Taming Tomcat

Integration: One in front of the other

• HTTPD acts as a proxy in front of Tomcat
  • Receives request from client by HTTP
  • Passes request on to Tomcat by HTTP
  • Receives response back by HTTP
  • Sends response to client by HTTP
• Pros
  • Won't get blocked by firewalls
  • Works with many HTTPDs, not just Apache HTTPD and IIS
• Cons
  • Complex to configure
  • Slower than connectors

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