Certified Tomcat Server Professional

TABLE OF CONTENT

Introduction

•  Terminology
•  Directories and Files
•  Configuring Tomcat
•  Where to Go for Help

Tomcat Setup

•  Introduction
•  Windows
•  Unix daemon

First web application

•  Installation
•  Deployment Organization 
•  Source Organization 
•  Development Processes
•  Example Application 

Tomcat Web Application Deployment

•  Introduction
•  Installation
•  A word on Contexts
•  Deployment on Tomcat startup
•  Deploying on a running Tomcat server
•  Deploying using the Tomcat Manager
•  Deploying using the Client Deployer Package

Manager App 

•  Introduction
•  Configuring Manager Application Access
•  Supported Manager Commands
•  Executing Manager Commands With Ant
•  Using the JMX Proxy Servlet

Realm Configuration 

•  Quick Start
•  Overview
•  Common Features
•  Standard Realm Implementations

Security Manager 

•  Background
•  Permissions
•  Configuring Tomcat With A SecurityManager
•  Configuring Package Protection in Tomcat
•  Troubleshooting

JNDI Resources 

•  Introduction
•  webxml configuration
•  contextxml configuration
•  Global configuration
•  Using resources
•  Tomcat Standard Resource Factories
•  Adding Custom Resource Factories

JNDI Datasource 

•  Introduction
•  DriverManager, the service provider mechanism and memory leaks
•  Database Connection Pool (DBCP) Configurations
•  Non-DBCP Solutions
•  Oracle i with OCI client
•  Common Problems

Class Loader 

•  Overview
•  Class Loader Definitions
•  XML Parsers and Java
•  Running under a security manager

Jasper  JSP Engine 

•  Introduction
•  Configuration
•  Known issues
•  Production Configuration
•  Web Application Compilation
•  Optimisation

SSL Configuration 

•  Quick Start
•  Introduction to SSL
•  SSL and Tomcat
•  Certificates
•  General Tips on Running SSL
•  Configuration
•  Installing a Certificate from a Certificate Authority
•  Troubleshooting
•  Using the SSL for session tracking in your application
•  Miscellaneous Tips and Bits

SSI 

• Introduction
•  Installation
•  Servlet Configuration
•  Filter Configuration
•  Directives
•  Variables

CGI 

•  Introduction
•  Installation
•  Configuration

Proxy Support

•  Introduction
•  Apache  Proxy Support
•  Apache  Proxy Support

MBean Descriptor 

•  Introduction
•  Adding MBean descriptions

Default Servlet Reference

•  What is the DefaultServlet
•  Where is it declared?
•  What can I change?
•  How do I customize directory listings?
•  How do I secure directory listings?

Clustering/Session Replication 

•  For the impatient
•  Cluster Basics
•  Overview
•  Cluster Information
•  Bind session after crash to failover node
•  Configuration Example
•  Cluster Architecture
•  How it Works
•  Monitoring your Cluster with JMX
•  FAQ

Load Balancer 

•  Using the JK x native connector
•  Using Apache HTTP Server x with mod_proxy

Connectors 

•  Introduction
•  HTTP
•  AJP

Monitoring and Managing Tomcat

•  Introduction
•  Enabling JMX Remote
•  Manage Tomcat with JMX remote Ant Tasks
•  JMXAccessorOpenTask - JMX open connection task
•  JMXAccessorGetTask: get attribute value Ant task
•  JMXAccessorSetTask: set attribute value Ant task
•  JMXAccessorInvokeTask: invoke MBean operation Ant task
•  JMXAccessorQueryTask: query MBean Ant task
•  JMXAccessorCreateTask: remote create MBean Ant task
•  JMXAccessorUnregisterTask: remote unregister MBean Ant task
•  JMXAccessorCondition: express condition
•  JMXAccessorEqualsCondition: equals MBean Ant condition
•  Using the JMXProxyServlet

Logging in Tomcat

•  Introduction
•  Using javautillogging (default)
•  Using Logj

Apache Portable Runtime (APR) based Native library for Tomcat

•  Introduction
•  Installation
•  APR Components
•  APR Lifecycle Listener Configuration
•  APR Connectors Configuration

Virtual Hosting and Tomcat

•  Assumptions
•  serverxml
•  Webapps Directory
•  Configuring Your Contexts

Advanced IO and Tomcat

•  Introduction
•  Comet support
•  Asynchronous writes

Additional Components

•  Introduction
•  Downloading
•  Building
•  Components list

Apache Tomcat - Using Tomcat libraries with Maven

•  Using Tomcat libraries With Maven

Security Considerations

•  Introduction
•  Non-Tomcat settings
•  Default web applications
•  Security manager
•  serverxml
•  System Properties
•  webxml
•  General

Windows service 

•  Tomcat service application
•  Tomcat monitor application
•  Command line arguments
•  Command line parameters
•  Installing services
•  Updating services
•  Removing services
•  Debugging services
•  Multiple Instances

Windows Authentication 

•  Overview
•  Built-in Tomcat support
•  Third party libraries
•  Reverse proxies

The Tomcat JDBC Connection Pool

•  Introduction
•   use
•  Attributes
•  Advanced usage
•  Code Example
•  Building

WebSocket 

•  Overview
•  Application development
•  Tomcat WebSocket specific configuration