Tomcat Server

• Tomcat is a free Java servlet container That Support API, JSP, Servlet.
• Apache tomcat is widely used open source, web server and Java servlet container.
• A container creates objects and is responsible for management of their life cycle.
• Tomcat was created by Sun Microsystems as the reference implementation of Java servlet and Java server pages(JSP) And was eventually donated to the Apache software foundation.
• Apache tomcat leverages many of the Java EE requirements.
• A servlet container is a Java, servlet implementation that is mostly used to host Java servlets.
• A Java enterprise application server is a Java specification of this implementation.
• A web server uses a local system such as Apache to serve files.
• Tomcat is a JSP at its core.
• A servlet is a Java based software component that aids in expansion of server capabilities.
• Tomcat can serve Both JSP and servlets that acting as a web server to route JSP, and as a servlet container.
• Tomcat is a web server
• Some features of tomcat are as follows
• Very light tool.
• Servlet container
• Http Container
• JSP container
• Quick start-up time
• Advantages of tomcat
• Open source and free
• Exceptionally lightweight
• Highly Adaptable
• Stability
• Documentation
• Security
• Disadvantages
• Not as quick as Apache for static webpages
• Creates flows such as memory leak
• Problem with SSL setups
• It’s method of dealing with logs
• Poor user interface
• Containers in Apache tomcat server
• Servlet container
• JSP container
• Security container
• Websocket container
• JNDI container
• Competitors of Tomcat
• Webserver
• Glassfish web server
• Jetty
• Application server
• Jboss
• IBM Websphere application server
• Oracle Weblogic server
• Ability to enable distributed transactions as the transaction manager, corporate Java Beans.
• Includes a better administration console.
• Others
• IIS
• Cold fusion.