Tomcat Web Container configuration - JBOSS

Tomcat Web Container configuration - JBOSS

Apache Tomcat (6.x) is a free and open-source Servlet (2.5) and JSP (2.1) Container Embedded in JBoss AS as deploy/jbossweb.sar JBoss Application Server configuration for Tomcat integration in each application are located in META-INF/jboss-web.xml

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Default JAAS Security Domain

Class Loading and Sharing

Session Management and Caching

Clustering and Load Balancing (in all config)

<jboss-web> <security-domain>java:/jaas/simple-security-domain</security-domain> </jboss-web> Tomcat’s server.xml Tomcat’s own configuration file: deploy/jbossweb.sar/server.xml Configures

Connectors (HTTP, HTTPS, AJP)

Security Realms (Inherits from JBoss)

Logging (Tomcat Service)

Valves (Request/Response interceptors)

Virtual Hosts (Name-based)

Web application contexts (Per-app configuration)

<Server> <!-- Optional listener which ensures correct init and shutdown of APR, and provides information if it is not installed --> <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener" SSLEngine="on" /> <!--Initialize Jasper prior to webapps are loaded. Documentation at /docs/jasper-howto.html --> <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.JasperListener" />   <Service name="jboss.web"> <!-- A HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 --> <Connector protocol="HTTP/1.1" port="8080" address="${jboss.bind.address}" connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="8443" /> ... <!-- A AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8009 --> <Connector protocol="AJP/1.3" port="8009" address="${jboss.bind.address}" redirectPort="8443" /> ... <Engine name="jboss.web" defaultHost="localhost"> ... <Realm className="org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JBossWebRealm" certificatePrincipal="org.jboss.security.auth.certs.SubjectDNMapping" allRolesMode="authOnly" /> ... <Host name="localhost"> ... <Valve className="org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve" cachedConnectionManagerObjectName="jboss.jca:service=CachedConnectionManager" transactionManagerObjectName="jboss:service=TransactionManager" /> </Host> </Engine> </Service> </Server>

Tomcat’s web.xml Default web descriptor for all web apps deployers/jbossweb.deployer/web.xml Configures

Common Filters

Servlets for handling static content (DefaultServlet), JSPs, SSI, CGI scripts, invokers, etc.

Default session timeout

MIME Type mappings

Welcome file list: index.html, index.jsp, etc.