Fundamentals of Apache Tomcat

Name: Fundamentals of Apache Tomcat
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Learn the core concepts of Apache Tomcat

Created byDev Drive

Last updated 12/2023

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What you'll learn

Learn the core concepts of Tomcat
How to create a Tomcat application
Learn about Java servlets
Configuration settings for Tomcat logs
Encrypting web traffic with Tomcat
Deploying a web app using Tomcat Manager

Course content

4 sections • 11 lectures • 58m total length

Introduction3:00
Learn to set up and manage Tomcat, install web apps, and configure encryption. Explore Tomcat's core components, Catalina, Jasper, and Coyote, and how they handle web interfaces and pages.

Servlet overview2:39
Understand what a servlet is and how Tomcat’s web container processes requests using request and response objects, and contrast that with gsp, which resembles html with Java.
XML4:19
Explain how xml config files power Java apps like Tomcat, compare xml with json and yaml, cover elements, attributes, nesting, and how duplicates become arrays to ensure valid, readable configs.
Config files6:47
Explore Tomcat config files, including main web app config, server.xml and context.xml, learn load on startup, environment variables, and logging, with notes on gui tools and source control.
Tomcat application2:38
Extend the doGet method of the simple hello world servlet to return hello world in Tomcat, explain its stateless nature, deploy a war file, and access it at /hello.
Tomcat logs8:47
Learn how Tomcat uses the Julie java util logging engine to control log visibility from off to finest, deploy apps like logit.war, and view logs in /var/log/tomcat8.

Web Encryption setup7:11
Explore how SSL/TLS encrypts browser-to-server communications with public and private keys, certificates, and a shared secret, and set up a self-signed certificate in Tomcat using keytool and keystore.
Tomcat manager7:32
Install and configure Tomcat manager and admin user with a gui role; access manager to manage apps, start and stop deployments, deploy and undeploy, and view sessions and server diagnostics.
Deploying3:41
Deploy apps with the tomcat manager by uploading a war file and tagging it with a version using two hash signs. Explore deployments, session handling, and expiring sessions.

Requirements

Familiar with Java Programming is helpful
Basic Linux admin skills

Description

Apache Tomcat is a web server popular with Java programmers and system admins who need a superior web server to publish their web apps. Written in Java for the Java community, Tomcat is a free production grade web server that is open source, cross-platform (runs on Unix, Linux, Mac OSX, Windows), and very easy to install

In this course, you'll learn all the core concepts of using Tomcat such as all the tools and major components.

First, we'll show you how to set up Tomcat and use it to install web applications.

Then, we'll get into some more advanced concepts, including how web servers handle encryption and how to encrypt web traffic with Tomcat.

Also learn how to deploy a web app using Tomcat Manager, the web-based UI for managing a Tomcat instance.

By the end of this course you should have a solid understanding of using Apache Tomcat.

Who this course is for:

Developers and Programmers
Anyone interested in Learning about Apache Tomcat

Fundamentals of Apache Tomcat

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 3min

Tomcat Basics2 lectures • 12min

Servlets and Logging5 lectures • 25min

Advanced Tomcat Concepts3 lectures • 18min

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