Hosting control panel with JEE Application Server support?

Question

I currently have WHM/cPanel on my server, but it doesn't integrate properly with any JEE App Server. I installed Tomcat manually, and have made it work through Apache, but the configuration is more fragile than I'd like.

So, I'm trying to find a replacement where a JEE App Server can be properly integrated & managed.

Requirements:

• Open Source / Free Software (i.e. not proprietary)
• Runs on CentOS (although, Debian/Fedora Core/FreeBSD are options if necessary)
• Supports Apache + Tomcat (or equivalent)
• Self-monitoring (e.g. auto-restarts MySQL if it falls over)
• User account management (easy setup, limit space & bandwidth quotas, etc)
• Friendly end-user control panel (for configuring db, mail, stats, logs, etc)
• Anything obvious I've forgotten.

Are there any recommended software packages which do all of this?

Answer 1

We have been using Apache Geronimo here at work for about two years and it has been rock solid. It has its own built-in control panel that allows us to deploy/start/stop each app separately. You may want to give it a try.

Answer 2

Plesk is a similar commercial hosting management suite similar to CPanel, in fact most hosting providers who offer WHM/CPanel also offer Plesk, which has built in Tomcat support. Plesk runs natively on CentOS but it is only free for use on one domain.