Servlet Container Benchmark:

Installation, Configuration and startup of each Server

Tomcat 5.0.24

1. Run the Windows executable installer
2. Change the HTTP port number to 80 during the installation
3. Place ServletBenchmark.war file into <tomcat>/webapps folder
4. Start Tomcat using the tomcat5.exe

Orion 2.0.2

1. Unpack distribution file
2. Edit the default-web-site.xml configuration file to add the following within the <web-site> tags:
   <web-app application="default" name="benchmark" root="/ServletBenchmark"/>
3. Edit the application.xml configuration file to add the following within the <orion-application> tags:
   <web-module id="benchmark" path="../applications/ServletBenchmark.war"/>
4. Place ServletBenchmark.war file into <orion>/applications folder
5. Start Orion from the command line:
   java -jar orion.jar

Resin 3.0.8

1. Unpack distribution file
2. Place ServletBenchmark.war file into <resin>/webapps folder
3. Edit the conf/server.xml configuration file - look for the http element and change the port parameter to 80.
4. cd to the <resin>/bin folder
5. run the httpd.exe executable

Jetty 4.2.20

1. Unpack distribution file
2. Copy application configuration file, ServletBenchmarkJetty.xml, into the Jetty folder
3. cd to the Jetty installation folder diretory
4. execute: java -jar startup.jar ServletBenchmarkJetty.xml

WebSh3here Advanced Single-Server 5.1

1. Run the Windows executable installer
2. Start the IBM (apache) Web Server via Start Menu Start Server iitem.
3. Start the Websphere Application Server via Start Menu icon
4. Goto administration console via the browser: http://localhost:9090/admin
5. Navigate to Servers->ApplicationServers->Server1->Web Container->HTTP Transports->9080
6. Change the port from 9080 to 80
7. Navigate to Applications->Install New Application
8. Provide the WAR file (ServletBenchmark.war) and context-path ("/ServletBenchmark")
9. Save the configuration settings
10. Stop the default server (wait for page to show error)
11. Restart the Websphere Application Server via Start Menu Stop Server and Start Server items.

JRun 4 (update 3)

1. Run the JRun4 windows installer
2. Run the JRun4 Updater 3 windows installer
3. Edit <JRun4>/servers/default/SERVER_INF/jrun.xml to run the server on port 80
4. Start the JRun launcher via Start Menu
5. From the launcher, start the default server and admin server
6. Start the JRun Management Console via Start Menu
7. Select the default server
8. Push the Add button under Web Applications
9. Select the ServletBenchmark.war file
10. Push the deploy button
11. Push the Apply button
12. Close the JRun Management Console
13. Return to JRun Launcher
14. Stop the admin server
15. Close the JRun Launcher

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