From tomcat-dev-return-47100-apmail-jakarta-tomcat-dev-archive=jakarta.apache.org@jakarta.apache.org Thu Jul 15 13:36:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-tomcat-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 23730 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2004 13:36:26 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 15 Jul 2004 13:36:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 66563 invoked by uid 500); 15 Jul 2004 13:36:15 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-tomcat-dev-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 66507 invoked by uid 500); 15 Jul 2004 13:36:15 -0000 Mailing-List: contact tomcat-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Tomcat Developers List" Reply-To: "Tomcat Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 66492 invoked by uid 99); 15 Jul 2004 13:36:15 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [209.96.199.2] (HELO wbmail.guidestar.org) (209.96.199.2) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.27.1) with ESMTP; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 06:36:10 -0700 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Subject: RE: Some JK2 ideas Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:36:04 -0400 Message-ID: <24A8596C44DF4F4DA442CBE269C351BD012DB512@wbmail.guidestar.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Some JK2 ideas Thread-Index: AcRp2T96pNNhw0vJRY2N8DWBUVd96wAlziBA From: "Angus Mezick" To: "Tomcat Developers List" X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N > -----Original Message----- > From: Jess Holle [mailto:jessh@ptc.com]=20 > Mladen Turk wrote: >=20 > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Bill Barker > >> > >>Having the option to do per-host and even per-context configs=20 > >>makes life much easier for admins of servers that support it.=20 > >> Otherwise, you end up with a file that looks like: > >> > >> &host1; > >> &host2; > >> &host3; > >> > >>which is fine for xml-hackers, but not very helpful for=20 > server-admins. > >> =20 > >> > >Yes, that's true, but that same layz admin still has to make=20 > the Tomcat > >running, or not? > >It still has to learn that server.xml stuff, and even make=20 > it working :) > > > >Who ever asked the poor apache admin about the TC's config ater all? > > =20 > > > It really does not matter who the admin is. Even a=20 > sophisticated admin=20 > is going to want to have file modification dates they can trust on=20 > various aspects of the configuration so they can answer "did I change=20 > this part?" questions. >=20 > Using a modular multi-XML-file approach does not pollute the=20 > result with=20 > any additional server-specific or Tomcat-specific baggage. It just=20 > makes management and automated configuration/installation much more=20 > workable. Really off topic, but a sophisticated admin should have all of there configs versioned in CVS and have a script (ant?) that stops the server, deploys the config, starts the sever. -Angus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tomcat-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: tomcat-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org