Plesk, Tomcat, Java-based CMS intergration problems

[TJStylus]

I have server that is running plesk 8.1.1. I also have a Java based content management system which I want to use to create my websites. The problem is that the CMS is an *.exe instillation that also installs its tomcat server, although a bit older.

Unfortunately the application does not allow me to specify where I choose to install the tomcat or if whether I can use a currently existing tomcat server.

Is there any way to have plesk intergrate with a tomcat server installed somewhere else by another application. Or even have the version of tomcat that plesk has to upgrade the older version of the tomcat that my CMS uses.

 

[sergius]

Could you please specify what about CMS application are you talking and which Tomcat version it ships?

 

[TJStylus]

Its a South African made content management system called Unysen. It's running on an earlier Tomcat 5, most probably 5.0, whereas I see that plesk runs tomcat 5.5

 

[sergius]

Unfortunately i cannot obtain Unysen trial software to look at it.
I guess you can try to install it. Plesk should recognize it. However you will need install Tomcat Connector on IIS manually. For more information see http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/reference/iis.html

 

[TJStylus]

To tell the truth I'm only a web developer and I haven't had all that much exposure to server management until now. I bought a server as a natural progression and also because I could not find a host that would be willing to hold this application.

I grasp the concepts quick and I have the app running on the server on a different port. Plesk is not picking it up, or atleast it doesn't seem so to me, and I'm afraid that this is getting to be bit more complex than I anticipated.

I understand the logic behind the connectors but I noticed that I'm going to be moving towards making registry entries and I can't afford to have the server malfunctioning as I won't have a clue as to how to fix it(well, less of a clue than I have currently ).

I'll practice the link you gave on a local machine and google what I don't know but I have a bit of a time constraint. I'm just not sure how steep the learning curve is.

I'm hosting the app here temporarily www.thebasement.co.za/unysen.zip

All I need, at the moment, is to have the app running on port 80 with plesk managing my domains and client accounts.

 

[TJStylus]

I saw a lot of posts here about Ngasi.

I went to the website and It seems like something that could help. Obviously, I would like to sort this problem out as simply as possible. But if push comes to shove, could it help and would it be worth investing in?