tomcat webserver installation

[eswarig]

hi,

can anybody give me the right steps to install tomcat 5.5 exe with jdk1.5 on windows xp, although i hav installed it successfully i am unable to compile jsp pages, please reply asap

thanx in adv,

Eswari

[sureshc]

Hi,


Hi Tomcat 5.5 is pointing to JRE.So set path to JRE instead of JDK

[nishant_jaina]

well it doesnt matter whether u have given a classpath og jre or jdk as it has its own jdk and all such. The problem is with ur JSP file. Recheck the file bcoz the JSP file will not compile if there is any thing wrong in that as it first changes to corresponding servlet.

bye

[madhu_latha]

hi,

after writing ur programs in jsp, u have to copy them into ROOT folder which in the Tomcat Apache folder,



for example:



C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.0\webapps\ROOT



and then go to the web browser and then try to execute the JSP programs





Edited by: madhu_latha

[t_mohan]

Hi Eswari

Please donot copy your folder in the ROOT as specified by madhulatha, it should be copied in the webapps folder, if you copy your folder in the ROOT ,then the homepage of the tomcat server will not be shown which becomes a problem to you while you go to tomcat administration or manager pages

Correct me i'am wrong Madhu latha,

Thanks,

Mohan

[madhu_latha]

hi mohan, i think u r right, but while i right jsp programs , in any folder i used to send those programs into ROOT folder and then open the browser with address http:// localhost:9040/ somejspprogram.jsp after activating tomcat server. the programs which i wrote upto now were executed well as i copied them into ROOT folder.

here 9040 is the port number we specify while installing in a system.

to know whether tomcat server is working or not, first type the following path in address bar,

http://localhost:9040

plz explain if i am wrong

[t_mohan]

Hi madhu latha,

Yes, you are right , your JSPs may get executed when you give full path,but it is a caution that it should not be copied, since ifthe ROOT folder gets disturbed the Tomcat homepage will not be displayed. I'am telling you this bcoz we had this problem, once my junior has done the same thing by deploying the appn in the ROOT Folder.

If it is development environment, nothing gonna lose. but if it is a production environment, it going to be wrong

Please let me know your questions

Thanks

Mohan.T

[eswarig]

hi all,

thanks a lot for ur prompt replies.it was indeed useful,i'l get back to u all whenever in doubt