beginning with jsp on apache/linux

[gwu]

I would like to run jsp pages on my RH9 apache 2 instalation. I am a little confused on what I need to do this. I have succesfully installed apache 2 from source, what do I do now? What software do I need?

Isnt it like adding php to apache ?

thanks

 

[sedj]

Download tomcat from :

http://apache.mirrors.rossfell.co.uk/dist/jakarta/tomcat-5/v5.0.18/bin/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.18.tar.gz

And then read the docs on how to install, get started, first webapp etc :

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.0-doc/index.html

 

[gwu]

thank you. Can you explain to me real quickly what tomcat is as opposed to apache. Is tomcat an extention to the apache web server or is it a server in itself?

thanks

 

[sedj]

Apache Http server is a web server that will serve static html and images (with no mods).

Apache Jakarta Tomcat is a servlet container for compiling JSP and running servlets and generating dynamic web pages.

 

[gwu]

Is JSP java's version of asp, no compilation needed?

What are the differences between asp/php v jsp?

Is JSP a good substitute for ASP?

 

[gwu]

I have followed the instructions on

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.0-doc/setup.html

and I am getting an error when I try this command:
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>./bin/jsvc -Djava.endorsed.dirs=./common/endorsed -cp ./bin/bootstrap.jar -outfile ./logs/catalina.out -errfile ./logs/catalina.err org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap

jsvc error: Cannot find any VM in Java Home /usr/java
Segmentation fault
>
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when I tried ./configure a couple of steps back, I got an error saying:
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configure: error: Java Home not defined. Rerun with --with-java=... parameter
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so I used this command:
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./configure --with-java=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03
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could this have anything to do with it?


thanks