Professional Apache Tomcat 5 shows system administrators and Java developers how to install, configure, and run the Tomcat server.   The authors focus on solvintg real-world problems encountered in all phases of server administration, inlcuding:
- Installation
- Configuration
- Managing class loaders and connectors
- Security
- Shared hosting and clustering
- System testing

The book provides comprehensive coverage of all of the latest features of Tomcat Releases 4.1 and 5.0.   (Tomcat 5,0, which is expected to release at the end of this year, supports JSP 2.0 and Servlets 2.4.   Given that many companies are slow to upgrade, the authors will also cover Release 4.1.)   The companion Web site will include all of the code from the book, plus links to additional resources

Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chapter 1: Apache and Jakarta Tomcat.
Chapter 2: JSP and Servlets.
Chapter 3: Tomcat Installation.
Chapter 4: Tomcat Architecture.
Chapter 5: Basic Tomcat Configuration.
Chapter 6: Web Application Configuration.
Chapter 7: Web Application Administration.
Chapter 8: Advanced Tomcat Features.
Chapter 9: Class Loaders.
Chapter 10: HTTP Connectors.
Chapter 11: Web Server Connectors.
Chapter 12: Tomcat and Apache Server.
Chapter 13: Tomcat and IIS.
Chapter 14: JDBC Connectivity.
Chapter 15: Tomcat Security.
Chapter 16: Shared Tomcat Hosting.
Chapter 17: Server Load Testing.
Chapter 18: JMX Support.
Chapter 19: Tomcat 5 Clustering.
Chapter 20: Embedded Tomcat.
Appendix A: Log4J.
Appendix B: Tomcat and IDEs.
Appendix C: Apache Ant.
Index.

The authors of this new edition were all authors of the first Wrox edition. Chanoch Wiggers is a JSP/servlets programmer and, a former Technical Architect at Wrox Press. Amit Bakore is a systems analyst at Sansui Software; Vivek Chopra is an independent systems consultant and an author of several Wrox titles; Ben Galbraith is an independent systems consultant specialiazing in Java application development; Sing Li is a consultant, author, and speaker on Java, JXTA and P2P technologies.