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Jakarta Tomcat is not only the most commonly used open source servlet engine today, it`s become the de facto standard by which other servlet engines are measured. Powerful and flexible, it can be used as a standalone web server or in conjunction with another server, like Apache or IIS, to run servlets or JSPs. But mastery of Tomcat is not easy: because it`s as complex as it is complete. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide answers vexing questions that users, administrators, and developers alike have been asking. This concise guide provides much needed information to help harness Tomcat`s power and wealth of features.Tomcat: The Definitive Guide offers something for everyone who uses Tomcat. System and network administrators will find detailed instructions on installation, configuration, and maintenance. For users, it supplies insightful information on how to deploy Tomcat. And seasoned enterprise Java developers will have a complete reference to setting up, running, and using this powerful software.The book begins with an introduction to the Tomcat server and includes an overview of the three types of server configurations: standalone, inprocess, and outofprocess. The authors show how directories are laid out, cover the initial setup, and describe how to set the environment variables and modify the configuration files, concluding with common errors, problems, and solutions. In subsequent chapters, they cover:The server.xml configuration fileJava Security managerAuthentication schemes and Tomcat usersThe Secure Socket Layer (SSL)Tomcat JDBC RealmsInstalling servlets and Java Server PagesIntegrating Tomcat with ApacheAdvanced Tomcat configurationand much more.Tomcat: The Definitive Guide covers all major platforms, including Windows, Solaris, Linux, and Mac OS X, contains details on Tomcat configuration files, and has a quickstart guide to get developers up and running with Java servlets and JavaServer Pages. If you`ve struggled with this powerful yet demanding technology in the past, this book will provide the answers you need.About the AuthorJason Brittain is a Senior Software Engineer at CollabNet Inc., where he works on collaborative softwareprojecthostinginfrastructure software made up of more than 50 open source software package codebases. Jasons specialties include dynamic web development, Java application servers, high availability and fault tolerance, clustering, and Jakarta Ant build systems. He has contributed to many Apache Jakarta projects and has been an active open source software developer for several years.Ian F. Darwin has worked in the computer industry for three decades: with Unix since 1980, Java since 1995, and OpenBSD since 1998. He wrote the freeware file(1) command used on Linux and BSD and is the author of Checking C Programs with Lint, Java Cookbook, and over seventy articles and several courses (both university and commercial) on C and Unix. In addition to programming and consulting, Ian teaches Unix, C, and Java for Learning Tree International, one of the worlds largest technical training companies. He runs OpenBSD on most of his computers, and he runs a mirror of The Unix History Society archive.
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