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What's the procedure of upload a java spring based web application to the real server, and how to use load balance to the server?

I am creating a simple web project with mysql database using Java Spring-MVC. Now I want to understand the full workflow of the web system development cycle.
How to upload a project to a real server?.
How to sync the database to a real server?.
How DC and DRC is sync with each other?.
Why and how to use "Load balancer" to the server?.
Apologize, if I said something non-technical.

I'll not go into too much details but here is the gist of it.
Before anything, the first thing to get sorted is the operating system of the server be it Linux, Windows Server and so on. The choice of operating system will depend on the constraints and requirements.
How to upload a project to a real server?
Any files which needs to be served should be hosted and served by a web application server such as Apache Tomcat, IIS, Websphere and many more.
The choice of web application server depends on a few things, such as the server operating system, the web application implementation and so on. For your case, which is a Spring MVC implemented in Java, you'll need to use a web application server that supports that, such as Apache Tomcat for example.
Once the choice is made, install the web application server on the server. After that, install your web application on the web application server.
How to sync the database to a real server?
I infer that you're referring about the connectivity between the Java web application to the database? Do comment if its not.
The Spring MVC web application can connect directly to the database via JDBC or JNDI (provided that the necessary configuration is configured on the web application server).
Of course, the database can be connected locally (if installed on the same server) or remotely.
How DC and DRC is sync with each other?
This is too broad to cover and the recovery strategy differs for every Data Center providers. But broadly, they employ redundancy and replication strategy to ensure the data is always backed up and available. Check with the providers individually for a better picture.
Why and how to use "Load balancer" to the server?
The load balancer primary purpose is to distribute the work load across multiple servers to achieve better TTFB. To do so, it sits in front of the servers and routes the request accordingly. Some of the load balancing solutions such as f5 explains about load balancing in greater detail.

Step 1: Install Application Server on your machine.
Step 2: Install JDK, Database server which are dependent on your application.
Step 3: Export your war from Eclipse/Netbeans
Step 4: Paste your war file on app server's deployment folder (webapps incase of tomcat)
Step 5: your application deployed

Infinispan.war missing in 5.3.0.Final version

Hi I am trying to use infinispan as a remote caching solution and when following through the guide i see the following:
> This server provides easy to use RESTful HTTP access to the Infinispan
> data grid, build on JAX_RS. This application is delivered (currently)
> as a WAR file, which you can deploy to a servlet container (as many
> instances as you need).
I could not find the WAR in the 5.3.0.Final.
But i see that Infispan Server installation can serve as a Remote Data Grid, so is the REST interface included in the server installation with the latest release?
If yes
What server is it running on ?
Do we need licence to run the Server on enterprise level?
What is the good way to deploy it in any other Application Server?
Any help will be highly appreciated?

But i see that Infinispan Server installation can serve as a Remote Data Grid, so is the REST interface included in the server installation with the latest release?
We will be talking about this: https://github.com/infinispan/infinispan-server Answer is, I'd say, yes. When you will use Infinispan Server, you will have possibility of accessing Infinispan cache via REST endpoint. (see readme + see endpoint subsystem in, for example, standalone.xml configuration file) After start of this standalone server you can connect to http://127.0.0.1:8080/ (REST server) and start using it according to the rules described in the documentation.
What server is it running on ?
The whole Infinispan server is very based on JBoss AS. Imagine "big" JBoss AS minus all unnecessary systems, subsystems and functionality. This "little boy" is Infinispan Server which, for example, doesn't support deploying applications etc.
Do we need licence to run the Server on enterprise level?
No. This is open source project. If you still looking for "officially" supported version, I'd suggest you to check Red Hat's JBoss Data Grid solution, which is productized and supported Infinispan + Infinispan Server. See http://www.redhat.com/products/jbossenterprisemiddleware/data-grid/
What is the good way to deploy it in any other Application Server?
There is no such a way. As I mentioner earlier, Infinispan Server itself is standalone server which already contains everything you need for caching and running cluster of virtually 128 (or even more) nodes.
Any help will be highly appreciated?
Maybe. I can't answer this question properly :(

Deploying Netbeans REST webservice on Apache server

I'm studying webservices in differents languages and now, I'm stuck on Netbeans one.
I easily create a "RESTful web service with Database" on localhost.
So, I use a MySQL (Connector/J driver) connection with GlassFish server.
My question is : what's the difference between an Apache server and a GlassFish one ?
Indeed, I aim to deploy this webservice on Apache server but I have no idea to do it.
Is someone have tips or ways to help me ?
Thanks a lot !

I'm assuming you followed this tutorial.
If you mean good old trusty Apache httpd, you won't be able to deploy the project you created to that server, what you create is a Java Enterprise application (and more specifically a WAR, a Webapplication ARchive), and you will need a server capable of deploying that type of applications - like of course Glassfish, but also Apache Tomcat, jetty or any of the Java Enterprise Edition servers
Still assuming that you're talking about Apache httpd, that one and Glassfish are entirely different beasts that serve different purposes, Glassfish is indeed capable of serving up content over http but it contains much more functionality than that, see the above Wikipedia link on Java EE for more links and pointers.
EDIT: you cannot run a servlet container like Tomcat or a Java EE server like GlassFish "inside" an Apache server like you would run php "inside" Apache with mod_php, but it's quite easy to run them alongside each other, where the Apache httpd server is the one that faces outward and basically forwards calls to the backend Java server. There are several techniques to achieve this result, the most popular is probably using mod_jk as explained here for Tomcat and here for Glassfish. Alternatively you could setup mod_proxy, a comparison of these two scenarios here on SO.
Anyways, it's not always necessary to front a Tomcat or Glassfish with an Apache but it may be needed e.g. if the website is serving hybrid content partially written in php or another apache-hosted scripting language or useful to avoid using the servlet container to serve up massive quantities of static content, often not their strongest point. For many applications it's perfectly OK to have a Tomcat or a Glassfish serve up all content avoiding the extra complications introduced by mod_proxy or mod_jk and the dual management of both servers.

open server.xml file in conf folder of apache tomcat. And check for line
Here you can see port =5051 means apache tomcat is configured in port 5051
Open we browser and type http://localhost:5051
Then click "Tomcat manager"
Enter your usename and password
In the next screen you can see section "WAR file to deploy". Select your web service war file and click deploy

What are the specific uses of Java Application Server that cannot be done with web servers?

I am a little confused about the roles of a java application server and its differences from a web server.
I found many sites explaining the same difference between the two but not to my satisfaction.
So please explain me about the two following cases:-
1)App. Server and its difference with web server:
From these two links:
Difference between an application server and a servlet container?
What is the difference between application server and web server?
web server: It handles everything through http protocol by accepting requests from clients and sending
responses to them with the help of its servlet container(e.g Apache Tomcat)
App. Server: An application server supports the whole of JavaEE like JMS,JPA,RPC etc.
Now what I am confused with is that how can I use a lot of JavaEE APIs like JMS,JPA etc. with my Tomcat
by adding their jar files in my web application ?
Does that mean that if I use an appliation server I don't have to add those jar files?(I don't think so)
2)The roles of an appl. server (This is very important to me)
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_Server
An application server provides services such as security,transaction support etc.
"The term is often used for web servers which support the JavaEE" -- It sounds like if we add the required jar files of JavaEE APIs a web server becomes an appl. server.What about it.
Now my question is how an application server performs the tasks of security control or transaction management by itself ?
E.g. in my web application using Spring framework I am providing security by using spring-security and transaction management by using #Transactional annotation and all those things you know.
So does the appl. server have anything to do with my security or transaction management or it has its own ways ?
Forgive my ignorance.

Using Spring, you're in fact embedding some kind of Java EE container inside your application. But even when using Spring, if you need JTA support (because you need distributed XA transactions), you'll need to use an additional transaction manager. If you need JMS, you'll need to install an additional JMS broker. If you need connection pooling, you'll need to use an additional connection pool. Sometimes it's as simple as adding additional jars to the classpath and properties or XML files. Sometimes it's harder.
A Java EE app server comes with everything bundled. You have less flexibility, but you don't need to install, configure and make everything work by yourself.

When you use the Java EE framework, that is a specification. So the application server, if it is Java EE compliant, needs to implement this. So once it is implemented the specification, then it will address Security,transaction etc because it is mentioned in the spec. So it is a contract. Whereas, in a web server, it will just pull out your static resource. There is no need for handling other stuff.
In case of the Spring framework, the framework knows how to handle transaction, security etc. So particularly the developer need not look into these aspects which are implemented by the Application Server in the other scenario.
how an application server performs the tasks of security control or transaction management by itself
It is rather the specification that address these issues, not the application server. So, the duty of the app server is to implement these.
So, if your application is Java EE compliant, then these areas will be addressed and the implementation would have been done by the app server.

May be this is oversimplification,
A web server is basically a HTTP server serving contents over http protocol. So a web server is simply about serving the contents over http protocol. A typical example would be Apache web server. This is simply a file server.
Now the question is where does the web server gets the contents from ? Possible sources are
Static contents (the contents like images/css etc) which are not generated on request but statically served.
Dynamic contents: Simply put, the contents to be served are generated upon the user request.
For the static contents, the web server does not need anything as it simply reads the file and serves it.
For dynamic contents, the web server might need help of additional components which will generate the contents to be served.
Here the Application Server comes into picture.
Now these additional components referred earlier, might interact with database or some other system etc.
In a web environment where your website is exposed to huge number of users (intended/unintended), you need typical services like transaction/security/concurrency etc. so that the user get expected responses and do not see inconsistencies in the behavior of the application.
An application server has inbuilt abilities to manage transaction/security/concurrency/resource management. generally these are referred as Managed services and environment offered by them is called Managed Environment where these basic services are managed by the application server and programmer does not have be bother for them.
Application Server needs web servers or we can say Web servers use Application server's services to generate dynamic contents.
For example, JBoss uses Tomcat as inbuilt web server. Whereas web logic has its own web server. Tomcat again can be called as application server (in principle) as it also offers managed environment for servlets (it manages concurrency and instance pool of servlets/JSPs ).
Coming your your example of Spring:
An Application server will come inbuilt with transaction/security etc whether you need it or not. The Spring offers a very nice way handling this. Spring has all these things BUT you use what you need. Not just these, but just a Java Web Sever like Tomcat is sufficient to build a full fledged services that needs an application server.

running php and java on the same server

I have web services written using java which interacts with the android application only now we need to implement a front end web portal using php frame work codeigniter. We have common database mysql 5.1 which interacts with both the web services and also web portal, is it possible to configure the LAMP stack in a server which is already running tomcat6 servlet container but with out apache web server. How do I processed further and when Iwas search for same issuse I found something called php java bridge is that what I have to use??
Let me be more precise on this, I have ec2 ubuntu instance already running, domain is parked in godaddy, i have configured the A records with the ip of my ec2 instance, so when the requests comes in it will be directed to the application which is running in the tomcat6/webapps/ROOT but now I need to redirect it to the php application how do I do it and also requests from android should be directed to web services which are java based, how do I manage this?
Kindly help out

You can proxy requests to the tomcat server from Apache ... have two virtual hosts, one for the tomcat and one for the php ... all co-ordinated by apache.
http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/webserver_howto/apache.html
It is recommended that you also read the Workers HowTo document to learn how to setup the working entities between your web server and Tomcat Engines. For more detailed configuration information consult the Reference Guide for workers.properties, uriworkermap and Apache.