The book will utilize Tomcat 9, which is the only Tomcat distribution that fully supports HTTP/2 without installing lots of third-party tools and modules. The following are the step-by-step details in setting up HTTP/2 in Tomcat 9:
- Check if you have installed JDK 1.8 in your system. Tomcat 9 only runs with the latest JDK 1.8 without error logs.
- If you have downloaded the zipped version, unzip the folder to the filesystem of the development machine. If you have the EXE or MSI version, double-click the installer and follow the installation wizards. The following details must be taken into consideration:
- You can retain the default server startup port (8005), HTTP connector port (8080), and AJP port (8009) or configure according ...
