Popular deployment scenarios are discussed along with configuration and discussion for implementation.
Tomcat Alone
TBD - Marvin S. Addison
Tomcat via Apache Reverse Proxy
An Apache reverse proxy architecture provides for a number of features that may be desirable for some deployment environments:
- Load balancing capabilities via mod_proxy_balancer
- Improved SSL/crypto handling via OpenSSL or SSL offloading via custom hardware
The Apache proxy documentation may be a helpful reference for the discussion in the following sections.
mod_proxy_ajp
TBD
mod_proxy_http
TBD