Special Edition Using Java™ Server Pages and Servlets

Appendix C. Apache and Tomcat

In this appendix

• Where to Get Tomcat

• Installing Tomcat

• Running Tomcat Standalone

• Running Tomcat Under Netscape Server for Windows

• Running Tomcat Under IIS

• Running Tomcat Under Apache

• Tomcat Configuration

• Working Directory

• Logging

• Setting the Classpath

• Authentication

• Special Tomcat Features

The Tomcat servlet engine is an open-source package developed as part of the Apache Software Foundation's Jakarta project. Sun Microsystems originally developed Tomcat as part of the Java Server Web Development Kit and has turned the Tomcat source code over to Apache for further development.

Tomcat can act as a standalone Web server and also as a servlet/JSP engine for other Web servers. When you download the Tomcat server, you really get two ...