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

0. Introduction

01 - Apache Tomcat application server
02 - What you should know

1. Tomcat Basics

03 - What is Tomcat
04 - Java overview
05 - Learning environment
06 - Installing Java
07 - Installing Tomcat

2. Servlets

08 - Servlet overview
09 - Understanding XML
10 - Tomcat config files overview
11 - More config files
12 - Your first Tomcat application
13 - Challenge - Set up an open source Tomcat application
14 - Solution - Jenkins in Tomcat

3. Logging

15 - Configuration options for Tomcat logs
16 - Reading Tomcat logs
17 - Challenge - Finding a bug using Tomcat logs
18 - Solution - Finding a bug using Tomcat logs

4. Advanced Tomcat Concepts

19 - Introduction to web encryption
20 - Set up web encryption
21 - Tomcat manager setup
22 - Tour of Tomcat manager
23 - Deploy with Tomcat manager

Conclusion

24 - Next steps