hello,

I have a jsp page with jstl tags in it.
For some reason they do not work. When I load the page i see the code but not whatever it is supposed to generate. Why?

Thanks

Initially I had everythging working on WinXP (Tomcat)

On FC5 I noticed that if I run:
service tomcat5 start
the system will start tomcat. So if I place my jsp pages in corresponding folder it should work. However, I need to run a web server and, therefore, I need to run jsp pages from /home/blah/public_html ...
Does this mean that I have to put tomcat inside this folder and start it from there?
thanks

How do I set up tomcat to serve jsp pages in public_html folder so they can be viewed outside of my network?

Thanks!

Apache HTTPD (= "Apache") and Apache Tomcat are different servers. HTTPD - without modification - servers static pages only while Tomcat also serves JSP pages and servlets. Both are webservers though - HTTPD by default listens on port 80, Tomcat listens on port 8180 - so, if Tomcat is running, pointing your browser to http://127.0.0.1:8180 should display some default contents.

As for where to place new web apps, Tomcat's default directory should be /usr/share/tomcat5, and there within should be a folder or link "webapps".
(You can always find Tomcat locations on your file system by stating
).

Now, theoretically, you wouldn't need Apache for serving JSPs. If you wanted though, you would use the Tomcat Apache Connector.

Thanks,
I do need Tomcat since I've got jsps and servlets.
I found out that I can start tomcat by:
service tomcat5 start
after that I can access its default page by pointing the web browser to http://localhost:8080 (just like in win xp)
however, since this tomcat resides not in public_html I cannot view pages if I put them into /usr/share/tomcat5. Well, theoretically I can but it is supposed to be a web server so, therefore, I have to have them in public_html.
The question is how to tell tomcat to run pages in public_html.
Have not clue.
Any ideas?

Thanks!

Sorry, I haven't done this before - you would install and configure the Apache Tomcat Connector (see my last post).

Thank you though

Is there a good step by step guide for FC5?

There appear to be some references on Google but not exactly for Fedora Core 5.

Seems you have a steep learning curve these days.

U tell me about that!