Apache Tomcat Tips and Tricks from the Pros

posted by admin on December 14, 2011 02:26 PM

For development and operations teams, a presentation that covers undocumented secrets of Apache Tomcat with various tips and tricks for managing Tomcat.

Do you spend too much time sifting through Google results to find answers to your Apache Tomcat Questions? Now is your chance to learn undocumented secrets of Apache Tomcat. If you are using or considering using Apache Tomcat and would like to improve your knowledge, join Apache experts and committers Mark Thomas and Filip Hanik as they outline the top Tips and Tricks to make management and administration of Apache Tomcat easier, faster and more productive.

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Presentation Agenda:

• Tomcat for large-scale deployments
• Tomcat and JVM upgrades and roll backs
• Production Settings
• Building Tomcat Native
• Connector selection
• Virtual hosting
• Undocumented Options

Presentation Outline:

• About SpringSource
• Tomcat Versions
• Agenda
• Large scale deployment - folder structure
• Large scale deployment - Starting Tomcat
• Large scale deployment - Setting custom options
• Upgrades/Downgrades - JVM
• Upgrades/Downgrades - Tomcat
• Upgrades/Downgrades - in production
• Upgrades/Downgrades - package managers
• Production settings - server.xml
• Production settings - logging
• Production settings - rotating Catalina out
• Production settings - access logging
• Production settings - global defaults
• Production settings - templates
• Production settings - deployment methods
• Building Tomcat Native
• Connector Selection
• Virtual hosting - what is it?
• Virtual hosting - host definition
• Virtual hosting - context definition
• Virtual hosting - common pitfalls
• Undocumented options - ExtendedAccessLogValue
• Undocumented options - Caching
• Apache Tomcat Support
• Enterprise Support Options
• Thank You/Questions

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