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Is tomcat a web server?


Asked by Keily Scott on Dec 13, 2021 Web Services



Tomcat is a web server (can handle HTTP requests/responses) and web container (implements Java Servlet API, also called servletcontainer) in one. Some may call it an application server, but it is definitely not an fullfledged Java EE application server (it does not implement the whole Java EE API ).
Likewise,
The most basic, free-of-error way to reload your web application is to restart your Tomcat server. Although this method is slow, and can be a real hassle if you are running multiple applications on your server, there are a number of situations where a full server restart is the most appropriate method of reloading your application.
Keeping this in consideration, By default, Apache tomcat makes use of port number 8080. It's also cross-platform compatible, that is can be used on Windows, Mac OS, Linux operating systems. It's said to be lightweight.
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Tomcat is widely used by web developers when working on web application development. From a high-level perspective, apache tomcat is responsible to provide a run-time environment for the servlets. It provides an environment in which one could run their java code. On a more detailed aspect, tomcat is responsible for:
Consequently,
To monitor instances of the Tomcat Application Server, in the Operations console, click Monitoring, expand Application Monitoring, expand Java Monitoring, expand JEE Application Servers, expand Tomcat Application Server, and then select the monitoring folder you want.