[opencms-dev] Apache httpd in front of Tomcat in 2010, yes or no?

[Sebastian Himberger]

Hi,

you are right: Tomcat 6 has a very good performance even for static
resources. So from a performance point of view it should not really be a
problem.

I still think Apache is a good choice in 2010 because:

 - It is well integrated in most Linux distributions. This means
logging, service runner, etc. are well proven and tested. The Ubuntu and
Debian Tomcat installations are
   IMHO not very good and on the Tomcat mailing list you are always
encouraged to set up your own instance.
 - If you have to scale you can use Apache as a load balancer (although
there might be lighter alternatives) and this is also a well proven
solution.
 - You can easily update your OpenCms/Tomcat by installing 2 Servlet
containers and switching back forth without downtime. This is also very
useful if you have
    problems with your Tomcat/OpenCms.
 - There are plenty of modules (throttling, security, etc) available for
apache which can most likely be set-up in minutes thanks to your
distribution.

All the best,
Sebastian

Yves Glodt schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to get some opinions if people think it is still state of
> the art to put a regular Apache httpd in front of e.g. tomcat,
> for removing the /opencms prefix and serving of static files.
>
> Recently I set up some servers without apache httpd, just using a bare
> tomcat6. I removed /opencms with this method
>
> http://opencms-wiki.org/Removing_the_/opencms/opencms_prefix_without_using_Apache
>
> Now for me everything works fine, and I also do not see any
> performance issues (although I have to say the sites are low-traffic).
>
> What do you think? What are your good reasons for sticking with an
> httpd in front of tomcat?
>
> Best regards,
> Yves
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