[ale] Apache - Web Sphere Help.

[krishnamachary sudharshan]

hi,

  thanks for ur reply regarding the my problems with websphere.

now i need one more guidance from u. we have the DB2 installed on one of our 
NT boxes. can i use that DB2 from my linux box( where websphere is there ). 
does the websphere comes with the JDBC-DB2 drivers with that.

how do i use that DB2 on NT from linux box.
what should i have in this linux for using that.
any more info that u can give in this regard.

thanks,
sudhar


>From: Sue Bauer-Lee <sblee at tazmania.org>
>To: krishnamachary sudharshan <krishcharysudhar at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [ale] Apache - Web Sphere Help.
>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:44:50 -0500
>
>Note being familiar with WebSphere, I can answer some of your questions
>about apache and RH. If you didn't unselect it during a Redhat 
>installation,
>apache is installed in /usr/sbin. The configu files are in /etc/conf, and
>default logs are in /etc/httpd/logs. The source tarball should've installed
>all of its pieces to /usr/local/apache. Now, if youlook in 
>/etc/rc.d/init.d,
>you should find 1 copy of 'httpd'. View it to confirm that it tarts up
>/usr/sbin/httpd, or, more appropriately, doesn't run
>/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl.  If the file just says 'daemin httpd',
>it's running apache from the RH distribution using config files 
>/etc/httpd/conf
>and probably looking for document root in /home/httpd/html. The source
>build put your config files in /usr/local/apache/conf and typically looks
>for document root to be /usr/local/apache/htdocs.
>
>As for which version to run, your distributions should both be intact.
>Decide which you want to run - I'd go for the source but both are v1.3.9.
>It's generally a good rule of thumb to run the latest version of just
>about any software package.
>
>If /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd says 'daemon httpd', stop it.
>To remove the rpm and only have the source build - assuming it does live
>in /usr/local/apache and you didn't change it, first run:
>	rpm -qa | grep apache
>Then, rpm -e apache-string-returned-from-above.
>
>To uninstall the one you compiled, you should just be able to
>	rm -rf /usr/local/apache
>
>Be careful you don't delete your web server files. Also, if you want to
>use Websphere, assuming it doesn't also install a webserver, in which case
>remove both of the above, you may have to reinstall it. Read the docs for
>WebSphere to find out what it really provides for you.
>
>Hope all this helps.
>
>On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 08:33:21AM -0800, krishnamachary sudharshan wrote:
> > 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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