What versions of Tomcat and Java work on FreeBSD

[Doug Poland]

lrnobs said:
> I had a jsp web application written for me which was setup on RedHat9.
>
> I would like to move this onto FreeBSD or OpenBSD if possible.
>
> The Tomcat version used was 4.1 and the Java SDK used was Java 2 SDK Standard Edition
1.4.2
>
> Will these versions run on FreeBSD 4.8, 4.9, or 5.2 or do I have to stay with Linux
without a rewrite.
>
I've run the above JDK/Tomcat ports on all the versions you are referencing

> If it will run, are there big changes in file paths, etc.?
>
Depends on how tomcat was setup on the linux server and if your webapp was written to go
directly against the filesystem for some reason.  If you have created a .war file for
your webapp and successfully deployed it on linux, chances are quite good that it will
deploy on FreeBSD.

> I currently have 4.8 but could of course get newer stuff.
>
If this box is publicly available and has not been patched since 4.8, it would be a very
good idea to update the OS.

BTW, there's a list for Java on FreeBSD, I'll cc that list.

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Regards,
Doug