| 1 | <html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Apache Tomcat Configuration Reference - Overview</title><meta value="Craig R. McClanahan" name="author"><meta value="craigmcc@apache.org" name="email"></head><body vlink="#525D76" alink="#525D76" link="#525D76" text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"><!--PAGE HEADER--><tr><td><!--PROJECT LOGO--><a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt=" |
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| 3 | " align="right" src="../images/tomcat.gif"></a></td><td><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"><h1>Apache Tomcat 6.0</h1></font></td><td><!--APACHE LOGO--><a href="http://www.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt="Apache Logo" align="right" src="../images/asf-logo.gif"></a></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><!--HEADER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><tr><!--LEFT SIDE NAVIGATION--><td nowrap="true" valign="top" width="20%"><p><strong>Links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="../index.html">Docs Home</a></li><li><a href="index.html">Config Ref. Home</a></li></ul><p><strong>Top Level Elements</strong></p><ul><li><a href="server.html">Server</a></li><li><a href="service.html">Service</a></li></ul><p><strong>Executors</strong></p><ul><li><a href="executor.html">Executor</a></li></ul><p><strong>Connectors</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http.html">HTTP</a></li><li><a href="ajp.html">AJP</a></li></ul><p><strong>Containers</strong></p><ul><li><a href="context.html">Context</a></li><li><a href="engine.html">Engine</a></li><li><a href="host.html">Host</a></li><li><a href="cluster.html">Cluster</a></li></ul><p><strong>Nested Components</strong></p><ul><li><a href="globalresources.html">Global Resources</a></li><li><a href="loader.html">Loader</a></li><li><a href="manager.html">Manager</a></li><li><a href="realm.html">Realm</a></li><li><a href="resources.html">Resources</a></li><li><a href="valve.html">Valve</a></li></ul><p><strong>Cluster Elements</strong></p><ul><li><a href="cluster.html">Cluster</a></li><li><a href="cluster-manager.html">Manager</a></li><li><a href="cluster-channel.html">Channel</a></li><li><a href="cluster-membership.html">Channel/Membership</a></li><li><a href="cluster-sender.html">Channel/Sender</a></li><li><a href="cluster-receiver.html">Channel/Receiver</a></li><li><a href="cluster-interceptor.html">Channel/Interceptor</a></li><li><a href="cluster-valve.html">Valve</a></li><li><a href="cluster-deployer.html">Deployer</a></li><li><a href="cluster-listener.html">ClusterListener</a></li></ul><p><strong>Global Settings</strong></p><ul><li><a href="systemprops.html">System properties</a></li></ul></td><!--RIGHT SIDE MAIN BODY--><td align="left" valign="top" width="80%"><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><h1>Apache Tomcat Configuration Reference</h1><h2>Overview</h2></td><td nowrap="true" valign="top" align="right"><small><a href="printer/index.html"><img alt="Printer Friendly Version" border="0" src="../images/printer.gif"><br>print-friendly<br>version |
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| 4 | </a></small></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Overview"><strong>Overview</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 6 | <p>This manual contains reference information about all of the configuration |
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| 7 | directives that can be included in a <code>conf/server.xml</code> file to |
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| 8 | configure the behavior of the Tomcat 6 Servlet/JSP container. It does not |
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| 9 | attempt to describe which configuration directives should be used to perform |
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| 10 | specific tasks - for that, see the various <em>HOW-TO</em> documents on the |
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| 11 | main index page.</p> |
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| 13 | <p>The configuration element descriptions are organized into the following |
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| 14 | major categories:</p> |
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| 15 | <ul> |
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| 16 | <li><strong>Top Level Elements</strong> - <code><Server></code> is the |
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| 17 | root element of the entire configuration file, while |
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| 18 | <code><Service></code> represents a group of Connectors that is |
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| 19 | associated with an Engine.</li> |
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| 20 | <li><strong>Connectors</strong> - Represent the interface between external |
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| 21 | clients sending requests to (and receiving responses from) a particular |
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| 22 | Service.</li> |
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| 23 | <li><strong>Containers</strong> - Represent components whose function is to |
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| 24 | process incoming requests, and create the corresponding responses. |
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| 25 | An Engine handles all requests for a Service, a Host handles all requests |
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| 26 | for a particular virtual host, and a Context handles all requests for a |
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| 27 | specific web application.</li> |
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| 28 | <li><strong>Nested Components</strong> - Represent elements that can be |
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| 29 | nested inside the element for a Container. Some elements can be nested |
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| 30 | inside any Container, while others can only be nested inside a |
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| 31 | Context.</li> |
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| 32 | </ul> |
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| 34 | <p>For each element, the corresponding documentation follows this general |
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| 35 | outline:</p> |
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| 36 | <ul> |
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| 37 | <li><strong>Introduction</strong> - Overall description of this particular |
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| 38 | component. There will be a corresponding Java <em>interface</em> (in |
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| 39 | the <code>org.apache.catalina</code> pacakge) that is implemented by one |
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| 40 | or more standard implementations.</li> |
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| 41 | <li><strong>Attributes</strong> - The set of attributes that are legal for |
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| 42 | this element. Generally, this will be subdivided into <em>Common</em> |
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| 43 | attributes that are supported by all implementations of the corresponding |
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| 44 | Java interface, and <em>Standard Implementation</em> attributes that are |
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| 45 | specific to a particular Java class that implements this interface. |
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| 46 | The names of required attributes are <strong>bolded</strong>.</li> |
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| 47 | <li><strong>Nested Components</strong> - Enumerates which of the <em>Nested |
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| 48 | Components</em> can be legally nested within this element.</li> |
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| 49 | <li><strong>Special Features</strong> - Describes the configuration of a large |
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| 50 | variety of special features (specific to each element type) that are |
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| 51 | supported by the standard implementation of this interface.</li> |
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| 52 | </ul> |
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