-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David,
On 9/19/12 5:45 PM, David A. Rush wrote: > > On 2012-09-19 17:31, Mead, Jen L wrote: >> My basic question is: do I need to install apache as well as >> tomcat to have an httpd.conf file? I have tomcat running on >> several AIX servers, 6.1 and 5.3, with tomcat 7.0.27 installed. >> I was doing a simple search to find the httpd.conf file when I >> realized none of my servers have it installed. When I try to >> find out which app creates it I get the answer apache (from >> google searches). So I guess that tomcat is a subset of apache? >> A virtual java app I suppose? See I told you the questions were >> basic. Yikes it is hard to understand as a newbie, especially >> when I can load tomcat and get web pages working in a few >> minutes. LOL >> > Tomcat and HTTPD (Apache web server) are two different things, > though often used together. Both are projects of the Apache > Software Foundation. > > Tomcat is capable of running standalone. It is not a subset of of > the Apache HTTPD. For various reasons many folks run Tomcat > "behind" Apache HTTPD, but that isn't necessary. > > There's overlap between the functionality of Tomcat and HTTPD. > Whether you need just Tomcat, just HTTPD, or both, depends on what > you want to do. > > httpd.conf is the typical name of the primary HTTPD configuration > file (although that may be different depending on who built the > distribution you're using and on what kind of OS). > > Tomcat uses server.xml as it's primary configuration file. +1 David, great reply. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBaT4YACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PD1dACgjOllONmS3IcsSrMHsp9di59X h/IAn0Y0oHdocLVwC6rfgbeIxMiMufj9 =Ppae -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
