Apache Tomcat Administration for Linux Training (TMC201)

This Tomcat Administration for Linux class covers the important topics of administering the Tomcat server including installation, directory structure, configuration using server.xml, web application deployment, the manager tool, JNDI data sources, logging, and monitoring and management of the server.

Note: This course is appropriate for users of all versions of Tomcat.

1. Tomcat Introduction
   1. History of Tomcat
   2. Version Number and Features
   3. Tomcat Components
   4. JEE Overview
2. Installing Tomcat
   1. Installation
   2. Environment Variables
   3. Starting the Server
   4. Verifying Server Operation
   5. Stopping the Server
   6. Testing Tomcat (Exercise)
3. Tomcat Directory Structure
   1. Batch files in /bin
   2. Primary Configuration Files
   3. /logs
   4. /webapps
   5. /common
   6. /work
   7. Getting Acquainted with the /work Directory and Generated Servlets (Exercise)
4. Configuring Tomcat
   1. Role of server.xml
   2. Instance layout
   3. server.xml elements
   4. Testing the Access Log (Exercise)
5. Deploying Web Applications
   1. JEE Specification for Web Applications
   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
   8. Deploying a Web Application to Tomcat Using a WAR file (Exercise)
   9. Deploying a Web Application to Tomcat Using a Context Descriptor File (Exercise)
6. The Tomcat Manager
   1. /manager Web Application
   2. Managing Web Applications
   3. Listing Server Status
   4. Listing Security Roles in the User Database
   5. Administration Tasks Using Manager (Exercise)
7. Jndi Data Sources And Jdbc
   1. JNDI
   2. JDBC
   3. Commons Database Connection Pooling
   4. Data Source Definition
   5. Troubleshooting
   6. Defining and Testing a JNDI Data Source (Exercise)
8. Security
   1. Web Application Security
   2. Java SecurityManager
   3. Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
   4. tomcat-users.xml
   5. Creating DataSource Realm Authentication Database and Restricting Access to Cool Garden Tools Web Application (Exercise)
   6. Using DataSourceRealm for manager Application Authentication (Exercise)
9. Logging
   1. Logging Overview
   2. Web Application Logging Techniques
   3. Logging with java.util.logging (Exercise)
   4. Formatting the Access Log (Exercise)
10. Monitoring And Performance Tuning
    1. Tomcat
    2. JVM
    3. JMX (Java Management Extensions)
    4. JMX MBeans in Tomcat
    5. Configuring Tomcat to use MBeans
    6. Accessing MBeans
    7. Using jconsole to Monitor and Manage Tomcat (Exercise)
11. Clustering
    1. Using Clustering for Replication and Load Balancing
    2. Running Multiple Instances of Tomcat
    3. Enabling Session Replication
    4. Load Balancing Using mod_proxy Connector With Apache 2.4 Web Server
    5. Setting up Tomcat Clustering for High Availability (Exercise)

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Experience in the following would be useful for this Tomcat class: