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Tomcat 6 - sample server.xml file
Configuring and Controlling Tomcat example from a Well House Consultants training course
More on Configuring and Controlling Tomcat [link]

This example is described in the following article(s):
   • Tomcat 6 - Annotated Sample Configuration Files - [link]

Source code: 6_server.xml Module: A654
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

<!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This file is one of a suite of configuration files ...
  context.xml
  web.xml
  tomcat_user.xml
  server.xml
that we set up on our "deploying Apache httpd and Tomcat" course to
configure Tomcat and web applications that are running within it.

In these sample, we have stripped out many of the optional facilities
to help you see the bare-bones essentials, and we have also added in a
handful of other facilities which are not enabled by default; of course,
there is no "one size fits all" so you should tailor to meet your own
needs.

These samples are for release [version] 6.0 of Apache Tomcat. Please
see our other samples (or ask) for earlier versions.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -->

<!-- **** We have moved the server port and changed the shutdown word -
to provide a little better security. I wonder how many tomcat servers
there are in the world that you can address on port 8005 and say SHUTDOWN
to ... and have the whole thing stop! **** -->

<Server port="5005" shutdown="SHUTUP">

  <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener"
                SSLEngine="on" />
  <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.JasperListener" />

<!-- **** The Global Naming Resource is required for the Tomcat Manager
application that we use on our courses, and you'll find that web applications
use it too. It's a sensible way of providing parameters that are configured
at a server admin level (e.g. where the SQL database server is). -->

  <GlobalNamingResources>
    <Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container"
              type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"
              description="User database that can be updated and saved"
              factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory"
              pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" />
  </GlobalNamingResources>

<!-- **** A server contains a service which contains an engine which
contains a host .... **** -->

<Service name="Catalina">

<!-- **** We'll allow connection on port 5080 as a regular web
connection (http), on port 5082 ALSO as a regular web connection (
but in practise we may change a few parameters on that port later;
we need two http ports in case we want to differentiate between public
facing and back end [proxied] servers which are contacted by other
servers rather than by browsers. We've also provided an ajp port,
to allow for traffic using the ajp protocol; the ajp protocol carries
the same 'payload' as http essentially, but much more efficiently. *** -->

    <Connector port="5080" connectionTimeout="20000" />
    <Connector port="5009" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8443" />
    <Connector port="5082" protocol="HTTP/1.1" connectionTimeout="20000" />

<!-- **** The commented out example with the jvmRoute is what you'll use
if you're load balancing and need sticky sessions - i.e. if you need each
retruning browser to come back to the same member of your balancing group,
like getting on the phone and always asking for the same member of the
customer service team because he / she knows your case *** -->

    <!-- You should set jvmRoute to support load-balancing via AJP ie :
    <Engine name="Standalone" defaultHost="localhost" jvmRoute="jvm1"> -->
    <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost">

<!-- The following is to support Tomcat Manager Application -->

      <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm"
             resourceName="UserDatabase"/>

<!-- **** The following will be "all change" before you go live! You'll
want to change the name to reflect the domain name you're serving, the
appBase to reflect where you have moved your web applications to (PLEASE
move them out of the /usr/local/tomcat area, as you'll want a different
backup strategy for your Tomcat server and the applications that it's serving;
application data will change frequently, but I hope Tomcat won't. *** -->

      <Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps"
            unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"
            xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">

<!-- **** Also be aware (just above) that the unpackWARs and autoDeploy
settings are very much in "Research and Development mode" and you're
unlikely on a live production server to want files that are copied into
a certain directory to be picked up, unpacked and run for the world to
see automatically!! *** -->

<!-- **** If you want a login to one application such as Tomcat Manager
to log you in to all applications on the server, uncomment the following
tag. If you want individual logins for each application, leave "as is" -->

<!-- <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn" /> -->

      </Host>
    </Engine>
  </Service>
</Server>
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 * Deploying Apache and Tomcat
 * Deploying Java Applications on Linux / Unix
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