Tag Archives: Apache Tomcat

Windows Tomcat Manager GUI non-Admin

Posted on August 31, 2017 by notesbytom

To workaround UAC limitations, the Apache Tomcat Monitor GUI app (tomcat8w/tomcatNw) has an embedded manifest to force elevation (requestedExecutionLevel = requireAdministrator). You can view the manifest settings in the Apache Commons Daemon Procrun prunmgr source code. Because the manifest is … Continue reading →

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Jetty Dropped AJP Support. Use Tomcat

Posted on March 10, 2017 by notesbytom

Apache Tomcat ships with an optimized load balancing / reverse proxy protocol known as AJP or more formally as the Apache Tomcat Connector specification. This makes Tomcat a top choice among the many Java Servlet and JSP web app containers … Continue reading →

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Tomcat Multiple Instances RHEL 7 CentOS 7

Posted on March 10, 2017 by notesbytom

This is a follow-on to my earlier posts Apache Tomcat in RHEL 7 and RHEL 7 Administration Notes. This builds on the goal to use the system packaged Tomcat and Java software in order to receive security and bug fix … Continue reading →

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Apache Tomcat in RHEL 7

Posted on March 17, 2015 by notesbytom

Here are some notes for using the built-in Apache Tomcat package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7. For an overview of installing and turning on Tomcat, see my previous post RHEL 7 Administration Notes. In brief, use yum to … Continue reading →

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Convert Apache Httpd SSL Certificate for Tomcat

Posted on December 8, 2013 by notesbytom

This document may be helpful if you need to convert an existing Apache Httpd SSL certificate to the Java Key-Store (JKS) format used by default in Apache Tomcat. This example is specific to trusted certificates issued by GoDaddy, but the … Continue reading →

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javax.mail Compatibility for Tomcat 5 on CentOS 5

Posted on May 14, 2013 by notesbytom

Some java web applications have compatibility issues with the Tomcat 5 server shipped with CentOS 5. The first troubleshooting step is to install the official Oracle Java JDK package. Once the JDK is installed, edit your system-wide environment variable “JAVA_HOME” … Continue reading →

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Redirect Apache Tomcat Default Page

Posted on March 21, 2013 by notesbytom

Have you ever visited a web site at the root or base URL (no page or directory specified), only to see your browser automatically redirect to another directory or page? This can be done with a client-side html page that … Continue reading →

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