| The Apache Tomcat server and related technologies give Java developers a rich set of tools to quickly build more sophisticated Web applications. Tomcat version 5 supports the latest JSP and Servlet specifications, JSP 2.0, and Servlets 2.4.
This updated volume offers you a thorough education in Tomcat 5 as well as 4.1. You will learn to solve the problems that arise with installation & configuration, security, system testing, & more. This edition also introduces you to Tomcat clustering for planning and deploying installations in mission-critical production environments, and explores the new support for Tomcat in popular IDEs, such as IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, NetBeans/Sun Java Studio, and JBuilder. Manage class loaders and Connectors, use IIS as a Web server front-end for Tomcat, examine JDBC-related issues in Tomcat, and put this technology to work.
This book covers: Techniques & tips for installing JVM and Tomcat on Windows and UNIX/Linux systems; Detailed Tomcat configuration, such as Access log administration, Single Sign-on across Web applications, request filtering, the Persistent Session Manager, and JavaMail session setup; How to resolve JDBC connectivity issues, including connection pooling, JNDI emulation, configuring a data source, and alternative JDBC configurations; How to use Web servers like Apache and IIS with Tomcat to serve static content; A wide range of security issues, from securing Tomcat installations to configuring security policies for Web applications that run on them; How to configure Tomcat for virtual hosting environments; Procedures for load-testing Web applications deployed in Tomcat using the open source JMeter framework; Set up Tomcat clustering to provide scalability and high availability to Web applications; Embed Tomcat within custom applications. | |
