Server Fault Stack Exchange
Server Fault Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [application-server]

92 questions
37
votes
10 answers

Securing a fresh Ubuntu server

Say I've got a fresh install of Ubuntu, what steps should I take to secure it for use as a Rails application server?
Codebeef
  • 1,449
  • 4
  • 19
  • 20
13
votes
1 answer

Simple apache proxy not working

I just wanted to test a reverse proxy simple setup, redirecting every request just to google. Anyhow it does not work! Trying to browse on localhost, I just get the apache "it works" default page, but not proxying. Of course I loaded the modules…
membersound
  • 275
  • 1
  • 5
  • 13
10
votes
4 answers

JBOSS App Server vs. Glassfish

I'm quite newbie on Glassfish. What are some differences between JBoss and Glassfish? Why would you chooose one over the other. I'm trying to read up on Glassfish, but it is really hard to pinpoint things that I may need before I start installing…
codingbear
  • 221
  • 1
  • 3
  • 8
5
votes
4 answers

Glassfish Vs Tomcat (Java app servers)

I am looking at running a java application server on my debian linux webserver, and am looking for a breakdown of the advantages that using either app server would provide me with (or disadvantages). I am using apache 2 as my webserver and have no…
PixelSmack
  • 530
  • 4
  • 8
5
votes
3 answers

What port is the Websphere app server's admin app on?

I've started Websphere on my local box and I can't remember what port the admin app should be on. Any ideas?
jjujuma
4
votes
2 answers

Network Service account or domain account?

What are the pros and cons, or best practices when it comes to setting up applications on a server with either the Network Service account or a domain account? Are there some cases in which you'd do one, and other cases where you'd do the other?
jeremy
  • 855
  • 4
  • 20
  • 31
4
votes
3 answers

Fastest Open Source Java Application Server

Which Open Source Java Application Server is the fastest? Glassfish Jetty JBoss Others?
Martin K.
  • 750
  • 2
  • 10
  • 24
4
votes
3 answers

Can someone explain the difference between app server/web server/web services?

I know that with web server, the html pages are transfered from server to client, with web services, a xml file is sent, but still ... I don't understand them; not even the difference between them. Can someone explain as simple as possible this…
Horatiu Jeflea
  • 175
  • 1
  • 5
3
votes
2 answers

What Sun Web or App Server config can cause "Due to a temporary error the request could not be serviced"

I'm not the system administrator for this server but I'm trying to help the group who are sys admins to find a fix quickly. For this reason, I don't have access to all of the server configuration files. With that out of the way, here's my…
jlpp
  • 256
  • 5
  • 10
3
votes
1 answer

Nginx as reverse proxy with IBM Websphere upstream

I have an IBM WebSphere serving multiple domains: x.x.x.x:8080/app1 x.x.x.x:9090/app2 ... I need to configure Nginx as reverse proxy to serve: app1.example.com app2.example.com Here is my config but it's not working: server { listen 443…
Amir
  • 31
  • 3
3
votes
5 answers

Java application server for Windows

I'm currently setting up operational environment for our company, which includes installing Crowd for SSO, JIRA for bug tracking, and Confluence as our wiki. My idea is that all these products should be available via HTTP 80 on our internal…
Anton Gogolev
  • 1,582
  • 4
  • 16
  • 22
3
votes
1 answer

What are the advantages and disadvantages of mounting your application binaries from a shared mount?

In a cluster of applications nodes, what are the advantages/disadvantages of placing your application binaries on a shared mount and having each of the nodes mount that, rather than having separate copies of the binaries on each node? Is there…
Brendan Maguire
  • 313
  • 1
  • 3
  • 11
3
votes
3 answers

SSL 2048-bit certs, how to upgrade our web app without breaking legacy API customers?

The Problem SSL certificate providers are moving from certificates signed with 1024–bit RSA keys to the new 2048-bit RSA key standard. One article explaining the background and significance of the issues this can cause; also an article from…
JonathanJ
  • 83
  • 1
  • 6
3
votes
1 answer

Starting/Stopping IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7 from the Command Line

I've written a script to automate the process of starting, stopping, and restarting WAS7 from the command line. Nothing starts automatically on one of our staging servers, so I have to start everything: deployment manager, node agent, app server,…
Christopher Parker
  • 458
  • 2
  • 5
  • 12
3
votes
1 answer

obfuscating keystore password in JBoss 4.2.2 GA

I've setup my jboss app-server to use SSL. The relevant extract from my config is below. Everything is working ok, however some people have expressed concern over the keystorePass attribute being in plain text. Is there any way to obfuscate /…
Glen
  • 133
  • 5
1
2 3 4 5 6 7