Tomcat – running tomcat, what are the options

apache-2.2tomcat

If I am running the tomcat java container on a server, does it require me to use apache?

What options do I have?

If I need apache, what book would you recommend?

Best Answer

You don't have to use apache.. You could allow access directly to Tomcat, but beware, the HTTP Auth support is pretty appalling if you don't have a server as proxy for Tomcat.

You could use a number of other servers, for example nginx can act as a proxy server for Tomcat.

You don't need to buy any books, you can do pretty well with the available documentation for both Apache Server, and Tomcat.

http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/webserver_howto/apache.html

http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxJavaServers (I've not tried this)

This is a pretty damn good book on Tomcat..

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