The Apache Tomcat Administration training course covers the details of installing and configuring the Tomcat Web Server. You will learn the details of the server.xml configuration file, an overview of Servlet and JavaServer Pages, a comparison of Tomcat to J2EE application servers, the Tomcat installation directories, deploying Java Web applications, the web.xml file, valves, logging, security realms, connecting Tomcat to Apache Web Server, hosting multiple Web sites, performance and scalability issues, load testing, clustering, monitoring, the Tomcat Manager, and the Tomcat Administration tool.
By attending Apache Tomcat Administration workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Explain how Tomcat relates to Java EE (J2EE) and compares to other application servers (e.g. JBoss)
- Install and setup Tomcat on both Windows and UNIX-type environments
- Deploy, support, and troubleshoot applications on Tomcat
- Navigate Tomcat’s directory structure
- Understand Tomcat architecture and configuration files: server.xml, context.xml, .properties, etc.
- Understand web application structure and configuration: web.xml
- Secure Tomcat and applications running on it
- Set up Tomcat for SSL
- Tune Tomcat’s performance
- Explore different load-balancing and high-availability strategies with Tomcat, including server affinity through sticky sessions as well as session replication via Tomcat
- Clustering
- Basic rules of XML (i.e., being able to edit XML files)
- HTTP protocol (i.e., the stateless nature of HTTP, the need for sessions, HTTP methods, SSL, etc.)
- Java environments (e.g., memory settings, automatic garbage collection, JDBC)
- Other Java EE (J2EE) application servers and basic concepts behind Java Web Applications
Web/Application Server Administrators who need to install, configure, run, and tune the Apache Tomcat Application Server.