Administering Apache Tomcat Training Windows version of Apache Tomcat 4.1, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, or later 3 1 7 2 code Apache Tomcat is the most popular platform for deploying Java-based™ Web applications. In this two days course, attendees learn how to administer the Tomcat server, how to deploy applications on the server, and how to ensure the server's security. All attendees should be familiar with general principles of Web server administration and have some experience building Web applications. PCs should have at least 1GB of RAM 10GB hard drive space All attendees should be familiar with general principles of Web server administration and have some experience building Web applications To learn how to setup and configure Apache Tomcat To master deploying Java web applications to the Tomcat server To learn how to configure Tomcat valves for access logging, single sign-on, and access control To discover how to secure applications running on the Tomcat server To explore using Ant for deploying applications to the Tomcat server To master configuring Tomcat to run behind Apache using the mod_jk module Introduction Overview of the Apache Software Foundation and the Jakarta Project Overview of Java EE as a platform Overview of the features and functionality specifically provided by Tomcat Installing Tomcat Installing the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Tweaking the JRE for performance Performing the actual Tomcat installation Examining the Tomcat installation directories LessonTitle bin conf common (Tomcat 5.5 and earlier) lib (Tomcat 6 and later) logs server (Tomcat 5.5 and earlier) shared (Tomcat 5.5 and earlier) temp webapps work Configuring Tomcat server.xml (detailed walkthrough) web.xml context.xml Tomcat Valves AccessLog and FastCommonAccessLog RequestFilterValve SingleSignOnValve (by request) RequestDumperValve (by request) Memory management and JMX monitoring Understanding Java garbage collection Using JAVA_OPTS, JMX and JConsole to monitor and tune Tomcat memory usage Sizing Tomcat's JVM memory heap Using JMX and JConsole to configure Tomcat via Tomcat's MBeans Updating Tomcat's configuration via JMX "on the fly" without restarting Tomcat Load testing with JMeter Using Visual VM (new monitoring tool built into JDK 6) Logging JULI logging log4j logging Understanding exceptions and thread dumps Tomcat sessions and persistence Standard session behavior Disabling session saves across restarts (if desired) FileStore JDBCStore Using < Cluster / > to replicate sessions across Tomcat instances Connecting databases with Tomcat applications Classic JDBC approach Better approach: JNDI resources Security File system security Java security manager Realms SSL Performance tuning strategies Additional JVM tuning tips Enabling parallel garbage collection Building native connectors Disabling/removing unneeded applications Tuning incoming connections and database connection pools Turning off Jasper development mode Precompiling JSPs Preloading servlets Tomcat with Apache Introducing the mod_jk connector [mod_proxy_ajp taught in lieu of mod_jk upon request] Understanding Tomcat workers Connecting Tomcat with Apache Configuring SSL Tomcat load balancing with Apache Tomcat Clustering Clustering model Working with Tomcat clustering Testing the cluster Apache Tomcat Advanced Topics Professional Apache Tomcat 6 publisher