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Apache Tomcat

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What is Apache Tomcat?

Tomcat is an open-source web server supported by Apache.

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Tomcat has proven to be a versatile and reliable choice for hosting web applications and services across various industries. Its …
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Best web application server

9 out of 10
October 09, 2022
Apache Tomcat is great tool for the deployment of the application. Its the web server in short called as WAS. We deploy lot application …
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Apache Tomcat Review

9 out of 10
October 13, 2019
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Apache Tomcat, for us, is used only when we need to stand up an application in our localhost machine. It addresses the need for local …
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Quick Review on Tomcat

9 out of 10
January 24, 2018
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My organization offers a web product for mobile operators to expose their own web APIs as a managed service, which is expected to be …
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  • Security management (24)
    8.6
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  • Administration and management (24)
    8.4
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  • Application server performance (24)
    8.2
    82%

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What is Apache Tomcat?

Tomcat is an open-source web server supported by Apache.

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Application Servers

An Application Server provides services and infrastructure for developing, deploying, and running applications

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Product Details

What is Apache Tomcat?

Apache Tomcat Technical Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

Tomcat is an open-source web server supported by Apache.

Reviewers rate Installation highest, with a score of 9.9.

The most common users of Apache Tomcat are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Tomcat has proven to be a versatile and reliable choice for hosting web applications and services across various industries. Its lightweight nature and stability make it suitable for small to middle-sized applications, while also offering excellent scalability. Users have found Tomcat to be a low-cost solution that requires minimal maintenance, making it an attractive option for organizations looking to streamline their application hosting. Tomcat's popularity within the development community has also made it a preferred choice for quick proof-of-concept projects and marketing content development. Additionally, Tomcat is highly regarded for its ability to handle modern security demands, serving as an SSL encrypted web server for hosting sensitive systems such as attendance and billing systems in non-profit private schools. Overall, Tomcat's wide adoption and solid track record make it a reliable choice for developers seeking a robust servlet container for their web-based applications.

Quick and Convenient Deployment: Many users have found the deployment process of Spring Boot applications using Tomcat to be quick and convenient. They appreciate how easy it is to set up Tomcat, with its straightforward installation process and compatibility with popular IDEs like Eclipse. This convenience allows developers to get started quickly and efficiently. Stability and Robustness: Reviewers frequently highlight that Tomcat is a lightweight Java servlet container with a minimal memory footprint, making it efficient for running web applications without consuming excessive resources. Users praise Tomcat for its stability and robustness, requiring minimal maintenance and ensuring a stable and reliable application server environment. This reliability instills confidence in users regarding its performance. Extensive Documentation: Users appreciate the availability of extensive documentation for Tomcat, making it easy to find solutions and troubleshoot any issues. The comprehensive documentation not only helps users understand the features of Tomcat but also provides guidance on how to configure and optimize their deployments. Having access to detailed documentation enhances the overall user experience by reducing time spent on problem-solving.

These three pros - Quick and Convenient Deployment, Stability and Robustness, Extensive Documentation - were commonly mentioned by reviewers when discussing their positive experiences with Tomcat.

Limited User Interface: Reviewers have expressed that the user interface of Tomcat is limited and basic, lacking advanced features and functionality. Some users felt that an improvement in the user interface would greatly enhance their experience with the software.

Difficult Troubleshooting: Several reviewers have mentioned that troubleshooting in Tomcat can be challenging at times. Users found error messages to be vague and not very informative, often requiring them to dig into log files for more detailed information about problems.

Complex Configuration: Many users have stated that configuring Tomcat can be difficult, particularly when it comes to setting up security and understanding how to set up realms for password hashing. Some reviewers also suggested that configuration could be made easier by using JSON instead of XML.

Users of Apache Tomcat commonly recommend the following:

Consider Apache Tomcat for Java web applications, especially for quick and easy deployments. Users find it easy to use and lightweight, making it suitable for small to mid-size web server solutions.

Try Apache Tomcat as a free and reliable server option. It performs well and has a large community, offering support for newbies and providing a user-friendly experience.

For better performance on Windows, users suggest trying the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) runtime with Apache Tomcat. This combination can enhance the server's speed and efficiency.

Overall, users recommend Apache Tomcat for its simplicity, elegance, and usefulness in various projects. It is especially recommended for less complex applications that require faster application loading on restart and adds valuable support to Apache's HTTPD Server for Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages.

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Score 9 out of 10
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Apache Tomcat is the most widely adopted application server used in our company. We have currently over 2000 Tomcat 6 and Tomcat 7 instances and we're starting the adoption of Tomcat 8. Tomcat is used to run internal applications and hosted applications.
  • It's very easy to install and requires few customizations in order to be production grade.
  • Very low memory consumption compared to, for example, to JBoss.
  • Nearly immediate start up time.
  • It lacks a built-in feature to provide auto-recovery in case of failure, for example,OutOfMemoryError.
  • In our company, we've been forced to use external tools like Monit or Java service wrapper.
It's more appropriate for highly scalable stateless applications since it's very easy to add instances to your deploy. Session clustering is not natively implemented, so if you've stateful applications you'll need some externally provided persistency layer.
Application Servers (6)
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6.8
IDE support
30%
3.0
Security management
40%
4.0
Administration and management
80%
8.0
Application server performance
100%
10.0
Installation
80%
8.0
Open-source standards compliance
80%
8.0
  • Since it has no license costs, it's possible to scale up infrastructure without additional software costs.
  • The lack of business support is not a problem since there's a huge knowledge base inside our company and in the open source community.
It's clear that JBoss is a full JEE stack implementation while Tomcat isn't, but if you don't need the whole JEE stack there are many lightweight alternatives that implement the required feature with Tomcat.
Mainly developers, but also beta testers and, obviously system administrators
System administrators with middleware skills, in particular apache web server and mod_shib, Apache tomcat and Java.
  • Corporate internal portal
  • Web applications used by academic customers
  • Shibboleth identity providers
  • Tomcat is still the number one choice for new applications in our company
  • We plan to use Tomcat inside docker containers
We have a huge knowledge of the product within our company and we're satisfied with the performance.
No
  • Price
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
We have had a long-term positive experience with Tomcat, so we're happy to continue to use it; also because it's free.
In some cases, we've used JBoss enterprise, and while reviewing our choice we realized that probably Tomcat would have covered the customer requirements as well with no additional fees.
I think that it's just right
It's important to remember to set up the ajp connector properly in server.xml. In particular, the maxThreads value has to be consistent with the number of maxActiveSessions defined inside the application context. It's also a best practise to set a value for connection Timeout for the ajp connector in order to avoid a waste of resources for inactive sessions.
No - there is no facility to customize the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
If you want to delegate authentication to some external entity (for example Shibboleth SP) just remember to set the tomcatAuthentication flag inside server.xml to "false"
  • The configurations are file based (xml) and are well suited for puppet/docker integration
No
The manager interface has for sure room for improvement
It's very easy to add instances to an existing deployment and, using apache with mod proxy balancer, to scale up the serving farm
Tomcat doesn't have a built-in watchdog that ensures restart upon failure, so you have to provide it externally. A very good solution is java service wrapper. The community edition is able to restart Tomcat upon out of memories exceptions.
It's very quick and stable at the same time
Yes
We've faced the upgrade from Tomcat 6 to Tomcat 7 and the process has been really smooth.
  • The main and most significant is that Tomcat 7 supports Servlet 3.0 specification
  • Developers that want to use the more recent servlet and jsp specifications are asking Tomcat 8
No
No
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