Tomcat + CxF ready for Production?

Question

Our new project has Apache CXF based Producer SOAP web services.Now we are planning to move the Web Services to production.We are looking for a suitable Open Source container(Web Server or App Server) for deploying CXF Based Java Web Service.First option came to mind was Tomcat 7 .Just needed expert advice on 1. Whether combination of CXF and Tomcat based WebServices are currently used in production for other projects ?And is this solution scalable & Reliable ? 2. Are there other options to deploy CXF based webServices other than Tomcat in production ?

Thanks!

Answer 1

1 . Whether combination of CXF and Tomcat based WebServices are currently used in production for other projects ? And is this solution scalable & Reliable

It shouldn't give you any issue since it is compatible with a wide variety of application server. We are using Tomcat7 and Tomcat6 to deploy our CXF web services and they are in production for quite some time now without any issue.

2 . Are there other options to deploy CXF based webServices other than Tomcat in production ?

There are multiple options to deploy cxf based web-services

From the docs

• Lightweight containers: deploy services in Jetty, Tomcat or Spring-based containers
• JBI integration: deploy as a service engine in a JBI container such as ServiceMix, OpenESB or Petals
• Java EE integration: deploy services in Java EE application servers such as Apache Geronimo, JOnAS, Redhat JBoss, OC4J, Oracle WebLogic, and IBM WebSphere
• Standalone Java client/server