Apache Tomcat Administration (APT1)

Unix-like systems, Linux - services

This course teaches Apache Tomcat administration and configuration to system administrators and engineers. You will learn to install, operate and integrate Tomcat in production systems, manage applications and connectors, and follow practical examples on RHEL/CentOS.

The course covers architecture, deployment, connectors, logging, clustering, load balancing, security, scripting and tuning. You will practice monitoring, benchmarking and hardening Tomcat, learn JVM and connector optimizations, and review HA best practices.

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• Overview
1. Tomcat history
2. Support matrix

• Architecture
1. Components
2. Processing pipeline

• Installation
1. Requirements
2. Java and Tomcat installation
3. Tomcat environment
4. Upgrades and downgrades

• Configuration
1. Configuration files

• Administration and Monitoring
1. Administration options
2. Monitoring tools

• Deployment
1. Application structure
2. Application deployment
3. Deployment methods

• Connectors overview
1. HTTP
2. AJP
3. Load balancer

• Logging
1. Logging implementations

• Load Balancing
1. Load balancing requirements
2. Sticky sessions

• Clustering solutions overview
1. Clustering options
2. High availability and failover

• Troubleshooting and maintenance

• Scripting
1. Deployment scripting
2. Monitoring scripts

• Security
1. Secure environment options
2. Running Tomcat in Docker

• Tuning
1. Memory optimizations
2. Thread optimizations
3. Connector optimizations
4. JVM optimizations
5. Benchmarking

• Best Practices
1. Environment setup
2. Load balancing
3. HTTPS termination
4. Database connectivity and JDBC
5. Configuration and JNDI

Assumed knowledge:

Familiarity with Linux/Unix, basic JVM concepts and web technologies (HTML, XML, JSP).

Schedule:

2 days (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM )

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