JSP / Tomcat / Apache setup overview on Fedora Core
- by Richard T
Hi Folks,
For someone with so much Java experience, boy do I feel clueless - thanks in advance for your help in my grocking the present (Feb, 2010) JSP environment.
Here's what I am hoping to learn:
Do I understand correctly that most people use Apache to "front-end" their Tomcat servers, such that Apache "talks" directly to web clients and "proxies" Tomcat servers?
Do I understand correctly that Apache isn't capable of serving JSP directly but requires a server (like Tomcat)?
Is there an RPM package for Fedora Core so I don't have to build one myself? Or, does Fedora Core's package installer do a good job on this one from source code? (Some do, some don't!)
While I'm here asking questions; Does Tomcat come with a working example that one can start hacking on as a way to get started quickly? If not, got a good suggestion?
Thanks folks,
RT