When the container recives a request, it first finds all the filter mappings with a <url-pattern> that matches the request URI. This becomes the first set of filters in the filter chain.Next it finds all the filter mappings with a <servlet-name> that matches the request URI. This becomes the second set of filters in the … Read more
According to the Tomcat Docs: Any installed Java 7 or later JRE (32-bit or 64-bit) may be used.
I think the reason is that you can’t edit files in “Program Files” without administrator rights. I had that kind of problem several times and I usually solve it by running my text editor with admin rights. For example, to edit file with notepad in Windows 7: Find it in your start menu, click on … Read more
Tomcat enables some additional debugging options at start up if you are running with a full JDK. These options require the JDK so you Tomcat checks you are actually using one if you claim that you are to ensure these options don’t fail if used. I rarely see these options being used. I think I … Read more
If Tomcat is fronted by Apache on port 80, you will need to enable compression in Apache itself. The compression in Tomcat will only work if you access it directly on port 8080.
I had this error message having started up a second Tomcat server on a Linux server. $CATALINA_PID was set but the specified file does not exist. Is Tomcat running? Stop aborted. When starting up the 2nd Tomcat I had set CATALINA_PID as asked but my mistake was to set it to a directory (I assumed … Read more
In any web application, there will be a web.xml in the WEB-INF/ folder. If you dont have one in your web app, as it seems to be the case in your folder structure, the default Tomcat web.xml is under TOMCAT_HOME/conf/web.xml Either way, the relevant lines of the web.xml are <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file> <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> so … Read more
From Tomcat documentation: A Valve element represents a component that will be inserted into the request processing pipeline for the associated Catalina container The servlet filters serve the exact same purpose, but valves are Tomcat’s specific classes, tightly coupled to Tomcat infrastructure/API. On the other hand servlet API is implemented by all compatible web containers. … Read more
Most likely, your server is taking too long to respond and the client is getting bored and closing the connection. A bit more explanation: tomcat receives a request on a connection and tries to fulfill it. Imagine this takes 3 minutes, now, if the client has a timeout of say 2 minutes, it will close … Read more
From www.jspwiki.org See : ActiveDirectoryIntegration Try this in the server.xml with your ldap-settings : <Realm className=”org.apache.catalina.realm.JNDIRealm” debug=”99″ connectionURL=”ldap://youradsserver:389″ alternateURL=”ldap://youradsserver:389″ userRoleName=”member” userBase=”cn=Users,dc=yourdomain” userPattern=”cn={0},cn=Users,dc=yourdomain” roleBase=”cn=Users,dc=yourdomain” roleName=”cn” roleSearch=”(member={0})” roleSubtree=”false” userSubtree=”true”/> And define the role in the tomcat-users.xml and the web.xml of your application Edit webapp_root/WEB_INF/Web.xml file as follows: <security-constraint> <display-name>your web app display name</display-name> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>Protected Area</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern> … Read more