Exploring the Tomcat bundle

The TOMCAT_HOME folder has the following folders:

• bin: This binary folder includes all the executable and binary files, including the dll files necessary for Tomcat to run

• bonita: This folder contains the configuration files needed for the Bonita application, as well as storage for temporary files and the place where the default file-based database stores its files

• conf: This folder contains the configuration files for Tomcat as well as the Bonita configuration

• external: This folder contains the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) configuration files

• lib: All the JAR files needed by Tomcat, Bonita, and other external applications are present in the lib folder

• logs: The Tomcat and Bonita logs are present in this folder

• temp: This folder is used as a temporary folder by Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

• webapps: All the webapps running on Tomcat are deployed in this directory

• work: This is a temporary working directory for web applications

The preceding are the main folders of Tomcat. However, we will get into the details of these shortly.