[ale] Apache - Web Sphere Help.

[krishnamachary sudharshan]

hi guys,

   please help us in this problem.

   we installed RH linux. we didnt knew it comes with apache installed. ( 
still iam not sure ). we downloaded the apache (1.3.9)source and compiled it 
and installed it at the default directory /usr/local/apache. we started the 
service and it was running ok. we then downloaded the tar & installed the 
IBM WebSphere. it installed the IBM webSPhere core and web sphere apache 
plug in.

Q1. can somebody explain whats this plug in is and whats it for.

after installing the Websphere, we started accessing the files in websphere 
docs it were not accessible and i chganged the apache config to set an alias 
and finally got the documentation files. we tried to run the Servlets it was 
not running. after sometime we realised that there are two copies of apache 
on the m/c one at /etc and one at /usr/local. we know we installed at 
/usr/local. i was wondering about the /etc copy and thought the plug in 
installed had done something. but so long we was working with the apache 
server run from the /usr/local directory. we stopped that and tried the /etc 
copy of web server. then we realised the config files were also seperately 
there and we were so long working with /usr/ copies. the webserver installed 
and plugin installed update the /etc confi copies. after running the /etc 
copy of the web server everything was working fine and the servlets were 
also working.

  Q2. can somebody tell me how there are two copies. is the /etc copy the 
one that comes with RH linux or what. why did apache didnt find that a 
version is already installed. please pardon my question. iam a regular 
windows user. so i ask these silly questions.

this all done yesterday and today morning...

we wanted to remove the newly installed apache server and wanted to use the 
original one in /etc. we could not find how to UNINSTALL the apache that i 
installed ( not the one in /etc ).

   Q3. How to UnInstall the compiled/installed apache webserver.

we decided to delete the /usr/local/apache directory and did the same. we 
wanted to make sure the websphere works fine.

  when we tested for servlets today, they were not running. we are trying 
for alomost for 2 hrs with no use. html pages are server. the servlets are 
not running.

    http://x.y.z.w/servlet/SimpleServlet

this says the SimpleServlet servlet class not found. we know this has got 
something to do with environment and path settings. can somebody help us.

  when we checked the websphere admin settings for java engine the settings 
are all showing something irrelevent like c:\jdk1.222 etc. whereas our jdk 
is in /usr/jdk118. so we wonder what the problem is.

  Q4. now, should i use the original apache server 1.3.6 or install thee new 
one i downloaded 1.3.9. how to upgrade it, instead making of making a 
mistake again to instal in seperately.

  SOMEBODY PLEASE GUIDE US. PLEASE PARDON OUR LONG MAIL.
  I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THE WHOLE SCENARIO SO THAT U GET IT BETTER.

  ANY KIND OF HELP IS APPRECIATED FROM THE HEART.

  thanks,
  sudhar


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