Weblogic web server v/s apache

Hi,
Does anybody have any experiences to share about using weblogic as a web
server versus using apache or something else? Any idea on what is the market
share?
Any links to useful information that anybody can point me to?
I did find a similar question on this newsgroups but Alas, no answer!!!
Thanks
Gaurav

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servlet that generates HTML. The HTML contains a hyperlink to document that is
served through WebLogic Web Server, via a Web Application, and is located in the
application directory.
The problem is, when you click on the hyperlink, an application associated with
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Strange behavior from Weblogic web server

This doesn't seem to be an EJB issue so I'm responding to the servlet
newsgroup. Also, why don't you try posting a simple example of the type of
html/javascript you are serving and/or open a support case with BEA Customer
support. Additionally, this link might help:
http://www.weblogic.com/docs51/classdocs/javadocs/weblogic/html/ScriptElement.html
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Charlie
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dwang wrote:
Hi:
I am using Weblogic web server to serve up my html/jsp pages. I also
have a javascript function to open up another window if I click on the
button. But when I click on the button, the index.html file from httpd
root directory is always displayed on the browser and the javascript
function is never being excuted completly(I have put an alert statement
on it and it only excuted the first line of statement). Can someone tell
me why?
Many thanks,
David

WebLogic Web Server

Hello!
Actually we have an 3 layer infrastructure (web server <FIREWALL> application server and database) based in Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat and Oracle Database. We are studying the alternative of using Bea Weblogic, but we have some doubts:
- Weblogic has also a web server ?
- How can i separate web server from application server to have completelly separation between web and application layer
- There is some document to migrate from apache http server and tomcat to WebLogic?
- In Apache we use AJP protocol to communcation between web and app... Wich is the protocol used by weblogic?
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Instead of ajp from the mod_proxy_ajp module you can use the Apache module that comes with Weblogic called mod_wl_2x.
[url http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs100/pdf/plugins.pdf]

'java.lang.InternalError: undefined opcode' when startup weblogic web server

hi,All
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          please check the following attachment.
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          Exception(c0000005)' has occurred in :
          'jspclasses/_onlane/_jsp/_consignment/__consignmentsearchpage._jspService
          (Ljavax/servlet/http/Htt
          pServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse;)V':
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          Please report this error in detail to
          http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
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          with Exception
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          at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspBase.service(JspBase.java:27)
          at
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          at
          weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:138)
          at
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          at
          weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletContextImpl.invokeServlet(ServletContextImpl.java:905)
          at
          weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletContextManager.invokeServlet(ServletContextManager.java:
          269)
          at
          weblogic.socket.MuxableSocketHTTP.invokeServlet(MuxableSocketHTTP.java:391)
          at
          weblogic.socket.MuxableSocketHTTP.execute(MuxableSocketHTTP.java:273)
          at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java,
          Compiled Code)
          I use weblogic 5.1 sp 11 with JDK1.2.2_007 on WinNT2000 Advanced server
          environment.
          Did anyone meet this problem before?
          It looks to me the JIT found an unexpected error in one of my jsp page,
          but I check this jsp page, it looks normal and work fine even JIT
          compliant it.
          Any help would be very appreciated.
          thanks,
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Hi,Ann
          Thanks for your help.
          Roy
          Ann Cao wrote:
          >Hello Roy,
          >
          >It sounds like a JIT problem. The version of SDK you are using is not certified for WAS 5.1
          >on Windows 2000 Advanced server. Please try a certified SDK. For certification information,
          >please see http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/certifications/certifications/win2000.html#40242.
          >
          >Regards,
          >Ann Cao
          >Developer Relations Engineer
          >BEA Support
          >
          >Roy Wu wrote:
          >
          >
          >
          >>hi,All
          >>I found a very strange error message when I startup weblogic server
          >>please check the following attachment.
          >>----------------
          >>Fri Sep 27 17:11:09 EDT 2002:<I> <ServletContext-General> *.jsp: init
          >>A nonfatal internal JIT (3.10.107(x)) error 'Structured
          >>Exception(c0000005)' has occurred in :
          >>
          >>'jspclasses/_onlane/_jsp/_consignment/__consignmentsearchpage._jspService
          >>(Ljavax/servlet/http/Htt
          >>pServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse;)V':
          >>Interpreting method.
          >> Please report this error in detail to
          >>http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
          >>
          >>Fri Sep 27 17:11:09 EDT 2002:<E> <ServletContext-General> Servlet failed
          >>with Exception
          >>java.lang.InternalError: undefined opcode
          >> at
          >> at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspBase.service(JspBase.java:27)
          >> at
          >>weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:120)
          >> at
          >>weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:138)
          >> at
          >>weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletContextImpl.invokeServlet(ServletContextImpl.java,
          >>Compi
          >>led Code)
          >> at
          >>weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletContextImpl.invokeServlet(ServletContextImpl.java:905)
          >> at
          >>weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletContextManager.invokeServlet(ServletContextManager.java:
          >>269)
          >> at
          >>weblogic.socket.MuxableSocketHTTP.invokeServlet(MuxableSocketHTTP.java:391)
          >> at
          >>weblogic.socket.MuxableSocketHTTP.execute(MuxableSocketHTTP.java:273)
          >> at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java,
          >>Compiled Code)
          >>---------------------------
          >>
          >>I use weblogic 5.1 sp 11 with JDK1.2.2_007 on WinNT2000 Advanced server
          >>environment.
          >>Did anyone meet this problem before?
          >>It looks to me the JIT found an unexpected error in one of my jsp page,
          >>but I check this jsp page, it looks normal and work fine even JIT
          >>compliant it.
          >>Any help would be very appreciated.
          >>
          >>thanks,
          >>
          >>Roy
          >>
          >>
          >
          >--
          >Regards,
          >Ann
          >Developer Relations Engineer
          >BEA Support
          >
          >
          >
          >
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Folks-
How do I know if my ifs setup is using JWS or Apache?
Thanks in advance.
Ramana

Ramana,
simple way. Try running ifsstop script from your $ORACLE_HOME/ifs/bin directory. If your ifs is running on JWS, you will be asked for the admin user password. If it is on apache, this question will not arise....
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Rajesh

Using weblogic as web server for Enterprise Manager can someone pls help?

hello,
can i have your help on this?
i want to use Weblogic as web server instead of apache in the structure of Enterprise Manager 10g R3?
have any of you try this? can someone please provide me some link related to how to configure Weblogic as web server for Enterprise Manager.
Many thanks in advance
Cheers,
Cosmin

You'll probably have better luck posting in the Enterprise Manager forum:
Enterprise Manager

Using Weblogic as web server for Enterprise Manager 10g R3?

hello,
can i have your help on this?
i want to use Weblogic as web server instead of apache in the structure of Enterprise Manager 10g R3?
have any of you try this? can someone please provide me some link related to how to configure Weblogic as web server for Enterprise Manager.
Many thanks in advance
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Cosmin

Im dont think its possible to do this with enterpise manager (Dbcosole), It might be possible with GRID .. have a look here
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/wag/index.html

WebLogic as Web Server Installation using WebLogic Express

Hi all,
I am in a process of installing WebLogic Web server. I downloaded WebLogic Express from bea site, and it turns out to be the same bin file that I had used for WebLogic Server installation. During the installation, I did not come across an specific steps meant for WebLogic Express (which is a web server + servlet/jsp container)
Can some one please guide me at the earlier as regards installation steps for WebLogic Web Server,
Regards,

Jim,
I am trying to set up WLS 9.1 and got this error.
Could you help me with this? Why I am getting it?
Thanks!
Marvin
####<Jan 16, 2008 10:54:13 PM EST> <Error> <HTTP> <netwave8888> <MedRecServer> <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '1' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <> <1200542053359> <BEA-101359> <The servlet weblogic.servlet.AsyncInitServlet init method failed while it was run in the background. The exception was: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError.
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
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     at weblogic.servlet.AsyncInitServlet.createDelegate(AsyncInitServlet.java:43)
     at weblogic.servlet.AsyncInitServlet.initDelegate(AsyncInitServlet.java:92)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$AsyncInitRequest.run(WebAppServletContext.java:1641)
     at weblogic.work.ServerWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(ServerWorkManagerImpl.java:518)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:207)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:179)
org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
     at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.newInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:532)
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     at java.lang.Class.forName(Ljava.lang.String;ZLjava.lang.ClassLoader;)Ljava.lang.Class;(Unknown Source)
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     at weblogic.servlet.AsyncInitServlet.initDelegate(AsyncInitServlet.java:92)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$AsyncInitRequest.run(WebAppServletContext.java:1641)
     at weblogic.work.ServerWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(ServerWorkManagerImpl.java:518)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:207)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:179)
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
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     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance([Ljava.lang.Object;I)Ljava.lang.Object;(Unknown Source)
     at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.newInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:525)
     at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:272)
     at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:246)
     at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:395)
     at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.<clinit>(ActionServlet.java:375)
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     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$AsyncInitRequest.run(WebAppServletContext.java:1641)
     at weblogic.work.ServerWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(ServerWorkManagerImpl.java:518)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:207)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:179)
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     at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.newInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:525)
     at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:272)
     at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:246)
     at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:395)
     at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.<clinit>(ActionServlet.java:375)
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     at weblogic.servlet.AsyncInitServlet.createDelegate(AsyncInitServlet.java:43)
     at weblogic.servlet.AsyncInitServlet.initDelegate(AsyncInitServlet.java:92)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$AsyncInitRequest.run(WebAppServletContext.java:1641)
     at weblogic.work.ServerWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(ServerWorkManagerImpl.java:518)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:207)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:179)
>
####<Jan 16, 2008 10:54:13 PM EST> <Info> <Management> <netwave8888> <MedRecServer> <[STANDBY] ExecuteThread: '3' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <> <1200542053609> <BEA-141052> <The auto deployment poller has started.>

WebLogic Server as Web Server.

Hi,
I am from WebSphere background and I'm pretty confused on how WebLogic works as a web server. With WebSphere, the web server will communicate with the application servers by using a plugin file. I understand that WebLogic has a similar plugin, but that is if I were to use a third party web server such as Apache or IIS.
From what I read here <http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs92/config_wls/web_server.html>, all I need to do is to configure a virtual host. Kinda different from what I read <http://e-generation.beasys.com/wls/docs81/cluster/setup.html#759939> which uses a HttpClusterServlet, but am using WebLogic 9.2 so probably this is not applicable?
My environment consists of 2 web servers and 2 app servers:
Clients will access the website using a virtual IP, which will be routed to the 2 web servers (we are using a hardware load balancer), and the 2 web servers will route the requests to both of the application servers which is clustered.
Questions:
1) So if I have created 4 instance of application servers, 2 of it I will configure it as a web server and the remaining 2 application servers will be clustered. In the virtual host setting, the target servers will be the 2 clustered application servers, no?
2) 'Virtual Host Names' are the domains that are to be served by this virtual host?
3) What is 'Network Access Point Name' exactly?
I don't enjoy myself asking these basic questions but I find this whole web server thing is pretty confusing. If anyone could point me to a more in-depth documentation on the concept and how to set up a weblogic server as a web server, that would be awesome. Appreciate any advice offered.
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: 60doses on Feb 16, 2009 4:15 PM

please refer to the following link on how to set up weblogic as web server.
http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs81/adminguide/web_server.html

Sun Web Server Reverse Proxy and Weblogic HTTP to HTTPS redirection

Hi,
I am currently testing reverse-proxy from SJSW 7.0 update 5 to Weblogic server but I have encountered an issue.
I have configured a context root to be forwarded to weblogic:
Web Server: www.server.com
URI: /path
Reverse Proxy URL: wlserver:9000
When I access https://www.server.com/path, I am getting the correct page. The issue is, the weblogic server is configured to redirect HTTP access to HTTPS, i.e., when I access http://www.server.com/path, it should be redirected to https://www.server.com/path. However, that is not the case. What happens is that I am being redirected instead to https://www.server.com/.
If I don't use reverse proxy, that is, if I use the libproxy.so from weblogic, I get the correct redirection.
Would appreciate it very much if someone can help me troubleshoot this issue.
Thanks in advance!
Edited by: agent_orange on Jul 29, 2010 2:30 AM
Edited by: agent_orange on Jul 29, 2010 2:31 AM

I am not sure, how you have configured your reverse proxy since you didn't attach / refer your current configuration file. this is how I would do it..
- create a new configuration (using web server 7 admin gui , within configuration wizard, disable java option if you plan to use web server 7 only for reverse proxy)
- select this new configuration and go to reverse proxy and try to reverse proxy / to the origin server.
that is all it should need.
your obj.conf or <hostname>-obj.conf depending on your configuration should look like following snippet
<Object name="default">
AuthTrans..
NameTrans fn=map from="/" to="/path" name="reverse-proxy-/"
</object>
<Object name="reverse-proxy-/">
Route fn=....
Service ..
</Object>
this is all you should need..
However, if you wanted to add complexity to your configuration, you could do some thing like
<Object name="default">
Auth..
<If defined $security>
NameTrans fn=map from="/" to="/path" name="reverse-proxy-/"
</If>
</Object>
<Object name="reverse-proxy-/">
Route...
</Object>

Install PS Web Server / Weblogic?

Installing PTools 8.48...
I chose to install Weblogic web server, per the installation guide. When I install PTools, one window asks which servers I'll be installing, and one of the options is PeopleSoft Web Server.
Should I check this? Is this a PS component that works with the selected web server, or is it yet a fourth alternative to the three (Weblogic, WebSphere and Oracle web server) that have already been offered?

When you are installing the Peopletools, the Installer ask you if your server will be an Application server, a Batch server, a File server and a Web server.
That has nothing to do with the webserver software you are choosing to use, this is very separate.
Those options are to install or not the Peopletools' associated components.
So, if you checked the Web server, the Installer will install all the components you need later to deploy the PIA.
Separately of the Peopletools installation, install your prefered Webserver software (mainly WebSphere or Weblogic), then go to for the PIA deployement. That'll prompt you the Webserver vendor you choosed to use, and the HOME directory of that one.
HTH,
Nicolas.

The tab is bad with apache web server and tomcat

the tab not run with apache web server + tomcat.
It is very bad..

Fijate que solo he estado experimentando con JSC, no he tenido oportunidad de poner nada en producci�n usando la combinaci�n Apache Web Server y Tomcat JSP container y no cuento en �ste momento con �sta configuraci�n para probar.
Nosotros (en donde trabajo) usamos IBM Web Server (basado en Apache Web Server 2), IBM Websphere 6 y las aplicaciones JSF en producci�n est�n hechas con Rational Web Developer.
Ahora he estado muy ocupado con un proyecto urgente, si tengo alg�n tiempo libre la semana entrante tratar� de probar tu combinaci�n (no te prometo nada) pero para ello necesito que me digas las versiones que est�s usando de Apache Web Server y de Tomcat, como est�s enlazando entre ambos con un m�dulo o con ProxyPass y mejor si me mandas el httpd.conf.
Saludos.

Weblogic 5.1 sp3 with Apache or Stronghold on Solaris 2,7

Hi All,
We are planning to use Apache or Stronghold(most probably Stronghold as it
supports SSL which I was told Apache does not support) and WebLogic 5.1 sp
3. Has anyone used this combination before if so we would like to know if
you have faced any integration issues with this ? If you do what kind of
integration issues were they ? Just connection related or scalability
related ? Has anyone used WebLogic built-in webservevr in production
environment ? How does it scale up ?
Thanks
Prasad

Would you please let me know when exactly(date) the sp4 was released
Thanks,
Ravi.
Vinod Mehra <[email protected]> wrote:
Checkout the 510 service pack 4. It has these binaries:
1. mod_wl.so for standard Apache (non EAPI) installations
2. mod_wl_ssl.so for Apache + SSL/EAPI installations(Stronghold, modssl etc)
3. mod_wl_ssl_raven.so for Apache + Raven installations
mod_wl_ssl_raven.so was required because Raven applies frontpage patches which
makes it incompatible with mod_wl_ssl.so
--Vinod.
Filip Hanik wrote:
Apache supports SSL with two implementations
1. http://www.apache-ssl.org/
2. Apache with OpenSSL (mod_ssl)
On Solaris there are no problems integrating weblogic and Apache.
I would not recommend using the weblogic web server, the performance of image
streaming and serving static webpages is not the greatest - apache will do a
much better job for you.
Weblogic also has a plug in for apache on Solaris that supports fail over. ie.
if one of your weblogic server goes down then apache can reconnect to another
one
Filip Hanik
[email protected]
In article <396a70f4$[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
Hi All,
We are planning to use Apache or Stronghold(most probably Stronghold as it
supports SSL which I was told Apache does not support) and WebLogic 5.1 sp
3. Has anyone used this combination before if so we would like to know if
you have faced any integration issues with this ? If you do what kind of
integration issues were they ? Just connection related or scalability
related ? Has anyone used WebLogic built-in webservevr in production
environment ? How does it scale up ?
Thanks
Prasad

Separate Web Server

Would like to hear about pros/cons of using a separate Web Server (such as
NES) vs the bundled WLS 5.1 seb server in a Solaris environment, to serve
static content. The site we are building will have a significant amount of
static content.
Some possible issues might be:
PROS for separate web server:
- web server optimized for efficient handling of static content, reduces
load on WLS
- allows for possibility of scaling out the web server on a separate box
from WLS
- web server can be configured/managed in a more granular way?
CONS for separate web server:
- cost of task/context switching when requesting dynamic content from app
server? ( Maybe there is already context switch overhead in a integratedWLS
configuration - who knows?)
- problems with configuring web applications (URLs?) - references from JSPs
to static content can't be relative URLs?
- one-stop solution is easier to manage
I'd like to hear about any experiences with this issue. We need to recommend
a configuration to a client.

Either way, to scale WL into a cluster, you need to front-end it with
Apache, IIS, or NES (afaik). But that "front end" doesn't have to be
serving static content ... it could just be there to support the clusterand
you could have a separate trunk handling (and specialized for) static
content.FYI, the notion of having to front end WLS with anything will soon go away.
Currently, we have a requirement that proxies be intelligent and have some
level of knowledge about in memory replication. If the primary's
unavailable, they need to know where to send the session for the secondary.
We are changing the product to remove this requirement.
In addition, we're currently working with hardware vendors (such as alteon)
and software solutions (such as resonate) that will obviate the need for any
Web server proxies or using WebLogic server as the proxy. This will provide
you with in memory replication and all of the features of our clustering
while simplifying things greatly and improving performance.
Thanks,
Michael
Michael Girdley
Product Manager, WebLogic Server & Express
BEA Systems Inc
"Cameron Purdy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
How much static content do you have on your site? Is your site driven by
static content or driven by dynamic content? For example, if most of your
pages, including your home page, are JSPs, but you do have some staticpages
that get linked to (plus the obvious gif/jpg files that are static) thenyou
may want to consider WL as your primary web server and have Apache (etc.)
there just to serve up images and static html. If the bulk of your siteis
static and portions are dynamic, then you might want to have Apache
front-end your site with just specific parts being farmed out to WL.
Either way, to scale WL into a cluster, you need to front-end it with
Apache, IIS, or NES (afaik). But that "front end" doesn't have to be
serving static content ... it could just be there to support the clusterand
you could have a separate trunk handling (and specialized for) static
content.
Cameron Purdy
"Steve Vago" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Would like to hear about pros/cons of using a separate Web Server (such
as
NES) vs the bundled WLS 5.1 seb server in a Solaris environment, toserve
static content. The site we are building will have a significant amountof
static content.
Some possible issues might be:
PROS for separate web server:
- web server optimized for efficient handling of static content, reduces
load on WLS
- allows for possibility of scaling out the web server on a separate box
from WLS
- web server can be configured/managed in a more granular way?
CONS for separate web server:
- cost of task/context switching when requesting dynamic content fromapp
server? ( Maybe there is already context switch overhead in aintegratedWLS
configuration - who knows?)
- problems with configuring web applications (URLs?) - references fromJSPs
to static content can't be relative URLs?
- one-stop solution is easier to manage
I'd like to hear about any experiences with this issue. We need torecommend
a configuration to a client.

Weblogic web server v/s apache

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