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. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin