Expand the capabilities of your Tomcat Web server

Level: Intermediate

Matthew Skamser , Software Consultant, Solution Destination, Inc.

16 Sep 2008

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This tutorial is a must-have guide for any Web or application server administrator. Although the implementations are slightly different from Apache Tomcat and other Web servers, this tutorial breaks down in a logical and concise way many advanced administrative tasks necessary for successfully hosting, deploying, and managing multiple Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Web applications. Learn how to set up, configure, and secure your Tomcat server, and discover tips and tools for advanced deployment considerations.

In this tutorial

In this tutorial, you will find:

• An introduction to why you would need to configure some of these advanced settings for your existing Web server, the target audience this tutorial addresses, and a summary of the details that the tutorial provides, including prerequisites for beginning the tutorial.
  
  
• Contrast between the limitations of a base Tomcat Web server versus one with greater security, robustness, and expandability.
  
  
• An overview of deploying advanced applications in Tomcat.
  
  
• Security considerations, including step-by-step setup, installation, and configuration procedures for Tomcat for features such as the Java™ Security Manager and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
  
  
• Databases and data source connections from your Tomcat server.
  
  
• Advanced Tomcat administrative tips.
  
  
• Additional resources.
  

Prerequisites

This tutorial assumes that you have already installed the base UNIX® operating system of your choice. To run the examples in this tutorial, you must also have Tomcat version 6 installed and running.

System requirements

Your server should have at least 10GB of available hard disk space and a minimum of 512MB of RAM. You need the following additional tools installed on your UNIX server before you can begin:

• A Web browser: Any browser will do.
• Java 2, Standard Edition Runtime Environment (JRE) release version 5.0 or later: Apache Tomcat version 6 requires the JRE.
• Java Security Socket Extension (JSSE): The version is specific to your operating system and is required for certain security configurations. JSSE is included with Java software development kit (JDK) version 5.

Duration

1 hour

Formats

About this tutorial

Discover what you need to know to make the right configuration and customization decisions for your Tomcat environment.

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