Setting up Tomcat for productive use

[sbergner]

Hey All,

not sure if there is another thread about this topic but i could not found any good answers.

Regarding several questions from customers or partners and also some internal projects i have a question regarding the setup of Tomcat for productive usage.

Running ThingWorx in an OOTB Tomcat installation is mostly good enough for a development environment but is there any guide or document that describe the optimal configuration covering security and performance settings for Tomcat that is running ThingWorx?

Many Thanks!

Sebastian

[CarlesColl]

I think this document it's the best you can get: http://support.ptc.com/WCMS/files/172180/en/Installing_ThingWorx_7.3_1.pdf

[jkaczynski]

Hello,

That's true, please especially take into the consideration the Appendix A: Tomcat Java Option Settings.

Regards,

J.

[sbergner]

I know this document, my hope was that there is a bit more informations and setting documented.

But Thank you

[ptc-5082906 · Accepted solution]

Hi Sebastian,

For the moment we do not have a complete guide for this specific action of running ThingWorx on top of Tomcat in production environments, however I’ve found some information on how to use Tomcat in production:

a. Stackoverflow thread which explains the basics on how to use Tomcat in production environments

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4182716/running-tomcat-in-production-environments

b. Complete presentation from Mark Thomas, Tomcat developer, entitled "Tomcat Tuning"

http://people.apache.org/~markt/presentations/2009-04-01-TomcatTuning.pdf

c. Apache Tomcat 8 Configuration Reference

https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/context.html

d. 21 Apache Tomcat Configuration Tips

http://www.monitis.com/blog/21-apache-tomcat-configuration-tips/​

Let me know if you have related questions or clarification regarding this subject ?

Regards,

-Horia.

[sbergner]

Thank you Horia, I think the links are helpful.