Tomcat - The Definitive Guide. Vital Information for Tomcat Programmers & Administrators. Tomcat 6.0

It takes a book as versatile as its subject to cover Apache Tomcat, the popular open source Servlet and JSP container and high performance web server. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide is a valuable reference for administrators and webmasters, a useful guide for programmers who want to use Tomcat as their web application server during development or in production, and an excellent introduction for anyone interested in Tomcat.
Updated for the latest version of Tomcat, this new edition offers a complete guide to installing, configuring, maintaining and securing this servlet container. In fact, with such a wealth of new information, this is essentially a new book rather than a simple revision. You will find details for using Tomcat on all major platforms, including Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD, along with specifics on Tomcat configuration files, and step-by-step advice for deploying and running web applications.
This book offers complete information for:
Installation and startup procedures
Configuring Tomcat-including realms, roles, users, servlet sessions, and JNDI resources including JDBC DataSources
Deploying web applications-individual servlets and JSP pages, and web application archive files
Tuning Tomcat to measure and improve performance
Integrating Tomcat with Apache Web Server
Securing Tomcat to keep online thugs at bay Tomcat configuration files-server.xml and web.xml, and more
Debugging and Troubleshooting-diagnosing problems with Tomcat or a web application
Compiling your own Tomcat, rather than using the pre-built release
Running two or more Tomcat servlet containers in parallel
This book also offers an overview of the Tomcat open source project's community resources, including docs, mailing lists, and more. Community interest fueled a strong demand for a Tomcat guide from O'Reilly. The result clearly exceeds expectations.

List of contents

Preface
1. Getting Started with Tomcat
Installing Tomcat
Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Tomcat
Automatic Startup
Testing Your Tomcat Installation
Where Did Tomcat Come From?
2. Configuring Tomcat
A Word About Using the Apache Web Server
Relocating the Web Applications Directory
Changing the Port Number from 8080
Java VM Configuration
Changing the JSP Compiler
Managing Realms, Roles, and Users
Controlling Sessions
Accessing JNDI and JDBC Resources
Servlet Auto-Reloading
Customized User Directories
Tomcat Example Applications
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
The Tomcat Admin Webapp
3. Deploying Servlet and JSP Web Applications in Tomcat
Layout of a Web Application
Deploying an Unpacked Webapp Directory
Deploying a WAR File
Hot Deployment
Working with WAR Files
The Manager Webapp
Automation with Apache Ant
Symbolic Links
4. Tomcat Performance Tuning
Measuring Web Server Performance
External Tuning
Internal Tuning
Capacity Planning
Additional Resources
5. Integration with the Apache Web Server
The Pros and Cons of Integration
Installing Apache httpd
Apache Integration with Tomcat
Tomcat Serving HTTP over the APR Connector
6. Tomcat Security
Securing the System
Multiple Server Security Models
Using the SecurityManager
Granting File Permissions
Setting Up a Tomcat chroot Jail
Filtering Bad User Input
Securing Tomcat with SSL
7. Configuration
server.xml
web.xml
tomcat-users.xml
catalina.policy
catalina.properties
context.xml
8. Debugging and Troubleshooting
Reading Logfiles
Hunting for Errors URLs and the HTTP Conversation
Debugging with RequestDumperValve
When Tomcat Won't Shut Down
9. Building Tomcat from Source
Installing Apache Ant
Obtaining the Source
Downloading Support Libraries
Building Tomcat
10. Tomcat Clustering
Clustering Terms
The Communication Sequence of an HTTP Request
Distributed Java Servlet Containers
Tomcat 6 Clustering Implementation
JDBC Request Distribution and Failover
Additional Resources
11. Final Words
Supplemental Resources
Community
A. Installing Java
B. jbchroot.c
C. BadInputValve.java
D. BadInputFilter.java
E. RPM Package Files
Index

About the author

Ian F. Darwin has worked in the computer industry for three decades. He wrote the freeware file(1) command used on Linux and BSD and is the author of Checking C Programs with Lint, Java Cookbook, and over seventy articles and courses on C and Unix. In addition to programming and consulting, Ian teaches Unix, C, and Java for Learning Tree International, one of the world's largest technical training companies.

Summary

It takes a book as versatile as its subject to cover Apache Tomcat, the popular open source Servlet and JSP container and high performance web server. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide is a valuable reference for administrators and webmasters, a useful guide for programmers who want to use Tomcat as their web application server during development or in production, and an excellent introduction for anyone interested in Tomcat.

Updated for the latest version of Tomcat, this new edition offers a complete guide to installing, configuring, maintaining and securing this servlet container. In fact, with such a wealth of new information, this is essentially a new book rather than a simple revision. You will find details for using Tomcat on all major platforms, including Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD, along with specifics on Tomcat configuration files, and step-by-step advice for deploying and running web applications.

This book offers complete information for:

* Installation and startup procedures

* Configuring Tomcat-including realms, roles, users, servlet sessions, and JNDI resources including JDBC DataSources

* Deploying web applications-individual servlets and JSP pages, and web application archive files

* Tuning Tomcat to measure and improve performance

* Integrating Tomcat with Apache Web Server

* Securing Tomcat to keep online thugs at bay

* Tomcat configuration files-server.xml and web.xml, and more

* Debugging and Troubleshooting-diagnosing problems with Tomcat or a web application

* Compiling your own Tomcat, rather than using the pre-built release

* Running two or more Tomcat servlet containers in parallel

This book also offers an overview of the Tomcat open source project's community resources, including docs, mailing lists, and more. Community interest fueled a strong demand for a Tomcat guide from O'Reilly. The result clearly exceeds expectations.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Brittain, Brittain Jason, Ian Darwin, Ian F Darwin, Ian F. Darwin
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9780596101060
• ISBN: 978-0-596-10106-0
• No. of pages: 528
• Weight: 649 g
• Illustrations: w. figs.
• Series: Definitive Guide
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Programming, Tomcat, web server, Apache, httpd, Jakarta, Tomcat web server Apache httpd Jakarta