[NTLUG:Discuss] OT:Java Server Pages

[Chris Cox]

Victor Brilon wrote:
> On Apr 20, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Tom Tumelty wrote:
> 
....snip...
>>
>>Would tomcat take the place of Apache in a Linux, Apache, MySQL, JSP
>>application ?
> 
> Tomcat is an application server. It neither replaces the need for  
> Apache nor the need for J2EE runtime.
> 

Well.. actually tomcat can serve static HTML pages.. so it
can be a simple webserver.  You don't HAVE to have apache.

Also, to use tomcat as an app server with an  apache frontend you'll need
a plugin like mod_jk for apache.