S. We use Sakai v.2.4 on Tomcat-5.5.23 and Apache 2.2 on Red Hat
> >>>Linux.
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