Tag Archives: Tomcat
Problem using MySQL JDBC on Tomcat 5.5 and Ubuntu 8.04
Normally when I build a web application that connects to a MySQL database, I would place the mysql-connector-java-bin.jar file into the WEB-INF/lib of the web application. However, when I deployed the application on Tomcat 5.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 I got … Continue reading
Problems with Ubuntu 7.10 and Tomcat 5.5
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was released on Oct 18, 2007, and like most administrators I decided to take advantage of the release and upgraded my current system 7.04 (Feisty Fawn). Overall, the upgrade went well and I didn’t run into … Continue reading
Tomcat 5.5 Doesn’t Start in Ubuntu 7.10
This is related to one of the web application deployed in Tomcat containing the Apache Common Loggings jar file inside the WEB-INF/lib directory. To fix this issue, place a copy of the commons-logging jar file inside the Tomcat’s common endorsed … Continue reading
Tomcat 5.5 Doesn’t Start in Ubuntu 7.04
For the Ubuntu installation, Tomcat’s log file is set to be a pipe, but Tomcat can’t seem to start with it. A quick fix will be to recreate it as a regular file with the same security settings and restart … Continue reading
Integrating Tomcat and Apache with mod_jk Connector
Using the mod_jk connector is an alternative but more complex method of integrating Tomcat and Apache together. The concept behind this method is to have Apache serve the static content of the website, and Tomcat to serve the Java related … Continue reading