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Course Outline
Tomcat Overview
- Brief overview of Apache
- Apache Software Foundation
- Jakarta Project
- Tomcat Licensing
- J2EE Technologies
- Java Web Development
- Servlet/JSP Containers
Java Web Applications
- Overview of Servlets
- Benefits of Servlets and their lifecycle
- JavaServer Pages
- JSP, JavaBeans, and JSP Tag Libraries
- MVC frameworks
Installing Tomcat
- Downloading and Installing Apache Tomcat
- Download and install a JVM, Download Tomcat, Download and install Ant
- Windows installer
- Java memory management and tuning the JVM for performance
Tomcat Directories
- Tomcat Installation Directories, Directory Structure, The bin Directory, Common and shared Directories
- The conf Directory, logs Directory, server directory, work Directory, temp Directory, webapps Directory
- Structure of the Web Application Directory
- Deploying HTML and JSP Pages and Web Context
- JSP Page and the Generated Code
- Deploying a Web App
ConfiguringTomcat
- Configuring Tomcat and exploring key techniques
- Tomcat's Component Architecture
- The <Server> Element, <Service> Element, <Connector> Element, <Engine> Element, <Host> Element, <Context> Element, <Realm> Element, <Valve> Element, <Listener> Element, <Loader> Element, <Manager> Element
- Server.xml File
- Modifying server.xml
Web Applications
- Web Application Administration and Deployment
- Directory Structure of a Web App
- web.xml configuration file
- Deployment Descriptors
- The <web-app></web-app> Element
- Mapping a Servlet to a URL
- The <resource-ref></resource-ref> Element
- The <env-entry></env-entry> Element
- The <ejb-ref></ejb-ref> Element
- A Sample web.xml file
- Deploying a Web Application
- Tomcat's default conf/web.xml file
- Tuning default JSP and Static-content servlets
Tomcat Manager
- Deploying and Managing Web Applications using the Tomcat Manager
- Starting the Tomcat Manager and exploring its interface
- Exploring the Manager Section
- Applications, Deploy, Server Information
- Creating a WAR File
- Lab 4: Deploying a WAR File
- Java Management Extensions (JMX) on Tomcat
- Tomcat integration with Ant
Advanced Features
- Leveraging advanced features of Tomcat
- Valves, Access Log Valve, Single Sign-on Valve
- Remote Address Filter and Remote Host Filter
- Request Dumper Valve
- Configuring JNDI Resources
- JNDI: Java Naming and Directory Interface and Defining a JNDI Resource
- The <environment></environment>Element and The <resource></resource>Element
- Configuring a JavaMail Session
- Global Resources
JDBC Connectivity
- Configuring Tomcat to Connect to a Database
- Overview of JDBC
- JDBC Drivers
- Connecting to a Database and Connection Pools
- Download and Install MySQL
- Configure MySQL for Tomcat
- Create a Database in MySQL
- Download and Deploy a JDBC Driver
- Defining a DataSource in Tomcat and manually defining a Data Source
- Modifying the Deployment Descriptor
- Detecting and closing leaked database connections
Tomcat Security
- Examining Security on Tomcat and its configuration
- Security Considerations
- File System Security and Filesystem Recommendations
- Java Security Manager
- Granting Permissions to Java Apps and reviewing Java Permissions
- Creating and Adding Custom Policies
- Enabling the Java Security Manager
- Security Manager Tips and Security Realms
- Reviewing different Types of Realms and Configuring a Realm
- Users and Roles (authentication and authorization)
- Creating a Data Source Realm
- Password protection mechanisms
- FORM-based authentication
- Configuring Tomcat for SSL
- Requiring SSL in applications
Connecting
- Connect Tomcat to Apache
- Reviewing Connectors
- HTTP Connectors
- Advantages of Using a Web Server
- Connector Protocols
- Configure an AJP Connector
- Download mod_jk
- Create the mod_jk.conf file
- Start Tomcat
- Create a Worker
- Configure httpd.conf
- Test the Setup
- Load balancing applications across multiple Tomcat instances
- Common issues with load balancing
- Server affinity via sticky sessions
- Shared session storage
- Replicated sessions via Tomcat clustering
- Shared Hosting
- Tomcat Virtual Hosting
- Configure Tomcat to enable virtual hosting as a stand-alone server
- Configure Tomcat to enable virtual hosting using jk2 or webapp.
- Configure Tomcat as Stand-alone
- Configure Tomcat with AJP
- Separate JVM for Each Host
Load Testing
- JMeter Application
- Load Testing with JMeter
- Install and run JMeter
- Creating a Test Plan
- Configure the Thread Group and adding a task
- Configure the HTTP Request
- Add a Report Listener
- Run the Test Plan
- Viewing the Results
Requirements
This course is tailored for web and application server administrators who need to install, configure, run, and optimise the Apache Tomcat Application Server.
To derive the most value from this Tomcat training, you should have a solid grasp of fundamental web and application server administration principles.
21 Hours
Testimonials (6)
Interective and examples.
Paulius Stankevicius - Festo SE & Co. KG
Course - Apache Tomcat Administration
Systematic approach; We have covered the whole process, from installation till creating a clustered environment...
Visnja Begovic - Euronet Services Kft
Course - Apache Tomcat Administration
I like the complexity of the training
Attila Molnar - Euronet Services Kft
Course - Apache Tomcat Administration
The delivery mechanism, being able to attend the training from home.
Chris Gagola - Canada Life Group Services
Course - Apache Tomcat Administration
I generally liked the labs / Exercises.
Deeksha Upadhyay - Canada Life Group Services
Course - Apache Tomcat Administration
Training was very interactive.
