Split your Tomcat Installation for Easier Upgrades

Split your Tomcat Installation for Easier Upgrades Christopher Schultz A presentation from ApacheCon @Home 2020 https://apachecon.com/acah2020/ Upgrading Apache Tomcat can seem like a risky process if your team isn't well-versed in the process. Splitting your Tomcat installation into stock install + customized deployment can make the process much less risky and even allow you to quickly downgrade if necessary. We'll explore how to split your Tomcat installation to get you more comfortable upgrading Tomcat, reduce deployment times, and improve your security. Christopher Schultz is the CTO of Total Child Health, Inc. where he leads a small team of engineers to build server-side healthcare-related software in Java. Chris is an ASF Member active in the Apache Tomcat and Velocity communities as well as a committer on both projects, and Tomcat PMC and security team member. He has attended and spoken at several previous ApacheCon events and helped to organize an Apache BarCamp in the Washington, DC area.