This FAQ is for questions specific to Tomcat, Jasper, and Catalina configuration and usage. Questions on Servlets or JSP in general are in the Servlets FAQ or the JSP FAQ. [FAQ created by Alex Chaffee].

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retrieving resources via class loader I first posted my question on the IO forum, but I now realize its more of a app server question. I have an xml file deployed directly under my web-inf directory.... Tools:AppServer, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat Steve Pruitt, Jan 13, 2006 The following code is from the ActionServlet-class from Struts , method protected void parseModuleConfigFile(Digester digester, String path) that loads...

Is it possible to restrict access to particular web application with Tomcat? Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Security, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration Alessandro A. Garbagnati PREMIUM, Apr 29, 2004 Yes, it can be done by using two predefined Valves, that are the RemoteHostValve or the RemoteAddrValve. These valves can be used inside any container...

How to set up Basic HTTP Authorization in Tomcat 4 Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Security, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration Alessandro A. Garbagnati PREMIUM, Dec 2, 2003 There are two required steps to activate Basic HTTP authentication in Tomcat. The first one is Tomcat specific task. You need to define the type of Realm...

How the catalina.home and catalina.base system properties are used? Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Installation, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration Alessandro A. Garbagnati PREMIUM, Oct 14, 2003 The presence of those two properties is required only when you want to use multiple instances of Tomcat without having to install the software multiple...

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) with Jakarta Tomcat. Java:API:Servlets:Products:Tomcat, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Security, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Bugs, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration Alessandro A. Garbagnati PREMIUM, Jul 31, 2003 Hi, The XSS vulnerability has been found at the time Tomcat 4.0.3 has been released (and 4.1.2 was in beta). The problem was connected to the fact that...

Tomcat 4.x and /servlet/ mapping. Java:API:Servlets:Products:Tomcat, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Versions, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration Alessandro A. Garbagnati PREMIUM, Jul 31, 2003  With Tomcat 3.x, by default the servlet container was set up to allow invoking a servet through a common mapping under the /servlet/ directory. A...

Why Are The Tomcat 4.1.24 MBean Server And Admin Tool Not Available? (Bootstrap: Service started javax.servlet.UnavailableException: MBeanServer is not available) Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Installation, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration Michael Duffy, Jun 27, 2003 Additional Info When this problem occurs, the following exception shows up in the logs on startup: Bootstrap: Service started javax.servl...

How to change the location of TOMCAT_HOME/webapps on Tomcat 4.1.x? Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Installation, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration Alessandro A. Garbagnati PREMIUM, Jun 27, 2003 That is explained in the Server Configuration Reference - The Host Container official documentation page. Just change the appBase attribute of the &l...

Configurating datasources with ant? Is there a way to configure a datasource using ant that will result in the server.xml updated to give me datasources? I can delete, update and deploy applications to... Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Installation, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration, Tools:Build:Ant Stefan Koch, Jun 23, 2003 A glance at the source code of the install task of tomcat tells me that it cannot replace tokens from a template configuration file. You should use...

Is it possible, with Tomcat, to allow ONLY secure connections (HTTPS) for a Context or a Directory? Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Security, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration Daniele Galluccio, May 8, 2003 For allowing only HTTPS (secure) connections, you need to activate Tomcat's the SSL support. If you need help on this, just refer to the Tomcat SSL Co...

How to protect directories with a password in Tomcat? is there any .htaccess-like way to achieve this? Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Security, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration Daniele Galluccio, May 8, 2003 To password protect your pages you can use a Realm. Please referer at the Tomcat Documentation for detailed info, like the Realm Configuration HOW-TO....

Is possible from a servlet to know the absolute path in which Tomcat 4.1 is installed Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat Alessandro A. Garbagnati PREMIUM, Apr 23, 2003 Yes, there is a way, but first you must know that this solution is not portable, since is for Tomcat only. Both $CATALINA_HOME and $CATALINA_BASE, in...

Is it possible to install multiple instances of Tomcat on one server to create a development, test and production version? Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Installation, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration JIA Java Italian Association PREMIUM, Feb 25, 2003 Additional info: I am trying to create a seperate development, test and production environment on one windows NT-server. To ensure that each environment...

How to log or view the pages being accessed by the user in Tomcat. Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Development Alessandro A. Garbagnati PREMIUM, Feb 24, 2003 Hi, If you are working on Tomcat, and you are looking for a Tomcat specific solution (not portable), then you can use the Tomcat 4.x valves, that can...

Is it possible to use COM ports in TOMCAT on a Win32 system? I get the "Port COM1 does not exist." error message every time I try to access to the serial port. Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Installation:Windows, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration eduardo picardi, Jan 22, 2003 The JDK used by Tomcat, specified by environment variable JAVA_HOME, was missing the win32com.dll library and the comm port properties file javax.comm...

How could I use NTLM Authentication to authenticate via Windows NT Authentication for a servlet based intranet-application ? Java:API:Servlets:Security, Java:API:Servlets:Products:Microsoft IIS, Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Installation:Windows Chad Skeeters, Jan 11, 2003 [There was a great discussion of this at http://www.jguru.com/faq/viewquestion.jsp?EID=393110 The code below seems to be the final solution, but I recommend...

What's the difference between Tomcat 4.1.x and Tomcat 4.1.X-LE-jdk1.4??? Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Installation Alessandro A. Garbagnati PREMIUM, Dec 12, 2002 You can find the answer by reading the notes at the end of the Tomcat download page. Apache Tomcat 4.1.x This release of Tomcat 4.1.x is available...

SSL Error on Tomcat 4.1.12. WARNING: Exception getting SSL attributes Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Bugs Allistair Crossley, Dec 12, 2002 WARNING: Exception getting SSL attributes javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: peer not authenticated at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl....

SMC Barricade How do i configure my router (SMC Barricade 7004-ABR) to work with TOMCAT. It works by just typing http://localhost and all that, but I can't access it from another computer. I tried accessing... Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat John Mason, Dec 11, 2002 You have to open filters in your router or put the IP address of the system that is running tomcat in the DMZ system field. The Baricade has a management...

I see several thousand lines of this when I start Tomcat on Windows 2000 Pro. Is there a way to turn this off? Tools:AppServer:WebServer:Tomcat:Configuration Terry Laurenzo, Dec 9, 2002 45866 [main] DEBUG org.apache.commons.di gester.Digester.sax - startElement(,,extension) 45866 [main] DEBUG org.apache.commons.digester.Digester ...