Difference between the Apache HTTP Server and Apache Tomcat

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What is the difference in terms of functionality between the Apache HTTP Server and Apache Tomcat   I know that Tomcat is written in Java and the HTTP Server is in C  but other than that I do not really know how they are distinguished  Do they have different functionality

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Apache Tomcat is used to deploy your Java Servlets and JSPs. So in your Java project you can build your WAR (short for Web ARchive) file, and just drop it in the deploy directory in Tomcat.

So basically Apache is an HTTP Server, serving HTTP. Tomcat is a Servlet and JSP Server serving Java technologies.

Tomcat includes Catalina, which is a servlet container. A servlet, at the end, is a Java class. JSP files (which are similar to PHP, and older ASP files) are generated into Java code (HttpServlet), which is then compiled to .class files by the server and executed by the Java virtual machine.

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Apache is a general-purpose http server  which supports a number of advanced options that Tomcat doesn t  Although Tomcat can be used as a general purpose http server  you can also set up Apache and Tomcat to work together with Apache serving static content and forwarding the requests for dynamic content to Tomcat

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If you are using java technology Servlet JSP  for making web application you will probably use Apache Tomcat  However  if you are using other technologies like Perl  PHP or ruby  its better easier  to use Apache HTTP Server

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In addition to the fine answers above  I think it should be said that Tomcat has it s own HTTP server built into it  and is fully functional at serving static content too   Depending on your java virtual machine configuration it can actually outperform going through traditional connectors in apache such as mod proxy and mod jk   That said a fully optimized Tomcat server should serve static files fast and if you have Java servlets  JSPs and ColdFusion files in addition to static content you may find tomcat does an excellent job by itself

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an apache server is an http server which can serve any simple http requests  where tomcat server is actually a servlet container which can serve java servlet requests    Web server  apache  process web client  web browsers  requests and forwards it to servlet container  tomcat  and container process the requests and sends response which gets forwarded by web server to the web client  browser       Also you can check this link for more clarification -  https   sites google com site sureshdevang servlet-architecture  Also check this answer for further researching  -  https   softwareengineering stackexchange com a 221092

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Tomcat is primarily an application server  which serves requests to custom-built Java servlets or JSP files on your server  It is usually used in conjunction with the Apache HTTP server  at least in my experience   Use it to manually process incoming requests   The HTTP server  by itself  is best for serving up static content    html files  images  etc

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Well  Apache is HTTP webserver  where as Tomcat is also webserver for Servlets and JSP  Moreover Apache is preferred over Apache Tomcat in real time

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Apache is an HTTP web server which serve as HTTP   Apache Tomcat is a java servlet container  It features same as web server but is customized to execute java servlet and JSP pages

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