[Building Sakai] Sakai 2.8.2, Windows 7 x64 and the Tomcat 5.5.35 service vs. startup.bat

[Jeremy O'Connor]

Hi Earle

Thanks for your reply and comments.

regards
Jeremy

>>> On 07 August 2012 at 06:39 AM, Earle Nietzel <earle.nietzel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
> 
> You will start tomcat via the startup.bat or via services but not both.
> Choose the one you prefer and stick to that. There are pros and coins to
> both.
> 
> It worth mentioning that 90% or more of sakai deployments are on Linux so
> if your question is platform specific your mileage will vary.
> 
> A tip on windows, make sure you don't install any software with spaces in
> the path names.
> 
> Any integrations like spell checker you will probably need to install
> windows equivalents of those Linux binaries like Aspell.
> 
> Correct if I am wrong but there is no official windows qa servers, so not
> having windows tested regularly you may run into issues from time to time.
> 
> Forgive me if it sounds like I am discouraging the use of windows, but I
> feel better that you have the facts up front. There are a few windows
> deployments and I would encourage you reach out to them.
> 
> Best of luck,
> Earle
> On Aug 3, 2012 9:18 AM, "Jeremy O'Connor" <joconnor at uwc.ac.za> wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> I have Sakai 2.8.2 running on Windows 7 x64 and Tomcat 5.5.35. What is the
>> difference between starting the Tomcat5 Windows service versus running the
>> startup.bat batch file? I have the service installed, and if it is running
>> and I run the startup.bat batch file then the Java Tomcat console window
>> closes by itself after a while. However, if the service is not running,
>> then I am able to start Tomcat via the startup.bat batch file successfully.
>>
>> I can post one or more of the Tomcat log files to this list if necessary.
>>
>> --
>> Jeremy
>>
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