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IIS - Tomcat Connector - Jakarta How-To eratta

Setting up Windows IIS to handle Java, JSEE, and Java Server Pages (JSP) is no easy thing.  A.D. Pro's configuration on Windows Server 2003 followed the official howto at: http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/webserver_howto/iis.html with the following eratta:

  • The Tomcat Windows32 distribution is missing MSVCR71.DLL from its bin folder.  Win Server 2003 does not have this file in the system32 folder by default.  You will need to put a copy of the dll there or in the Tomcat bin folder.  Since you also need to install the Java Runtime, you can find a copy of msvcr71.dll in the runtime's bin folder.
  • On A.D. Pro's Windows Server 2003 installation, the Jakarta registry keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apache Software Foundation\Jakarta Isapi Redirector\1.0 did not work.  The How-To does not mention that you can put a isapi_redirect.properties file into the same folder as to isapi_redirect.dll.  That got things working after about 6 hours of trying other things.
  • The Tomcat windows install binaries does not have a webapps/examples/... folder.  Many of the documents, troubleshooting and help sites suggest using /examples as a test - don't waste your time.
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