Tomcat Administration for Windows

Tomcat Administration for Windows Courseware (TOM101)

Tomcat

This Tomcat Administration for Windows course provides a comprehensive understanding of Tomcat's key components and features. Students will learn about Tomcat's history, components, and JEE overview. The course covers essential topics such as installing Tomcat, understanding the directory structure, and configuring the server. Additionally, students will gain practical knowledge on deploying web applications, using the Tomcat Manager, working with JNDI Data Sources and JDBC, implementing security measures, and logging. The course also delves into monitoring, performance tuning, and clustering techniques to ensure optimal Tomcat performance.

Publisher: Webucator

Benefits

  1. Comprehensive Coverage: The course provides a thorough understanding of Tomcat Administration for Windows, covering essential topics and advanced techniques for optimal performance.
  2. Practical Examples: Real-world examples are incorporated throughout the course, enabling students to see how the concepts can be applied in practice.
  3. Hands-on Learning: The course includes numerous exercises that allow students to practice and solidify their newly acquired skills.
  4. Engaging Content: The courseware is designed to be interactive and engaging, keeping students interested and motivated to learn.
  5. Experienced Authors: The courseware is created by experienced Tomcat developers and administrators, ensuring high-quality content that is both accurate and up-to-date.

Outline

  1. Tomcat Introduction
    1. History of Tomcat
    2. Version Number and Features
    3. Tomcat Components
      1. Catalina
      2. Jasper
      3. Coyote
    4. JEE Overview
      1. MVC Design Pattern
      2. Servlets/JSP
      3. Directory Structure
      4. JNDI
  2. Installing Tomcat
    1. Download
    2. Installation
    3. Environment Variables
    4. Starting the Server
    5. Verifying Server Operation
    6. Stopping the Server
  3. Tomcat Directory Structure
    1. Batch files in /bin
      1. .exe files
    2. /conf
      1. server.xml
      2. context.xml
      3. web.xml
    3. /logs
    4. /webapps
    5. /lib
    6. /work
    7. /temp
  4. Configuring Tomcat
    1. Role of serverxml
    2. Instance Layout
      1. Server
      2. Service
      3. Virtual Host
      4. Context
    3. serverxml elements
      1. <Server>
      2. <Service>
      3. <Connector>
      4. <Engine>
      5. <Host>
      6. <Context>
      7. <Realm>
      8. <Valve>
  5. Deploying Web Applications
    1. JEE Specification for Web Applications
      1. Servlets and JSP
      2. Model View Controller (MVC) Design Pattern
      3. Directory Structure
      4. web.xml
    2. Document Base
    3. Context and the Document Base
    4. Default Context Descriptor
    5. Placing the Web Application Folders and Files under the Application Base
    6. Deploying a WAR file
    7. AutoDeploy
  6. The Tomcat Manager
    1. /manager Web Application
    2. Managing Web Applications
      1. Deploying
      2. Listing Deployed Applications
      3. Reload Existing Applications
      4. Starting/Stopping
      5. Undeploying
    3. Listing Server Status
    4. Listing Security Roles in the User Database
  7. JNDI Data Sources and JDBC
    1. JNDI
    2. JDBC
      1. Drivers
      2. Data Sources in JDBC 20 and Later
      3. Connection Pooling
    3. Commons Database Connection Pooling
      1. Installation
      2. Guarding against Application Program Failure
      3. Configuration
    4. Data Source Definition
      1. Web Application contextxml
      2. contextxml in /conf
      3. GlobalNamingResources in serverxml
    5. Troubleshooting
  8. Security
    1. Web Application Security
    2. Java SecurityManager
      1. Overview
      2. Standard Permissions
      3. Tomcat Permissions
      4. Starting Tomcat with a Security Manager Using the Default Policy File
    3. Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
      1. Generating a keystore File
      2. Modifications to serverxml for SSL Support in Tomcat
    4. tomcat-usersxml
  9. Logging
    1. Logging Overview
    2. Web Application Logging Techniques
      1. javautillogging
      2. javaxservletServletContext
      3. log4j
  10. Monitoring and Performance Tuning Tomcat
    1. Tomcat
    2. JVM
    3. JMX (Java Management Extensions)
    4. JMX MBeans in Tomcat
      1. Engine
      2. JKMain
      3. String Cache
      4. Server
      5. Users
    5. Configuring Tomcat to use MBeans
    6. Accessing MBeans
      1. jconsole
      2. jVisualVM
      3. PSI Probe
  11. Clustering
    1. Using Clustering for Replication and Load Balancing
    2. Running Multiple Instances of Tomcat
      1. Directory Setup
      2. Port Number Modifications
      3. All to All with DeltaManager
      4. Backup to One Cluster with BackupManager
    3. Enabling Session Replication
      1. Session Persistence Using Shared File System
      2. Session Persistence Using Shared Database
      3. Session Persistence using Shared Database: Database Table
      4. In-memory Replication Using SimpleTcpCluster
    4. Load Balancing Using mod_jk Connector to Apache2x Web Server

Required Prerequisites

None

Useful Prerequisites

  • Experience with Java is helpful.
License

Length: 3 days | $120.00 per copy

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What is Included?
  • Student Manual
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