May 27, 2013
How To Use A Raspberry Pi as a Web Server
The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful little device. A powerful compact computer that is quiet and low power consumption makes it nice for many tasks. One such for me is a web server with PHP and MySQL. In this post that’s exactly what we are shooting for, a web server. First let’s make sure we are up to date. $ sudo apt-get update Install Apache and PHP $ sudo apt-get install apache2 php5... read more
May 21, 2013
Install Tomcat 7 and Java 1.7 on CentOS 6 RHEL 6
In this post we will cover how to install the Apache Tomcat 7 and jre 1.7 on CentOS 6 and RHEL 6. This process doesn’t use the rpm’s from the Redhat repositories, but uses the latest tar balls from Apache and Oracle. We will also be using service accounts to control Tomcat and its processes. Download latest Tomcat from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi. Version 7.0.40 is the curent... read more
Jun 29, 2012
Install Tomcat 7 on Windows 7
In continuing with building a testing environment on Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 I have embarked on installing Apache Tomcat 7 on my Windows 7 desktop. First download 32 or 64 bit from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi/tomcat-7.0-doc/tomcat-7.0-doc/taglibs/migration.html.You will find the download links in the binary distributions section of the page. You will also need to make sure you have Jave... read more
Jun 20, 2012
Enabling Server Status on Apache 2.2
Apache 2 has a nice feature to allow a server admin to view the performance of Apache. When mod_status module is enabled an HTML page will be presented to allow stats to be presented in a readable format in which refresh can be set. Server status details: The number of worker serving requests The number of idle worker The status of each worker, the number of requests that worker has performed and the... read more
Apr 3, 2012
Running ASP.NET on Apache 2.2
Continuing with running Apache 2.x on Windows systems (Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2) I found the desire to be able to deliver ASPX pages on the Windows server in my development environment. Upon searching the Internet I came across an Apache module mod_aspdotnet.so found here. The module is no longer being actively updated but works well on Apache 2.0 – 2.2 installations. This implementation is... read more
