Tomcat on Apache Appliance

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Java Servlet and JSP Platform

Tomcat is a servlet container that implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications, and provides a "pure Java" HTTP web server environment for Java code to run in. Tomcat powers numerous large-scale, mission-critical web applications across a diverse range of industries and organizations.

Current version: 2009.10 (changelog)

This appliance integrates Tomcat with the Apache web server. When a fully featured web server is not required, consider using the Standalone Tomcat Appliance.

This appliance includes all the standard features in TurnKey Core, and on top of that:

  • SSL support out of the box.
  • Includes Webmin module for configuring Apache2.
  • Includes TurnKey web control panel (convenience).
  • Tomcat, Apache and Java configurations:
    • JSP console output sent to syslog (/var/log/syslog)
    • Apache2 Jk loadbalancer connector to Tomcat (performance)
    • JkMounts for admin, manager, host-manager applications (convenience).
    • Configured Tomcat admin/manager roles and admin user.
    • Configured Tomcat AJP connector to bind to localhost (security)
    • Removed Tomcat HTTP connector listener (security)
    • Tomcat and Java environment variables configuration system wide
Default credentials:
  • Webmin, SSH: username root, no password:
    • user sets password during installation
  • Tomcat administration applications:
    • username admin, password turnkey