Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module A651. This topic is presented on public courses Deploying Apache and Tomcat, Deploying Java Applications on Linux / Unix

Programs need an environment in which to run within a host computer. Sometimes the operating system is sufficient to provide the environment, but at other times a more sophisticated container is needed. Tomcat is a container that's used to provide an environment for Java code running on a web server.

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4434	Public training courses - upcoming dates I've been presenting a long series of private courses over the past two months - Ruby and Cucumber, Python, Java and C++. From the beggining of March until mid April, I'm training most weeks at our Melksham, Wiltshire training centre - courses scheduled as follows: If you've missed these dates or want ...	2015-02-21
3997	Servlet v JSP (Java Server Page). What is the difference? A servlet is a web program that generates output (normally HTML) and returns it to a browser. A JSP (Java Server Page) is a page of HTML ... with some extra bits of code where programatic elements are added as it's returned to the browser So on the surface, it looks like there's a fundamental difference. ...	2013-02-07
2077	Why put Apache httpd in front of Apache Tomcat Does it seem odd to you that Apache Tomcat is a web server ... and yet the majority of sites run with another web server - Apache httpd - in front of it. Why do they do it? There's a whole host of reasons! They including better logging, load balancing, security, speed of serving static pages such as ...	2010-06-23
2753	You do not just fly - that is just part of the journey Q - "Where did you go on holiday last year?" A - "Spain" Q - "How did you get to where you were going?" A - "We flew" A converstion I have often held with delegates on our "Tomcat Course" ... and I go on to point out that they didn't JUST fly - there were all sorts of other transportations involved ...	2010-05-06
2186	An FAQ on the Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat web servers, and on using them together Both Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat are popular web servers - and most people who use Tomcat 'front' it with httpd. We run an Apache httpd course (under Linux / Unix) and also a combined httpd and Tomcat course so we're very familiar with those "Frequently Asked Questions" that everyone wants to have ...	2009-05-17 (longest)
2016	Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat miscellany When you start a newly installed Apache httpd web server, you may get the following message: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName It's only a warning! It means that the web server software can't work out what the computer is called; ...	2009-01-30
1941	Server - Service - Engine - Host, Tomcat A Tomcat Server can run one or more Services. Each Service comprises a number of Connectors and an Engine, which contains one or more Hosts. You connect to a Tomcat Server via an appropriate connector, which defines the port number, the protocol, and various other connection parameters, and within the ...	2008-12-15
1771	More HowTo diagrams - MySQL, Tomcat and Java Here are some more diagrams "off the wall" from last week - showing "howto" and "whatis" information for Tomcat, Java and MySQL Some Tomcat and Java Fundamentals On the right of the board ... the main java programs ... • the Java compiler is called javac • the Java Virtual machins is in a ...	2008-08-24 (longest)
576	Why run two different web servers You wouldn't choose to use a Ford Ka as your car for that holiday of a lifetime travelling across Europe, neither would you choose a Jaguar as your idea car for the school run. Yet both of them are perfectly good models of car. Indeed as a family, you might have one of each. Apache httpd and Apache ...	2008-05-04
1265	Apache, Tomcat, Jakarta, httpd, web server - what are they? If someone says "Apache" to me, that's a warning - a warning to listen very carefully to what they're saying and evaluate what they mean; the term has changed - been used (and abused) over the years and it would be so easy to talk to someone, or train someone, on the wrong product. The original Apache ...	2008-02-23
49	Business is the predominant user of Tomcat, Perl and Tcl I started using Open Source languages as a hobby about 10 years ago, but I became involved in them with my work ("Graham ... you know some Perl, don't you? .....") and these days I'm fortunate to earn my living from what was just a hobby. Is the predominant use of Open Source languages the hobby / personal ...	2006-06-05

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