Comments on: How-To: Install Apache Tomcat on Your Custom Built Home Server

By: Maq4music

Maq4music — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:32:00 +0000

Hi Guys! Its been a while since i visited this site and wow how much it has change, thx u guys are doing a great job. But now to my question, is it there any updates to this tutorial? What i mean is that it’s been so long ago since this was typed, i don’t want to mess up my homeserver, (since I would not know how to system restore it) by trying install tutorial.
Thank you Drashna and WGS.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:59:34 +0000

Hi all, I'm totally new to Java and a server environment. I'm trying to install Java and Tomcat to run Subsonic from the server. I followed this excellent tutorial to the letter but I'm curious about creating those text files. Do I simply "copy and paste" the text from the tutorial into an empty Notepad file and save as a TXT file? I'm also confused about the "open up the Services console again and restart the “World Wide Web Publishing Service”" I don't see that listed anywhere in the IIS.

I'm fairly sure I installed Java and Tomcat correctly. I followed the tutorial and installation to the letter and used all the default locations. I was able to see the "Hello World" prompt by directly IE to http://localhost:8080/examples/servlets/servlet/HelloWorldExample when I installed it but now I cannot. One thing I remember is during the Tomcat install, I added a user name and password which was optional during the install which was not mentioned in the tutorial. Would that make a difference and would I be better and just as secure without it?

Thanks for any help and speak slowly, I'm brand new to all this!

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By: Mitchell Hennessy

Mitchell Hennessy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:30:41 +0000

Were you able to leverage SSL (either through Tomcat, importing the existing TLS certificate or by leveraging IIS) for your JSP pages?

By: Drashna

Drashna — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:36:53 +0000

Levi, uninstall the subsonic program. You want the "WAR" file. There should be instructions on the site on how to install it. But basically, download the WAR file, and dump it in "C:\\program files\\apache software foundation\\tomcat 6.0\\webapps\\" and restart the tomcat service.

Then add "/subsonic*=wlb" to urlworkermap.properties. Then the url should be xxx.homeserver.com/subsonic/

By: Torjan

Torjan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:45:15 +0000

Very good article.
Can I use Tomcat to run a website with ajax / java.

By: Levi Johnston

Levi Johnston — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:54:04 +0000

I was able to successfully install and configure Tomcat/Jakarta by following the tutorial. Thanks for that!

However, I'm not sure what I need to do to access Subsonic after installing it to the default location. It installs to "C:Program FilesSubsonic" and also creates a "C:subsonic" directory.

How should the entry in the uriworkermap.properties file for subsonic be formatted? Do you have to do any additional configuration after the default install of subsonic? Finally, what would the homeserver.com url be for accessing subsonic?

Sincerely,

IIS/Apache Newb.

By: Levi Johnston

Levi Johnston — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:54:04 +0000

I was able to successfully install and configure Tomcat/Jakarta by following the tutorial. Thanks for that!

However, I'm not sure what I need to do to access Subsonic after installing it to the default location. It installs to "C:Program FilesSubsonic" and also creates a "C:subsonic" directory.

Sincerely,

IIS/Apache Newb.

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By: Drashna

Drashna — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:35:43 +0000

Taff, I'll be doing a write-up for installing and configuring Tomcat on the EX470 series, and then running though how configure subsonic for those platforms.

By: taff

taff — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:40:04 +0000

works great cheers for the writeup and also for the subsonic idea.. I know have subsonic happily streaming via my homeserver url.

By: cainmp

cainmp — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:12:24 +0000

I think it would be great if you write one that would say how to make the VMware server website available at something like “https://mydomain.homeserver.com/vmwareserver&... instead of using the ports. But a great post none the less!