tomcat

Topics related to tomcat:

Getting started with tomcat

This section provides an overview of what tomcat is, and why a developer might want to use it.

It should also mention any large subjects within tomcat, and link out to the related topics. Since the Documentation for tomcat is new, you may need to create initial versions of those related topics.

Embedding into an application

Configuring a JNDI datasource

Attributes

The list of available attributes is extensive and fully covered in Tomcat's JDBC Connection Pool reference documentation. Only the attributes used in the examples above are covered in the parameters section here.

DBCP vs Tomcat JDBC Connection Pool

Many locations in reference documentation refer to use of DBCP connection pools. The history on which connection pool implementation is actually being used in Tomcat, by default, is complex and confusing. It depends on specific version of Tomcat being used. It's best to specify the factory explicitly.

Reference Documentation

Tomcat(x) Directories Structures

Https configuration

Tomcat Virtual Hosts

CAC enabling Tomcat for Development Purposes

Configuring a JDBC Datasource

Utilizing JNDI and JDBC also affords you to use ORMs like Hibernate or platforms like JPA to define "persistence units" for object and table mapp