On Apr 28, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Ralf Liebenow wrote:
> Hi All !
>
> Maybe I am wrong, but we have done that in the past, so the following should
> be true:
>
> -- Concurrent Request handling is not limited through direct connect.
> It is only configured through a command line parameter ...
I could be wrong, but I don't think that the min web server in WO that is used for direct connect will handle concurrent requests. You can enable concurrent requests, but it won't have any effect.
Chuck
>
> -- of course you can use SSL if you connect through Apache + mod_proxy.
> But note, that some SSL related Request Headers are only set through
> the Adaptor and not when using mod_proxy (with mod_proxy you have others).
> This is also true for Host IP headers ... so if your application uses
> standard WO Request headers to detect SSL or originating IP you have
> to use the adaptor.
>
> The WO itself has no SSL capability.
>
> -- you dont need Monitor or WoTaskd. Actually the lifebeat that wotaskd uses
> to determine that an application is running is really pathetic. This is
> because that one is running in its own thread, so not all hang-conditions
> are determined by wotaskd (for this to really work we developed some
> kind of watchdog within an WO Application, which can detect some deadlock
> situations inside the WO App and kill itself, so that the wotaskd can
> then restart it).
>
> Of course you can accomplish similar things using launchd on OSX (we've
> done that) or for Linux by an entry in /etc/inittab (respawn): Those will restart the
> App if the JVM ends (but not when the App deadlocks). Just like wotaskd
> does it.
>
> -- its even possible to create a self contained application which bundles
> the complete WO deployment frameworks. We have made such applications
> which do not require any WO deployment installation, but can just
> be started with a simple start-script, the only requirement is
> the necessary Java JVM. Calling this with launchd or
> init makes the simplest possible way to install a WO application.
> (if you are interested in a sample launchd plist ... I have one).
>
> Greets
> Ralf
>
>> Hi Xandro,
>>
>> You will rarely hear me say this, but direct connect might be OK in this limited situation. You won't have SSL or concurrent request handling. If the app hangs or crashes the admin will need to restart it manually. For a private, internal app used by 5 people, that can be acceptable.
>>
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
>> On Apr 28, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Xandro Maierleb wrote:
>>
>>> Hello WebObjects-Programmers,
>>> I'm developing a WO-Application, which is used to handle maintanance for a small company. About 5 Persons will work in furture with this application within the company throw intranet.
>>>
>>> Is it really necessary to disable WODirectConnect an build an own Apache HTTP-Adaptor? Do I really need WOTaskDaemon and WOMonitor on this machine if only 5 Perons use this App? Because it's quiet easier for me and the admin in this company to run it with a bashscript directly, and call this Application with a local URL like: http://192.168.0.1:1234
>>>
>>> Have I any disadvantages in my case with my solution? If I read and understood the Deployment-Confluence rightly, WOTaskDaemon helps to share the calls to one or more instances (if there are many calls to my application). But I've only a handfull.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot and wish you all the best from austria,
>>> Xandro
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