IIS and Apache running at the same time?

[Scissor]

I was looking at the running services last night an noticed that Apache was one of the running services.

this confused me a bit as I'm sure Plesk is using IIS for serving up pages.

Why is Apache running?
Should it be running?
How do I resolve it if it's a problem?

PS. I don't believe I ever proactively turned on Apache (not on purpose anyway.)

 

[alex042]

I believe plesk for windows is similar to plesk for linux in that it runs its own copy of apache just for the plesk control panel login but instead of running a second copy of apache for customer websites, it uses iis to serve up those websites.

 

[sieb@]

Alex is right, Apache is only used for the Control Panel with SSL. IIS handles the rest. I don't think you can get away with both listening on port 80 though (CP uses 8443).

 

[Scissor]

Thanks guys, I guess that makes sense especially if you imagine using the control panel to 'restart' the webserver (IIS), you wouldn't want your control panel going away too.

I also noticed tomcat.exe is running as well. Is this another control panel facility?

Sorry for all the questions, but I just like know what's installed, running, and why

 

[sieb@]

Tomcat is for running Java apps (jsp, jservlets)on websites (like the ssh terminal in 7.1Reloaded on *nix). .

 

[Scissor]

Great, thank you!

PS. I love Plesk!!
I got here by accident really ... I had a nightmarish experience with Ensim for Windows, and one of the other unhappy ensim customers said they were switching to Plesk... I followed his lead and am very happy I did

It's an Awesome product