Re: apache tomcat v9 running on iseries 7.3

[tim <iseriesstuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

got it. thank you.

going to try 8 then 9 and see how it works out.

i am running EGL which at this point maxes out on java 1.8.


On 8/7/2018 5:26 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:
> Reference was to MY hardware, it won't run on 7.3!   No limitation on 
> *Tomcat* running on 7.3 that I know of unless it has to do with a PTF 
> on Java or something....
>
> My guess is that if you use Java 8 and Tomcat 9 on 7.3 it will run, 
> with the settings I gave you.  Unfortunately 7.3 won't be an option 
> for me until I upgrade my hardware.
>
> Pete Helgren
> www.petesworkshop.com
> GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
> Twitter - Sys_i_Geek  IBM_i_Geek
>
> On 8/7/2018 3:59 PM, tim wrote:
> > Pete,
> >
> > Thanks for the info.
> >
> > You mentioned it wont run on 7.3. Do you know why? We are currently 
> > on 7.3 with the following jvm installed and would like to try to go 
> > to 9. Im guessing if you are having issue with 8 on 7.3, them im 
> > guessing going 9 will be out.
> >
> > 5770JV1    14      Java SE 7 32 bit
> > 5770JV1    15      Java SE 7 64 bit
> > 5770JV1    16      Java SE 8 32 bit
> > 5770JV1    17      Java SE 8 64 bit
> >
> > I saw that Oracle will being charging license fees for its run-time. 
> > Im not sure how this will affect our shop.
> >
> >
> > On 8/7/2018 3:47 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:
> > > Tim,
> > >
> > > I just did a quick test on my 7.2 box (alas....it won't run 
> > > 7.3....)  In any case I just unzipped the files to my /Apache/Tomcat 
> > > folder in the IFS where all my other tomcat instances live.  I 
> > > changed server.xml ports because I have 6 instances of tomcat 
> > > running (v5-9 now...) I changed the catalina.sh script by adding this:
> > >
> > > # Java 8 settings if needed
> > > export JAVA_HOME=/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk80/32bit/jre
> > > export CATALINA_HOME=/Apache/Tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.10
> > > export JAVA_OPTS="-Dos400.awt.native=true -Djava.awt.headless=true 
> > > -Djava.version=1.8 -Xms512m -Xmx1024m"
> > >
> > > And changed the OS Specific support:
> > >
> > > os400=true
> > >
> > > Then it fired right up.  No problems at all.  Tomcat welcome page at 
> > > 10.0.10.205:11080 as I defined it.
> > >
> > >
> > > Pete Helgren
> > > www.petesworkshop.com
> > > GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
> > > Twitter - Sys_i_Geek  IBM_i_Geek
> > >
> > > On 8/5/2018 9:28 PM, tim wrote:
> > > > has anyone installed apache tomcat v9 on the iseries?
> > > >
> > > > i have been able to get v7 working, but having issues with v9. keep 
> > > > getting 403 error. i set up my profile/rolls.