Les Mikesell wrote:
As I understand it, tomcat can either be run "standalone" or "behind apache". I am running httpd on the server, so either method should be available. It seems that the standalone option is simpler, so I would probably prefer that.
On the tomcat side there really isn't any difference. The reason you would run behind apache would be to permit running all http connections over port 80, while letting apache handle some URL's internally and proxying other paths to other programs. If port 8080 is open and you don't need to restrict access to other tomcat apps you might as well go direct.
Thanks very much for the responses.
I was rather frustrated when I wrote as I had visited several - probably a dozen or more - tutorial sites after googling for "tomcat jsp", and I was astonished at the quantity of useless or just incorrect advice I received - not saying where files should be located, what port to use, etc. Fortunately after many misadventures I found http://www.visualbuilder.com/jsp/tutorial/ which explained everything clearly.