JSP/Servlet server

	Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. The Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications are developed by Sun under the Java Community Process.
--The Tomcat Jakarta Project Web site

JOnAS works fine with Tomcat v3.2, however it should work without major problem with newer versions. In this tutorial, we will use Tomcat v3.2.4 as our servlet container.

Download Tomcat v3.2.4 binary distribution from Tomcat project web site and uncompress it. The default location is under /opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.4, but you may choose any directory of your choice.

• Unix platforms proceed as follows:

  bash> mkdir -p /opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.4 bash> cd /opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.4 bash> cp /directory-where-tomcat-was-downloaded/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.4.tar.gz . bash> gunzip jakarta-tomcat-3.2.4.tar.gz bash> tar -xvf jakarta-tomcat-3.2.4.tar

• Windows platforms must use a utility such as WinZip to extract the files from the archive.

Now, you have to setup your environment variables as described in the section called Configuring Tomcat in the chapter called Configuring your environment.