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Why put Apache httpd in front of Apache Tomcat
Does it seem odd to you that Apache Tomcat is a web server ... and yet the majority of sites run with another web server - Apache httpd - in front of it. Why do they do it? There's a whole host of reasons! They including better logging, load balancing, security, speed of serving static pages such as images, allowing other (non-Java) content to work efficiently on the same domain, more configuration flexibility and so on. I sometimes describe Tomcat as being like an aircraft that will get you from "a" to "b" .... but very few people actually want to go from "a" to "b" - they want to go from somewhere 20 miles from "a" to somewhere 40 miles from "b", so the need something else to complete the journey - a car, or httpd. So we offer two web server courses - there's a course that covers Apache httpd alone - the majority of non-Java sites run with that server, and a course that covers Apache Tomcat, and also some Apache httpd and how the two interface - which suits that majority of Apache Tomcat users. Both courses are two days in duration - the 'pure httpd' one covering Apache httpd in a lot more detail that the combined course, where httpd is more likely to be used as a wrapper rather than a significantly configured workhorse. (written 2009-03-12 10:46:56) Associated topics are indexed under A601 - Web Application Deployment - Apache httpd - an overview[2186] An FAQ on the Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat web servers, and on using them together - (2009-05-17) [2063] Internal Dummy Connections on Apache httpd - (2009-03-02) [2054] Tuning httpd / the supermarket checkout comparison - (2009-02-26) [2038] Sticky Sessions with mod_jk (httpd to Tomcat) - (2009-02-12) [2016] Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat miscellany - (2009-01-30) [1897] Keeping on an even keel - (2008-11-21) [1593] Keep the client experience easy - single server contact point - (2008-03-27) [1265] Apache, Tomcat, Jakarta, httpd, web server - what are they? - (2007-07-13) [924] The LAMP Cookbook - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl - (2006-11-13) [659] Web Application Components - (2006-03-28) [576] Why run two different web servers - (2006-01-25) A651 - Web Application Deployment - Tomcat Overview [1941] Server - Service - Engine - Host, Tomcat - (2008-12-14) [1771] More HowTo diagrams - MySQL, Tomcat and Java - (2008-08-24) [498] Why is Tomcat called Tomcat? - (2005-11-17) [49] Business is the predominant user of Tomcat, Perl and Tcl - (2004-09-15)
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