JBoss® 4.0 The Official Guide

Chapter 9. Web Applications

IN THIS CHAPTER

• The Tomcat Service

• The Tomcat server.xml File

• The Engine Element

• The Host Element

• Using SSL with the JBoss/Tomcat Bundle

• Setting the Context Root of a Web Application

• Setting Up Virtual Hosts

• Serving Static Content

• Using Apache with Tomcat

• Using Clustering

• Integrating Third-Party Servlet Containers

This chapter discusses configuration of web applications in JBoss. It looks at general issues that are specific to the JBoss/Tomcat 5 integration bundle.

The Tomcat Service

Tomcat 5, the latest release of the Apache Java servlet container, supports the Servlet 2.4 and JSP 2.0 specifications. Tomcat is distributed as a deployable service in jbossweb-tomcat-5.0.sar in the deploy directory. It is shipped in exploded directory ...