Server Information

The server we will be using for this class is cs.calstatela.edu, which has Redhat Enterprise V 3.0 AS installed. Thirty student account have been created, with user names cs320stu01, cs320stu02, cs320stu03, ..., cs320stu30. Each account also comes with a MySQL database, and a MySQL account with the same user name and password. Each student enrolled in the class will be assigned one of these accounts.

[Server Access]

The server supports remote access through SecureShell (SSH). To access the server, it is recommended that you use the non-commercial version of SSH Secure Shell for Workstations, which can be downloaded from http://www.ssh.com/support/downloads/secureshellwks/non-commercial.html free of charge. This is the same SSH software installed on the lab machines, and it includes both a Secure Shell client which can be used to log on to the server, and a Secure File Transfer client which can be used to transfer files to and from the server. Note that Telnet and FTP are NOT supported.

[Tomcat]

Once you log on to the server, you will see a www directory under your home directory. Under www, the following directories are created for you (the directory names are case sensitive):

Directory	Description
WEB-INF
WEB-INF/classes	for servlets and unpacked supporting classes.
WEB-INF/lib	for packed classes and libraries.
META-INF	for tag library descriptor files (TLDs)

You may place your servlet class files and JSP files in proper subdirectories, and access them using the following URLs:

For servlets: http://cs.calstatela.edu:8080/username/servlet/ServletName
For JSPs: http://cs.calstatela.edu:8080/username/JSPName.jsp

Note that you should replace "username" with your actual login name on the server.

[MySQL]

To access the MySQL database, you may want to log on the server, and use the command line client mysql. The general syntax for mysql is

mysql -h hostname -D dbname -u username -p

e.g. mysql -h cs.calstatela.edu -D cs320stu31 -u cs320stu31. Note that the database name is the same as the user name, and if you are already logged on to cs.calstatela.edu, you may omit the -h, -D, and -u options and simply use

mysql -p