Solved - Connecting Tmcat and IIS

[Vijaya <sv...@solutionscraft.com>]

Hello Everyone,

 

I want to post this message so that if you are struggling with
isapi_redirector to connect Tomcat and IIS. From one of the posts in
forums.iis.net, I came to know about a new redirector for IIS7
http://tomcatiis.riaforge.org. after wasting around a month to make the
isapi redirector failed in my server.  This new redirector installation has
an automatic installation that will make necessary changes automatically. No
need to change the registry, properties file and add virtual directories.
This one worked very well for me.

 

Vijaya

 

Re: Solved - Connecting Tmcat and IIS

[André Warnier <aw...@ice-sa.com>]

Vijaya wrote:
> Andre Warnier, thanks very much pointing the shortfall in my message.
> 
> I myself have been using isapi_redirector for more than 3 years without 
> any problem and suddenly for unexplainable reasons (I am sure it was not 
> the isapi_redirector problem but some other problem in our server that 
> was driving me crazy) from my server end, I could not make the 
> isapi_redirector work in our server and this new software helped me 
> solve the problem.
> 

Vijaya,

NO, you have /NOT/ been using isapi_redirector for 3 years.
You have been using isapi_redirector2 <-- emphasis on "2".
isapi_redirector2 was a parallel development to mod_jk2 <-- emphasis on "2", which is a 
different thing than isapi_redirector and mod_jk (both without "2").
And much of the confusion and loss of time has been that, all along, you have been talking 
about isapi_redirector, when really you meant isapi_redirector_2_.

isapi_redirector2, despite its name, is not just a "version" of isapi_redirector.
It is a different thing altogether.
isapi_reirector2/mod_jk2 are software that was developed at some point as a possible 
alternative to isapi_redirector/mod_jk, but was then (9 years ago) abandoned.
And the fact that it is called isapi_redirector2, which somehow implies that it may be 
more recent than isapi_redirector - which is not the case - is unfortunate, but it is so.

That what I and other people on this list have been trying to tell you, but that somehow 
did not come through clearly enough.  And we also do not know why, 3 years ago, you or 
someone else chose to install and use the abandoned isapi_redirector2 on that server, 
instead of the developed/maintained/supported isapi_redirector.
That was a mistake. But it is now history anyway.





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Re: Solved - Connecting Tmcat and IIS

[Vijaya <sv...@solutionscraft.com>]

Andre Warnier, thanks very much pointing the shortfall in my message.

I myself have been using isapi_redirector for more than 3 years without any 
problem and suddenly for unexplainable reasons (I am sure it was not the 
isapi_redirector problem but some other problem in our server that was 
driving me crazy) from my server end, I could not make the isapi_redirector 
work in our server and this new software helped me solve the problem.

In my opinion both the connectors are fairly straight forward to install and 
only wish more support will be available in both of these tools.

Regards,
Vijaya

-----Original Message----- 
From: André Warnier
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:59 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: Solved - Connecting Tmcat and IIS

Vijaya wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
>
> I want to post this message so that if you are struggling with
> isapi_redirector to connect Tomcat and IIS. From one of the posts in
> forums.iis.net, I came to know about a new redirector for IIS7
> http://tomcatiis.riaforge.org. after wasting around a month to make the
> isapi redirector failed in my server.  This new redirector installation 
> has
> an automatic installation that will make necessary changes automatically. 
> No
> need to change the registry, properties file and add virtual directories.
> This one worked very well for me.
>

Vijaya,

it is always nice to hear about alternative open-source methods to fill 
particular
requirements, and from their homepage at least, this new connector looks 
really nice.
So thank you for the information, and hopefully this will result in more 
people trying it
out and reporting about it.

This being said, a note : in your message above, you seem to imply that 
isapi_redirector
(the Windows version of mod_jk), which is a project under the Tomcat 
umbrella and which is
supported on this list, is difficult to install and configure etc. and that 
this other
software is much better and easier.
Not to take anything away from the "Boncode AJP connector" (as it is named 
on the
webpage), but for a balanced interpretation of the above I would advise any 
readers to
first scan the list archives, for the thread entitled "iis not looking for 
jsp in tomcat
webapps folder" for the full story.

The isapi_redirector/mod_jk connector has been around for many years, has 
been installed
and configured and is being used succesfully by many thousands of people on 
production
websites worldwide, in a very wide range of configurations and 
circumstances.
It is also well-supported and kept very closely in sync with changes in 
Tomcat.
And, the configuration and usage of mod_jk and isapi_redirector being 
practically the
same, it is in effect multi-platform, running under Windows as well as under 
Linux and
multiple Unix variations.
In contrast, the Boncode AJP connector is one year old, and is 
single-platform(Windows).
This is not at all to say that this new connector is not an excellent piece 
of software (I
don't know, I have not tried it yet), but the fact that for Vijaya it was 
much easier to
deal with is not necessarily a general circumstance, yet.



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Re: Solved - Connecting Tmcat and IIS

[André Warnier <aw...@ice-sa.com>]

Vijaya wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
>  
> 
> I want to post this message so that if you are struggling with
> isapi_redirector to connect Tomcat and IIS. From one of the posts in
> forums.iis.net, I came to know about a new redirector for IIS7
> http://tomcatiis.riaforge.org. after wasting around a month to make the
> isapi redirector failed in my server.  This new redirector installation has
> an automatic installation that will make necessary changes automatically. No
> need to change the registry, properties file and add virtual directories.
> This one worked very well for me.
> 

Vijaya,

it is always nice to hear about alternative open-source methods to fill particular 
requirements, and from their homepage at least, this new connector looks really nice.
So thank you for the information, and hopefully this will result in more people trying it 
out and reporting about it.

This being said, a note : in your message above, you seem to imply that isapi_redirector 
(the Windows version of mod_jk), which is a project under the Tomcat umbrella and which is 
supported on this list, is difficult to install and configure etc. and that this other 
software is much better and easier.
Not to take anything away from the "Boncode AJP connector" (as it is named on the 
webpage), but for a balanced interpretation of the above I would advise any readers to 
first scan the list archives, for the thread entitled "iis not looking for jsp in tomcat 
webapps folder" for the full story.

The isapi_redirector/mod_jk connector has been around for many years, has been installed 
and configured and is being used succesfully by many thousands of people on production 
websites worldwide, in a very wide range of configurations and circumstances.
It is also well-supported and kept very closely in sync with changes in Tomcat.
And, the configuration and usage of mod_jk and isapi_redirector being practically the 
same, it is in effect multi-platform, running under Windows as well as under Linux and 
multiple Unix variations.
In contrast, the Boncode AJP connector is one year old, and is single-platform(Windows).
This is not at all to say that this new connector is not an excellent piece of software (I 
don't know, I have not tried it yet), but the fact that for Vijaya it was much easier to 
deal with is not necessarily a general circumstance, yet.



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Re: Solved - Connecting Tmcat and IIS

[Debabratta Jena <de...@gmail.com>]

Well, thanks that you shared information. It would be better if you
will share the steps that you followed for this connection of Tomcat
and IIS.
Thanks.

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