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<html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Apache Tomcat 6.0 - Introduction</title><meta name="author" value="Robert Slifka"><meta name="email" value="rslifka@sfu.ca"></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#525D76" alink="#525D76" vlink="#525D76"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0"><!--PAGE HEADER--><tr><td><!--PROJECT LOGO--><a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/"><img src="./../images/tomcat.gif" align="right" alt="
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The Apache Tomcat Servlet/JSP Container
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" border="0"></a></td><td><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"><h1>Apache Tomcat 6.0</h1></font></td><td><!--APACHE LOGO--><a href="http://www.apache.org/"><img src="./../images/asf-logo.gif" align="right" alt="Apache Logo" border="0"></a></td></tr></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4"><!--HEADER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr noshade="noshade" size="1"></td></tr><tr><!--RIGHT SIDE MAIN BODY--><td width="80%" valign="top" align="left"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4"><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><h1>Apache Tomcat 6.0</h1><h2>Introduction</h2></td><td align="right" valign="top" nowrap="true"><img src="./../images/void.gif" width="1" height="1" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Introduction"><strong>Introduction</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
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<p>For administrators and web developers alike, there are some important bits
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of information you should familiarize yourself with before starting out. This
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document serves as a brief introduction to some of the concepts and
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terminology behind the Tomcat container. As well, where to go when you need
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help.</p>
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</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Terminology"><strong>Terminology</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
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<p>In the course of reading these documents, you'll run across a number of
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terms; some specific to Tomcat, and others defined by the
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<a href="http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/">Servlet</a> or
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<a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/">JSP</a> specifications.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Context</strong> - In a nutshell, a Context is a
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web application.</li>
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<li><strong>Term2</strong> - This is it.</li>
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<li><strong>Term3</strong> - This is it!</li>
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</ul>
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</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Directories and Files"><strong>Directories and Files</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
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<p>Throughout the docs, you'll notice there are numerous references to
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<strong>$CATALINA_HOME</strong>. This represents the root of your Tomcat
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installation. When we say, "This information can be found in your
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$CATALINA_HOME/README.txt file" we mean to look at the README.txt file at the
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root of your Tomcat install.</p>
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<p>These are some of the key tomcat directories, all relative
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to <strong>$CATALINA_HOME</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>/bin</strong> - Startup, shutdown, and other scripts. The
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<code>*.sh</code> files (for Unix systems) are functional duplicates of
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the <code>*.bat</code> files (for Windows systems). Since the Win32
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command-line lacks certain functionality, there are some additional
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files in here.</li>
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<li><strong>/conf</strong> - Configuration files and related DTDs. The most
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important file in here is server.xml. It is the main configuration file
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for the container.</li>
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<li><strong>/logs</strong> - Log files are here by default.</li>
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<li><strong>/webapps</strong> - This is where your webapps go.</li>
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</ul>
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</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Configuring Tomcat"><strong>Configuring Tomcat</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
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<p>This section will acquaint you with the basic information used during
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the configuration of the container.</p>
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<p>All of the information in the configuration files is read at startup,
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meaning that any change to the files necessitates a restart of the container.
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</p>
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</blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica.sanserif"><a name="Where to Go for Help"><strong>Where to Go for Help</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote>
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<p>While we've done our best to ensure that these documents are clearly
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written and easy to understand, we may have missed something. Provided
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below are various web sites and mailing lists in case you get stuck.</p>
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<p>As Tomcat 6 is a new release of Tomcat, keep in mind that some of the
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issues and solutions vary between the major versions of Tomcat (4.x versus
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5). As you search around the web, there will be some documentation that
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is not relevant to Tomcat 6, but 3.x, 4.x and 5.x. Doing 3.x or 4.x things to 6
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will probably not work in most cases as the server.xml files are very
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different.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Current document - most documents will list potential hangups. Be sure
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to fully read the relevant documentation as it will save you much time
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and effort. There's nothing like scouring the web only to find out that
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the answer was right in front of you all along!</li>
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<li><a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/faq/">Tomcat FAQ</a> as maintained by the developers.</li>
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<li><a href="http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/">Tomcat WIKI</a></li>
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<li>Tomcat FAQ at <a href="http://www.jguru.com/faq/home.jsp?topic=Tomcat">jGuru</a></li>
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<li>Tomcat mailing list archives - numerous sites archive the Tomcat mailing
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lists. Since the links change over time, clicking here will search
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<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=tomcat+mailing+list+archives">Google</a>.
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</li>
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<li>The TOMCAT-USER mailing list, which you can subscribe to
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<a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/lists.html">here</a>. If you don't
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get a reply, then there's a good chance that your question was probably
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answered in the list archives or one of the FAQs. Although questions
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about web application development in general are sometimes asked and
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answered, please focus your questions on Tomcat-specific issues.</li>
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<li>The TOMCAT-DEV mailing list, which you can subscribe to
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<a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/lists.html">here</a>. This list is
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<strong>reserved</strong> for discussions about the development of Tomcat
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itself. Questions about Tomcat configuration, and the problems you run
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into while developing and running applications, will normally be more
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appropriate on the TOMCAT-USER list instead.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>And, if you think something should be in the docs, by all means let us know
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on the TOMCAT-DEV list, or send one of the doc authors email.</p>
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</blockquote></td></tr></table></td></tr><!--FOOTER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr noshade="noshade" size="1"></td></tr><!--PAGE FOOTER--><tr><td colspan="2"><div align="center"><font color="#525D76" size="-1"><em>
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