tomcat configuration

Tomcat session timeout is defined into the CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml file by the following directive: < web - app version = "2.5" xmlns = "http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns : xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi : schemaLocation = "http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" > < session - config > < session - timeout > 30 </ session - timeout > </ session - config > </ web - app > You can however override the default session timeout by setting in your application's WEB-INF/web.xml file the session timeout as well. The number in session-timeout tag is in minutes . To make it unlimited or no time out, simply set the number to -1 and restart your Tomcat Service. < web - app version = "2.5" xmlns = "http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns : xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XML...

A Tomcat distribution contains the following configuration files which are necessary for proper administration of the Web server. Let's see in detail each file: catalina.policy : This file contains the security policy permissions for Tomcat 7. It enforces the security policy permissions by JVM on the web application. catalina.properties : This file describes the shared definition of the server, shared loader, and JARs, which need to be scanned at the time of the server startup. server.xml : This is the main configuration file for Tomcat and it mainly contains the Connector port configuration. It holds critical information, such as the IP address, port, virtual host, context path, and so on. tomcat-users.xml : This file is used for authentication, authorization, and role-based definitions. It is used to implement a database of users/passwords/roles for authentication and container-managed security. To add/remove users or assign/unassign roles to existing users, e...

This tutorial shows how to perform a Tomcat 7 installation using the yum installation utility. The pre-requisite for installing Tomcat is that you have a JDK on your machine, if you haven't got one, you can install it by executing as root user: [root@localhost ~]#  yum install java Next you can start installing Tomcat. There are at least two ways for installing it: Installation option 1: Move to http://tomcat.apache.org/ and download the latest stable release of Tomcat. Once done, unzip it to a folder where you have writing permissions: [tomcat@localhost ~] $ unzip apache-tomcat-7.0.53.zip Once installed, you can start Tomcat by executing from the TOMCAT_HOME/bin folder: [tomcat@localhost ~] $ startup.sh Installation option 2: You can use the yum utility for installing Tomcat. At the time of writing, just Tomcat 6 is available on the yum repository. You can install it by running: [root@localhost ~]# yum install tomcat6 tomcat6-webapps tomcat6-admin-webap...

Access logs are customized logs, which record all requests processed by the server giving information about: The user that has accessed the application What components of the application are accessed Remote IP and so on These logs play a vital role in traffic analysis of many applications to analyze the bandwidth requirement and they also help in troubleshooting the application under a heavy load. These logs are configured in   server.xml in   TOMCAT_HOME/conf . You can configure access logs according to the environment and your auditing requirements. Let's see the pattern format of the access logs and understand how we can customize the logging format: And now some explanation about the parameters contained in the AccessLogValve: Class Name : This parameter defines the class name used for the generation of logs. By default, Apache Tomcat 7 uses the  org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve class for the access logs. Directory : This parameter defines ...

By default, Tomcat runs on port 8080 using the HTTP protocol. As this port is well known by developers, it is easier for hackers to hit the port and trap the server. So it's always recommended to change the connector port and also the AJP port, which runs on 8009, to secure Tomcat. Connectors are configured in server.xml in the conf directory of your Tomcat installation. Before changing Tomcat port, you should verify that the port is not being used by other services. You can check the following operating system configuration files in order to avoid port conflict between the two services. Linux: /etc/services Windows : C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\services

Configuring Tomcat users is required in order to be able to use Tomcat Manager application. The main configuration file for tomcat users is tomcat-users.xml that resides in the conf folder of Tomcat 7. In this file, user roles and their authentication are configured. Here is for example how to configure it to add one user named tomcat that has all roles required to manage the manager GUI application and the Manager script shell:

Apache tomcat contains a connectionTimeout parameter which defines the amount of time Tomcat will wait for three things: The total amount of time it takes to receive an HTTP GET request. The total amount of time between receipt of TCP packets on a POST or PUT request. The total amount of time between ACKs on transmissions of TCP packets in responses. Changing the connectionTimeout In some cases it might be necessary to increase it especially if the response takes too much to be completed on the server, leaving the connection without a response. To increase the connection timeout on tomcat server follow the following steps : 1. Open the file server.xml residing in TOMCAT_HOME/conf/. 2. Set the variable connectionTimeout in it to Value in Milliseconds.(i.e 1000 milliseconds = 1 second) For example : If  connectionTimeout  is not defined, the default value is 60000 (i.e. 60 seconds); however the standard server.xml that ships with Tomcat sets this to 2...

This tutorial will show you how you can create a Web application with Maven and deploy it using Maven plugin for Tomcat in a matter of minutes. The prerequisite is that you have installed in your machine: Apache Maven 2.X or 3.X  Apache Tomcat 7.X   JDK 1.6 or higher  We will show how to create the project from Eclipse IDE. From Eclipse File menu choose to create a New | Maven Project: In the next screen make sure that the option Create a Simple project (Skip archetype selection) is unchecked and select a Workspace for your project: Click Next. In the following screen choose an archetype for your project. There are plenty of available Maven archetype that are suitable for a Web application to be executed on Tomcat. We would suggest to use the maven-archetype-webapp that will create a startup skeleton for your Web projects: Finally in the last screen choose a GroupId for your project. Choose an ArtifactId that will match to the Eclipse project nam...