Servlets and the JavaWebServer SetUp

General

To launch the Web Server, either at the command line or in a DOS window do the command

jserv -nojre

the -nojre means do not use the java runtime environment that came with the server, but rather use the version of java under JAVA_HOME
It should tell you some information about your version of the server and then it is up and running. However, you see nothing happen.

You know when the Webserver actually works if you open a Netscape browser and use the URL http://localhost:8080
an example of what it should look like if it worked. Note at the bottom of that link, access to additional utilities

• Administration Tool http://localhost:9090
• Documentation http://localhost:8080/doc/en
  note the server-side programming link (a nice tutorial:/doc/en/servlets) and the JWS API link (/doc/en/apidoc/index.html)
• Samples http://localhost:8080/examples/

Once on, to stop the web server, you need to get into the administration tool. You can do this by the URL http://localhost:9090 log in using admin and admin, and then Shutdown

SUNs

• /opt/javawebsvr/servlet-class and
• /opt/javawebsvr/servlet-docs

Your .profile should be modified to include:

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java
export JSERV_HOME=/opt/javawebsvr
export JSERV_LIB=/opt/javawebsvr/lib
PATH=$PATH:/opt/javawebsvr/bin;export PATH
CLASSPATH=./:/opt/javawebsvr/servlet-class/servlet.jar:/opt/javawebsvr/lib/jsp.jar:/opt/javawebsvr/lib/x509v1.jar;export CLASSPATH

I currently have the Register.html file in the /opt/javawebsvr/public_html directory and Register.class in the /opt/javawebsvr/servlets directory. You can see it run from your browser from the URL
http://mycin.ecst.csuchico.edu:8080/Register.html
You can remotely log onto the machine to put your html and servlets in the proper directories for the server to see them.

Be aware that anything you put in the public_html or servlets directory under /opt/javawebsvr/ should be removed by you after testing your stuff so that it does not fill up space (and for privacy of your code). These are symbolically linked from the /opt/javawebsvr/ directories to /n/projects/javawebsvr directories so the webServer can see them but you can still have write permissions. You should remember to remove your stuff when finished with your session

Windows

For my own (or your own) machine:
The SUN Web Server download page says NT but it works fine for Windows 98
(I tried and it worked)

Make sure you download it in a directory that does not have a space in its name (e.g., My Documents, Program Files) Java does not like this space (as UNIX does not as well - always make your work as cross-platform as possible)

After downloading and installing

• JavaWebServer2.0 into the directory C:\JavaWebServer2.0\ and
• the SDK into C:\JSDK2.0\

SET JSERV_HOME=C:\JavaWebServer2.0
SET JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk1.3
PATH=C:\jdk1.3\bin;c:\JavaWebServer2.0\bin
SET CLASSPATH=.;C:\JSDK2.0\lib\jsdk.jar;C:\JavaWebServer2.0\lib\x509v1.jar;C:\JavaWebServer2.0\lib\jws.jar

Good luck

Tutorial in WebServer download (note: all links are not valid)