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eztee
2008-05-12, 15:30 PM
Just purchased a Windows server for a client last month to run a web application they've purchased. I went with the Plesk option, but I'm wondering if maybe I should get rid of Plesk because of potential conflicts with all the other applications we need to install.

1. In the absence of Plesk, where/how do you manage domains on Windows. Windows wasn't my choice, but was rather a requirement for this project.

2. The components we need to run to support the application, include:

Java (http://java.sun.com) full JDK, version 1.5, build 6 (or higher)
Tomcat ( http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi) version 5.5
MySQL ( http://mysql.org/downloads/mysql/5.0.html ) Version 5.0
The MySQL GUI tools (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html)
OpenOffice.org ( http://www.openoffice.org/index.html)
Tail for Win32 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/tailforwin32

Could we run an application using these components, but manage the domain name (URL) for the application in Plesk?
KyleMulligan
2008-05-15, 16:21 PM
If you can stand to do everything manually, I'd ditch Plesk. It's a piece of junk.
TheHeartSmasher
2008-05-15, 18:29 PM
Have them install the latest version of Apache.
Tomcat can be installed easily following the directions that come with it and configured to work with Apache.
MySQL and MySQL GUI tools are a click and install operation which they would need to configure with apache.
Open Office is also an easy download and install.
Tail is also easy to install with the directions.

PLESK is resource intensive and has many security holes that have not been fixed in years unfortunately.
eztee
2008-05-21, 14:54 PM
Hey, thanks for the replies ... yeah, I'm ditching Plesk. In fact, I took SB Support's suggestion to just uninstall from Add/Remove programs.

All the other things have been installed. I can actually view the application running locally on the system.

So how do I make this Tomcat application take over as the default site for this IP instead of what might be served from IIS?
TheHeartSmasher
2008-05-23, 03:13 AM
Hey, thanks for the replies ... yeah, I'm ditching Plesk. In fact, I took SB Support's suggestion to just uninstall from Add/Remove programs.

All the other things have been installed. I can actually view the application running locally on the system.

So how do I make this Tomcat application take over as the default site for this IP instead of what might be served from IIS?

Updated in your other post.