Learning Apache Tomcat

1h 11mBeginner2019-05-23

Authors

Josh Samuelson

Systems Administrator, DevOps Engineer

Course details

Get up and running with Apache Tomcat, the popular web application server for running Java-based apps. In this course, instructor Josh Samuelson highlights the tool’s major components and shows how to set up Tomcat and use it to install web applications. Along the way, Josh digs into some more advanced concepts, including how web servers handle encryption and how to encrypt web traffic with Tomcat. Plus, he shows how to deploy a web app using Tomcat Manager, the web-based UI for managing a Tomcat instance.

Learning objectives
What is Tomcat?
Java servlets
Creating your first Tomcat application
Configuration settings for Tomcat logs
Reading Tomcat logs
Encrypting web traffic with Tomcat
Deploying a web app using Tomcat Manager

Skills covered

TomcatApacheBack-End Web DevelopmentLearningWeb Development

Concepts

Introduction

Apache Tomcat application server
What you should know

Tomcat Basics

What is Tomcat
Java overview
Learning environment
Installing Java
Installing Tomcat

Servlets

Servlet overview
Understanding XML
Tomcat config files overview
More config files
Your first Tomcat application
Challenge - Set up an open source Tomcat application
Solution - Jenkins in Tomcat

Logging

Configuration options for Tomcat logs
Reading Tomcat logs
Challenge - Finding a bug using Tomcat logs
Solution - Finding a bug using Tomcat logs

Advanced Tomcat Concepts

Introduction to web encryption
Set up web encryption
Tomcat manager setup
Tour of Tomcat manager
Deploy with Tomcat manager

Conclusion

Next steps