Certified Tomcat Server Professional

Course details

Vskills certification for Tomcat Server Professional assesses the candidate as per the company’s need for managing and maintaining Tomcat Server for Java based applications. The certification tests the candidates on various areas in installation, configuration and deployment of Apache Tomcat server, realm configuration, SSL, SSI, JSP, JNDI, logging, classloading, CGI, balancer, clustering, virtual hosting, APR, monitoring and ;

Why should one take this certification?
This certification is intended for professionals and graduates wanting to excel in their chosen areas. It is also well suited for those who are already working and would like to take certification for further career progression.

Earning Vskills Tomcat Server Professional Certification can help candidate differentiate in today's competitive job market, broaden their employment opportunities by displaying their advanced skills, and result in higher earning ;

Who will benefit from taking this certification?
Job seekers looking to find employment in software development or IT departments of various companies, students generally wanting to improve their skill set and make their CV stronger and existing employees looking for a better role can prove their employers the value of their skills through this ;

Table of Contents

Introduction

• Terminology
• Directories and Files
• Configuring Tomcat
• Where to Go for Help

Tomcat Setup

• Introduction
• Windows
• Unix daemon

First web application

• Installation
• Deployment Organization 
• Source Organization 
• Development Processes
• Example Application 

Tomcat Web Application Deployment

• Introduction
• Installation
• A word on Contexts
• Deployment on Tomcat startup
• Deploying on a running Tomcat server
• Deploying using the Tomcat Manager
• Deploying using the Client Deployer Package

Manager App 

• Introduction
• Configuring Manager Application Access
• Supported Manager Commands
• Executing Manager Commands With Ant
• Using the JMX Proxy Servlet

Realm Configuration 

• Quick Start
• Overview
• Common Features
• Standard Realm Implementations

Security Manager 

• Background
• Permissions
• Configuring Tomcat With A SecurityManager
• Configuring Package Protection in Tomcat
• Troubleshooting

JNDI Resources 

• Introduction
• webxml configuration
• contextxml configuration
• Global configuration
• Using resources
• Tomcat Standard Resource Factories
• Adding Custom Resource Factories

JNDI Datasource 

• Introduction
• DriverManager, the service provider mechanism and memory leaks
•  Database Connection Pool (DBCP) Configurations
•  Non-DBCP Solutions
•  Oracle i with OCI client
•  Common Problems

Class Loader 

•  Overview
•  Class Loader Definitions
•  XML Parsers and Java
•  Running under a security manager

Jasper JSP Engine

•  Introduction
•  Configuration
•  Known issues
•  Production Configuration
•  Web Application Compilation
•  Optimisation

SSL Configuration

•  Quick Start
•  Introduction to SSL
•  SSL and Tomcat
•  Certificates
•  General Tips on Running SSL
•  Configuration
•  Installing a Certificate from a Certificate Authority
•  Troubleshooting
•  Using the SSL for session tracking in your application
•  Miscellaneous Tips and Bits

SSI 

• Introduction
•  Installation
•  Servlet Configuration
•  Filter Configuration
•  Directives
•  Variables

CGI 

• Introduction
• Installation
• Configuration

Proxy Support

• Introduction
• Apache  Proxy Support
• Apache  Proxy Support

MBean Descriptor

• Introduction
• Adding MBean descriptions

Default Servlet Reference

• What is the DefaultServlet
• Where is it declared?
• What can I change?
• How do I customize directory listings?
• How do I secure directory listings?

Clustering/Session Replication

• For the impatient
• Cluster Basics
• Overview
• Cluster Information
• Bind session after crash to failover node
• Configuration Example
• Cluster Architecture
• How it Works
• Monitoring your Cluster with JMX
• FAQ

Load Balancer

• Using the JK x native connector
• Using Apache HTTP Server x with mod_proxy

Connectors

• Introduction
• HTTP
• AJP

Monitoring and Managing Tomcat

• Introduction
• Enabling JMX Remote
• Manage Tomcat with JMX remote Ant Tasks
• JMXAccessorOpenTask - JMX open connection task
• JMXAccessorGetTask: get attribute value Ant task
• JMXAccessorSetTask: set attribute value Ant task
• JMXAccessorInvokeTask: invoke MBean operation Ant task
• JMXAccessorQueryTask: query MBean Ant task
• JMXAccessorCreateTask: remote create MBean Ant task
• JMXAccessorUnregisterTask: remote unregister MBean Ant task
• JMXAccessorCondition: express condition
• JMXAccessorEqualsCondition: equals MBean Ant condition
• Using the JMXProxyServlet

Logging in Tomcat

• Introduction
• Using javautillogging (default)
• Using Logj

Apache Portable Runtime (APR) based Native library for Tomcat

• Introduction
• Installation
• APR Components
• APR Lifecycle Listener Configuration
• APR Connectors Configuration

Virtual Hosting and Tomcat

• Assumptions
• serverxml
• Webapps Directory
• Configuring Your Contexts

Advanced IO and Tomcat

• Introduction
• Comet support
• Asynchronous writes

Additional Components

• Introduction
• Downloading
• Building
• Components list

Apache Tomcat - Using Tomcat libraries with Maven

• Using Tomcat libraries With Maven

Security Considerations

• Introduction
• Non-Tomcat settings
• Default web applications
• Security manager
• serverxml
• System Properties
• webxml
• General

Windows service 

• Tomcat service application
• Tomcat monitor application
• Command line arguments
• Command line parameters
• Installing services
• Updating services
• Removing services
• Debugging services
• Multiple Instances

Windows Authentication 

• Overview
• Built-in Tomcat support
• Third party libraries
• Reverse proxies

The Tomcat JDBC Connection Pool

• Introduction
• use
• Attributes
• Advanced usage
• Code Example
• Building

WebSocket 

• Overview
• Application development
• Tomcat WebSocket specific configuration

Updated on 01 February, 2019