Configuring and Using Apache Tomcat

More Servlets & JSP
Core Servlets & JSP

• Using Tomcat 5 (and 4.1.20 and later)
• Using Tomcat 4 (4.1.19 and earlier)
• Using Tomcat 3.2

Tomcat setup and configuration has continued to change substantially over the years. No matter what book you are using, I recommend you use Tomcat 4 or 5 and follow the latest instructions. However, if you want to know the minimum version of Tomcat that can be used, here is a summary:

• Core Servlets & JSP, Second Edition: Tomcat 5 (Tomcat 4 is sufficient for most of the parts that do not use the JSP 2.0 expression language).
• More Servlets & JSP: Tomcat 4.
• Core Servlets & JSP, First Edition: Tomcat 3.