Web Application Deployment - Tomcat - Configuring Web Applications

Tomcat - Configuring Web Applications - Web Application Deployment module A653

One you've installed and tested Tomcat on your server, you'll want to deploy your own applications. This module shows you various ways of installing such an application on a default Tomcat configuration, and shows you what's in the various deployment files.

This topic is presented on public courses Deploying Apache and Tomcat, Deploying Java Applications on Linux / Unix

Examples from our training material

Agetest.java	Class to use with age testing JSP pages such as supervisor.jsp
Book.java	Book bean - connect to MySQL to look up Author based on ISBN
Smallest.java	Smallest servlet - hit counter
Tempconv.java	Temperature Conversion Servlet
TinyServ.java	A Simple servlet for testing initial operation of Tomcat
bookform.html	Form to ask for ISBN number
booklook.jsp	JSP tags used to call up Java Beans
bookrun.jsp	JSP to get author based on ISBN number in form
demo.jsp	A Java Server Page Multiplication table
demoform.jsp	A JSP to calculate based on form data
first.jsp	A simple calculator in a JSP page
first.web.xml	Very simplest web.xml
idemo.shtml	SSI Script to test Apache Tomcat SSI support
index.html	Home page for latmj web application
isbnform.html	Form for bl3.jsp example
page1.html	Test page - HTML - for new Tomcat install
prog1.cgi	Perl script to test Apache Tomcat CGI support
shortform.html	A short form to allow the user to input to a JSP
supervisor.jsp	JSP Page to compare your age to 21, using the agetest class
together.jsp	A form and a program in the same .jsp
web.xml	mapping servlet URLs to classes

More web pages on this subject

Complete web application for deployemnt (.war file download)

Opentalk forum discussions related to this topic

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Tomcat 4 1 java CPU at 99 9

Pictures

Java and Tomcat deployment - webapps structure

Background information

Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.

Topics covered in this module

Installing a flat files example in /webapps/.
A more complex application in a /webapps/ folder.
Installing a Java Server Page in /webapps/.
An example that reads from a form.
An example with error checking, and with the form within the JSP.
Deploying a Servlet in /webapps/.
A Servlet with form data.
Using a JSP to access a class.
Installing via a WAR file.
Installing Servlets from the server.xml file.

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