Tomcat Training

Tomcat Overview

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Quick overview of Apache
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Apache Software Foundation
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Jakarta Project
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Tomcat Licensing
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J2EE Technologies
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Java Web Development
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Servlet/JSP Containers

Java Web Applications

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An Overview of Servlets
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The Advantages of Servlets & The Lifecycle
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JavaServer Pages
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JSP, JavaBeans and JSP Tag Libraries
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MVC frameworks

Installating Tomcat

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Downloading and Installing Apache Tomcat
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Download and install a JVM, Download Tomcat, Download and install Ant
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Windows installer
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Java memory managemenet and tweaking the JVM for performance

Tomcat Directories

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Tomcat Installation Directories, Tomcat Directory Structure, The bin Directory, Common and shared Directories
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The conf Directory, logs Directory. server directory, work Directory, temp Directory, webapps Directory
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Stucture of the Web Application Directory Structure
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Deploying HTML and JSP Pages and Web Context
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JSP Page and the Generated Code
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Deploying a Web App

ConfiguringTomcat

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Configuration of Tomcat and looking at the Techniques
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Tomcat's Component Architecture
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The Element, Element, Element, Element, Element, Element, Element, Element, Element, Element, Element
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Server.xml File
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Modifying server.xml

Web Applications

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Web Application Administration & Deploying
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Directory Structure of a Web App
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web.xml configuration file
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Deployment Descriptors
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The Element
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Mapping a Servlet to a URL
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The Element
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The Element
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The Element
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A Sample web.xml file
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Deploying a Web Application
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Tomcat's default conf/web.xml file
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Tuning default JSP and Static-content servlets

Tomcat Manager

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Deploying and Managing Web Application using the Tomcat Manager
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Starting the Tomcat Manager and looking at Tomcat Manager
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Looking at the Manager Section
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Applications, Deploy, Server Information
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Creating a WAR File
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Lab 4: Deploying a WAR File
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Java Management Extensions (JMX) on Tomcat
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Tomcat integration with Ant

Advanced Features

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Using Some of the Advanced Features of Tomcat
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Valves, Access Log Valve, Single Sign-on Valve
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Remote Address Filter and Remote Host Filter
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Request Dumper Valve
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Configuring the JNDI Resources
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JNDI: Java Naming and Directory Interface and Defining a JNDI Resource
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The Element and The Element
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Configuring a JavaMail Session
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Global Resources

JDBC Connectivity

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Configuring Tomcat to Connect to a Database
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Overview of JDBC
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JDBC Drivers
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Connecting to a Database and Connection Pools
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Download and Install MySQL
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Configure MySQL for Tomcat
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Create a Database in MySQL
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Download and Deploy a JDBC Driver
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Defining a DataSource in Tomcat and Defining a Data Source Manually
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Modifying the Deployment Descriptor
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Detecting and closing leaked database connections

Tomcat Security

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Looking at Security on Tomcat and the configuration
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Security Considerations
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File System Security and Filesystem Recommendations
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Java Security Manager
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Granting Permissions to Java Apps and looking at Java Permissions
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Creating and Adding Your Own Policies
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Enabling the Java Security Manager
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Security Manager Tips and Security Realms
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Looking at the different Types of Realms and Configuring a Realm
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Users and Roles (authentication and authorization)
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Creating a Data Source Realm
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The protection of passwords
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FORM-based authentication
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Configuring Tomcat for SSL
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Requiring SSL in applications

Connecting

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Connect Tomcat to Apache
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Looking at Connectors
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HTTP Connectors
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Advantages of Using a Web Server
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Connector Protocols
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Configure an AJP Connector
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Download mod_jk
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Create the mod_jk.conf file
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Start Tomcat
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Create a Worker
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Configure httpd.conf
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Test the Setup
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Load balancing applications across multiple Tomcat instances
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Issues with load balancing
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Server affinity via sticky sessions
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Shared session storage
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Replicated sessions via Tomcat clustering

Shared Hosting

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Shared Hosting
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Tomcat Virtual Hosting
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Configure Tomcat to enable virtual hosting as a stand-alone server
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Configure Tomcat to enable virtual hosting using jk2 or webapp.
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Configure Tomcat as Stand-alone
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Configure Tomcat with AJP
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Separate JVM for Each Host

Load Testing

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JMeter Application
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Load Testing with JMeter
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Install and run JMeter
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Creating a Test Plan
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Configure the Thread Group and adding a task
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Configure the HTTP Request
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Add a Report Listener
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Run the Test Plan
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Viewing the Results