Jason Brittain, Ian F. Darwin

Tomcat: The Definitive Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It takes a book as versatile as its subject to cover Apache Tomcat, the popular open source Servlet and JSP container and high performance web server. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide is a valuable reference for administrators and webmasters, a useful guide for programmers who want to use Tomcat as their web application server during development or in production, and an excellent introduction for anyone interested in Tomcat.

Updated for the latest version of Tomcat, this new edition offers a complete guide to installing, configuring, maintaining and securing this servlet container. In fact, with such a wealth of new information, this is essentially a new book rather than a simple revision. You will find details for using Tomcat on all major platforms, including Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD, along with specifics on Tomcat configuration files, and step-by-step advice for deploying and running web applications.

This book offers complete information for:
* Installation and startup procedures
* Configuring Tomcat-including realms, roles, users, servlet sessions, and JNDI resources including JDBC DataSources
* Deploying web applications-individual servlets and JSP pages, and web application archive files
* Tuning Tomcat to measure and improve performance
* Integrating Tomcat with Apache Web Server
* Securing Tomcat to keep online thugs at bay
* Tomcat configuration files-server.xml and web.xml, and more
* Debugging and Troubleshooting-diagnosing problems with Tomcat or a web application
* Compiling your own Tomcat, rather than using the pre-built release
* Running two or more Tomcat servlet containers in parallel

This book also offers an overview of the Tomcat open source project's community resources, including docs, mailing lists, and more. Community interest fueled a strong demand for a Tomcat guide from O'Reilly. The result clearly exceeds expectations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 179mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9780596101060
• ISBN-10: 0596101066
• Artikelnr.: 21011377

Autorenporträt

Jason Brittain is a Senior Principal Software Engineer for Orbital Sciences Corporation, working at NASA's Ames Research Center on the Kepler Space Telescope mission (http: //kepler.nasa.gov). Jason is a co-author of Tomcat: The Definitive Guide, now in its second edition, and has written some web articles for O'Reilly's OnJava.com web site. Before joining the team on the Kepler mission, Jason was a Senior Software Engineer at Symantec Corporation working on the Brightmail AntiSpam appliance product line's control center web application. Jason's specialties include Java software development, Tomcat web application development and deployment, scalability and fault tolerance, and Apache Ant build systems, and Linux system administration. He has contributed to many Apache Jakarta projects, and has been an active open source software developer for several years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Getting Started with Tomcat Installing Tomcat Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Tomcat Automatic Startup Testing Your Tomcat Installation Where Did Tomcat Come From? 2. Configuring Tomcat A Word About Using the Apache Web Server Relocating the Web Applications Directory Changing the Port Number from 8080 Java VM Configuration Changing the JSP Compiler Managing Realms, Roles, and Users Controlling Sessions Accessing JNDI and JDBC Resources Servlet Auto-Reloading Customized User Directories Tomcat Example Applications Common Gateway Interface (CGI) The Tomcat Admin Webapp 3. Deploying Servlet and JSP Web Applications in Tomcat Layout of a Web Application Deploying an Unpacked Webapp Directory Deploying a WAR File Hot Deployment Working with WAR Files The Manager Webapp Automation with Apache Ant Symbolic Links 4. Tomcat Performance Tuning Measuring Web Server Performance External Tuning Internal Tuning Capacity Planning Additional Resources 5. Integration with the Apache Web Server The Pros and Cons of Integration Installing Apache httpd Apache Integration with Tomcat Tomcat Serving HTTP over the APR Connector 6. Tomcat Security Securing the System Multiple Server Security Models Using the SecurityManager Granting File Permissions Setting Up a Tomcat chroot Jail Filtering Bad User Input Securing Tomcat with SSL 7. Configuration server.xml web.xml tomcat-users.xml catalina.policy catalina.properties context.xml 8. Debugging and Troubleshooting Reading Logfiles Hunting for Errors URLs and the HTTP Conversation Debugging with RequestDumperValve When Tomcat Won't Shut Down 9. Building Tomcat from Source Installing Apache Ant Obtaining the Source Downloading Support Libraries Building Tomcat 10. Tomcat Clustering Clustering Terms The Communication Sequence of an HTTP Request Distributed Java Servlet Containers Tomcat 6 Clustering Implementation JDBC Request Distribution and Failover Additional Resources 11. Final Words Supplemental Resources Community A. Installing Java B. jbchroot.c C. BadInputValve.java D. BadInputFilter.java E. RPM Package Files Index

Rezensionen

"Neben der freien Erhältlichkeit als Open Source-Software punktet Tomcat vom Apache Jakarta Project vor allen Dingen dadurch, dass es als Webserversoftware eingesetzt werden kann, für die Java-Servlets und JSP keine böhmischen Dörfer sind. Die Installation und Konfiguration von Tomcat ist allerdings ohne entsprechende Kenntnisse eine ausweglose Sache. Mit dem Buch `Tomcat - The Definitive Guide´ aus dem O'Reilly-Verlag, das momentan nur in englischer Sprache vorliegt, werden die ersten Schritte mit Tomcat allerdings zum Kinderspiel. In erster Linie richtet sich das 303-seitige Werk von Jason Brittain und Ian F. Darwin allerdings an passionierte Administratoren und Entwickler, die Tomcat bis aufs Äußerste ausreizen wollen. Java-Programmierung wurde von den Autoren weitgehend verbannt bzw. in relativ leicht verständlichen Servlets verpackt, so dass keine tiefer gehenden Kenntnisse vom Leser erwartet werden.(...) Fazit: Wer sich als Entwickler oder Administrator mit Tomcat beschäftigen muss, wird sich glücklich schätzen, wenn er `Tomcat - The definitive Guide´ im Regal stehen hat. 303 Seiten voller Informationen machen auch aus Einsteigern ausgebuffte Profis, die die beliebteste Plattform für Java-Servlets und JSP bald wie ihre eigene Westentasche kennen." -- http://www.computerhilfen.de, 11/2003, Tino Hahn