Overview
This document contains the recommended method of integrating Zeus Web Server with Apache Tomcat. It is based on using the Zeus Web Server Gateway Module as the mechanism that makes the decision about which requests should be forwarded onto the built-in Tomcat web server. These instructions are generic across Unix platforms.
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Download Tomcat from http://jakarta.apache.org/. It must be installed with the relevant JDK. Please see the Tomcat documentation regarding the minimum JDK version that is needed for the release of Tomcat that you have downloaded.
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Install Tomcat as per the documentation available with the product and ensure that it is possible to to request pages from its built-in web server.
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Enable the Gateway Module from the Zeus Web Server Administration Server.
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Either specify a list of directories whose content should be mapped to Tomcat:
Requests to send Web Server Port
/servlet localhost 8080
or:
specify a file type extension that associates a particular content type with Tomcat:
Requests to send Web Server Port
~/.*\.jsp localhost 8080
Please note that the port number above is the default used by the Tomcat HTTP server. Replace this with the appropriate value if you use a different port.
Ideally no static content should be forwarded to Tomcat HTTP server to take advantage of Zeus Web Server's superior connection handling abilities.
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Enable 'Rewrite HTTP redirects' and 'Rewrite domain within a cookie' via the Radio buttons.
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Commit the changes to the virtual server.
Further information is available at http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/index.html for documentation on the Java Servlet API and JSP API.
For assistance in deploying Third Party Products with Zeus software please contact your Zeus account manager or alternatively email sales@zeus.com to find out more about our Integration Services.
