Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Qu0ll Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Is it necessary to have both an application server AND a web server? Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 06:58:23 +1000 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: FkOGSv1PRtc4MkF6vbp1+Q.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.1.1 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:34656 On 11/06/2016 08:48, Qu0ll wrote: > DISCLAIMER: Server-side Java is not my forte. > > I have often noticed that in many places where I have worked, the > companies have both a full application server such as JBoss/Wildfly AND > a web server (typically Apache) installed and both seem to work together. > > 1) Is this necessary and if so, why? > 2) What does a web server "provide" that an application server doesn't? > 3) What is the nature of the relationship or interaction between both > applications? > Thanks to everyone who replied to my question in such a helpful manner. It seems clear that there are distinct reasons to have both a dedicated web server and application server as part of your infrastructure. It seems though that nginx may be a more modern alternative to httpd but I will need to do more research to decide which is better for my precise needs. -- And loving it, -Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct) _________________________________________________ Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com [Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me]