(This is a MacOS installation, however, since the Tomcat is built with Java, installation on other OS are pretty similar). In this post we will take a look on how to install and start working with Apache Tomcat.

WebLogic by Oracle ( 👉 see my post here to install it).

It is Java-based and it supports all the 3 major platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS).

It has good documentation and community support.

Available for Gradle-based projects, as plugin – the gradle-tomcat-plugin which extends the War plugin.

Part of any Maven-based web project using the Spring Boot Starter Web (e.g.

Manageable in VS Code via Tomcat for Java extension.

Embedded in Spring Tools Suite (STS) (so far).

It is a proven player (over 15 years “old”).

Some of the reasons it is so popular, are: Source: 20 Java Developer Productivity Reports by JRebel The Tomcat in generalĪpache Tomcat is the most popular Java Application Server of the Java / Spring Boot Developers Community. (In Windows, it runs as a service: check here). However, since Tomcat is Java-based, installation on other OS is pretty similar.

Note: this post mainly covers how to install and start using Tomcat in Debian/Ubuntu and macOS.

Configure Tomcat for HTTPS/SSL (Including Java keytool and OpenSSL).

How to configure users and allow access to the Manager app.Generally, you can obtain a good fundamental grasp, for the following topics: Moreover, it covers to some more extent the HTTPS/SSL configuration of Tomcat and enlightens some of the challenges one may face during that process. This post goes through the process of installation and configuration of the Apache Tomcat server and how to deploy an app (e.g.

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