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Posted by cylence, 11-19-2007, 07:07 AM
I would just like to double check on how to host a Java application, as i have a customer wishing to host a Java application on my server but i am a little bit sketchy on hosting it yet without some extra help could someone help me out? please Jacob wicksy12@yahoo.com.au
Posted by activelobby4u, 11-19-2007, 07:28 AM
You need to have tomcat installed and configured . Do you manage your server using a control panel ?
Posted by cylence, 11-19-2007, 07:35 AM
yes i self manage all my servers using either direct admin or c-Panel and SSH
Posted by activelobby4u, 11-19-2007, 09:05 AM
You can install tomcat from WHM and add the servlets to the corresponding domains using the same. http://faq.cpanel.net/show.cgi?qa=117657330105062
Posted by Vinayak_Sharma, 11-19-2007, 10:59 AM
But do keep in mind that TomCat and JavaHosting is quite resource hungry.
Posted by lamp, 11-20-2007, 09:17 PM
Tomcat is great. Once you've installed it, I would recommend reading up on how to properly setup individual instances... For example, you can have 1 main tomcat and 2 different instances running. It's MUCH more secure for your clients and you'll be able to run each instance as the individual user. I wrote a HOW-TO on how to do this as a "Technical & Security Issues" tutorial. I STRONGLY discourage you from just using tomcat as-is ...
Posted by stdunbar, 11-20-2007, 10:37 PM
While I'm not a big control panel fan lamp's writeup is great. Additionally, a single instance of Tomcat (not one install and n instances but one install and one instance) can be used in a trusted environment to serve hundreds of sites. Obviously this only works in highly controlled environments but I host a bunch of forums and many other sites off of a single Tomcat with no problem. As lamp indicates if you have many users then you may want to consider multiple instances.

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