Tomcat, Apache related question

[rizunb]

Hey guys
I am a little new to Tomcat, Apache and Java side of things. I have a question for you guys. Lets suppose I install Tomcat 5.5 servlet container, Apache webserver and J2SE 1.5 on my machine and then deploy an application on the webserver. Also assume that I have the database server (Oracle) on my machine and the application is properly acccesing the database. Assume that the application is properly working. Now I want 4 or 5 users to access this application that is working on my machine. I dont want to do any installs on the machines of these 5 users,but I want to allow them to use this application from my machine, using the web server and database server on my machine. What are the recommended ways of doing this???

Thanks

 

[sedj]

Are these users within the same LAN as the web server, or are they on a WAN ?

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[wwworg]

I think they are within the same WAN. But I will appreciate if you can give me some ideas related to both LAN and WAN.

Thanks

 

[sedj]

Well, if the user machines are on the LAN, then they can just access the server via the HTTP url :

http://LAN_IP:PORT/context

If they are from the WAN, then you need to have a domain, and make sure your router is redirecting port traffic from the WAN to the LAN server, or have a machine out in the DMZ.

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