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Learn Apache Tomcat Server from Beginner to Advanced Level

Master real-world Apache Tomcat administration including deployment, SSL configuration, clustering, load balancing, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and production-ready DevOps practices.

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What You Will Learn

Tomcat Architecture

Understand Catalina engine, connectors, servlets, and request lifecycle.

Deployment Mastery

Deploy WAR applications, configure hosts, contexts, and production setup.

SSL & Security

Configure HTTPS, certificates, keystores, and secure production servers.

Performance Tuning

Optimize JVM, threads, memory, and handle production workloads.

Load Balancing

Use Nginx/Apache with Tomcat clustering and session replication.

Real Troubleshooting

Fix memory leaks, logs, startup errors, and production issues.
Course Content

Complete Curriculum List

1. Overview of Tomcat

  • What we are going to cover?
  • Overview of Servlet Container

2. Setting up Webserver on Multiple Platforms

  • Setup Requirements & Installation – Windows Platform
  • Setup Requirements & Installation – Linux Platform

3. Application Deployment and Binaries Walkthrough

  • Application Deployment
  • Configuration files and binaries walkthrough

4. Tomcat Security and SSL Configuration

  • Security Overview
  • Enabling SSL – Generating Certificate
  • Enabling SSL – Part 2
  • Enabling SSL – Linux Platform

5. Virtual Hosts in Shared Web-Hosting Environment

  • Virtual Host Overview
  • Virtual Host Creation – Windows Platform
  • Virtual Host Creation – Linux Platform

6. High-Availability Clustering

  • Scaling Traffic & High Availability using clustering
  • Cluster Setup – Windows
  • Cluster Setup – Linux Platform

7. Load Balancing Tomcat with Nginx

  • Load balancing using Nginx in Vertical Cluster – Windows
  • Load balancing using Nginx in Horizontal Cluster – Windows
  • Load balancing Tomcat using Nginx – Linux

8. Load Balancing Tomcat with Apache HTTP Server & MOD_JK

  • Setting up Apache and Mod_JK Connector
  • Distributing Traffic with Apache LB – Part 1
  • Distributing Traffic with Apache LB – Part 2

9. Session Management in Cluster

  • Sticky Sessions – Concept
  • Configuring Sticky Sessions on Nginx & Apache LB
  • Session Replication – Concept
  • Configuring Session Replication

10. JNDI & JDBC Connection Pooling

  • Understanding JNDI – Concept
  • Understanding Connection Pooling
  • Creating JNDI and JDBC Connection Pooling – Example

11. Logging and Monitoring

  • Tomcat Logging Concepts
  • Log File Customization
  • Monitoring Threads and JVM
  • Using JVisualVM

12. Performance Tuning & Heap Management

  • JVM Heap Concepts
  • Heap Management
  • Garbage Collection Tuning
  • Memory Leak Troubleshooting
  • Thread Pool Optimization

13. Production Deployment Concepts

  • WAR Packaging
  • Production Deployment Strategy
  • Context Management
  • Production Best Practices

14. Valves and Request Interception

  • Valve Overview
  • Intercepting Requests at Different Layers
  • Access Logging
  • Security Filters

15. Error Handling and Custom Pages

  • Setting Custom Error Pages
  • Exception Handling Strategy
  • Friendly Error Responses

16. Cloud Deployment

  • Running Tomcat on AWS
  • Running Tomcat on Google Cloud
  • Cloud Deployment Concepts

17. Interview Preparation

  • Frequently Asked Interview Questions
  • Troubleshooting Scenarios
  • Production Issue Analysis

18. Advanced Concepts & Supplementary Lectures

  • Additional Production Configurations
  • Middleware Administration Tips
  • Bonus Practical Scenarios

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