Re: Anyone Using the IWS Server to Host Web Applications ?

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott, thanks for this post - I'd got myself bound up in IWS, too, and 
should've been looking at IAS. The overview on the site has this 
description -

The integrated Web application server for i is a lightweight Java 
application server integrated into the operating system. The integrated 
Web application server contains an Open Services Gateway initiative 
(OSGi)-based Web servlet container that is readily accessible and 
provides a flexible foundation for developing jsp and servlet-based Java 
applications. The integrated Web application server delivers a clear 
path to the advanced capabilities of the WebSphere middleware portfolio.

The info is at http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/software/ias

Vern

On 11/8/2010 10:21 AM, Scott Klement wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> I don't do much Java -- and don't have a useful opinion for you.  But, I
> wanted to interject something:  You may be using the wrong term.
>
> IWS is the Integrated Web Services Server which is designed to make it
> easy to write SOAP web services with ILE HLLs.  It isn't a Java
> application server, but it _does_ run on one.   The one that it runs on
> is called the "Integrated Application Server" (IAS) and is included with
> the OS.
>
> So although you asked about the IWS as an alternative to Tomcat, I think
> you really meant the IAS.
>
> And, again, I don't have an opinion, I just wanted to try to clarify the
> point in hopes that with a clearer question, you'll get better answers.
>
>
>
> On 11/6/2010 2:48 PM, Richard Schoen wrote:
> > Looking to see if this could be a valid alternative to using Tomcat.
> >
> > Although Tomcat seems much easier to deploy and we've used it for
> > years, I wouldn't mind using the integrated server if it makes sense
> > to serve i-specific apps.
> >
> > It even works fine on V7R1.
> >
> > Any opinions out there ?