Apache Tomcat 8 Configuration Reference

Set this to a fully qualified name of a class that implements org.apache.tomcat.util.IntrospectionUtils.PropertySource. Required to have a public constructor with no arguments.

Use this to add a property source, that will be invoked when ${parameter} denoted parameters are found in the XML files that Tomcat parses.

If true, the clustering module will attempt to use DNS to resolve any host names provided in the cluster configuration.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

The number of javax.el.BeanELResolver.BeanProperties objects that will be cached by the EL Parser.

If not specified, the default of 1000 will be used.

The number of parsed EL expressions that will be cached by the EL Parser.

If not specified, the default of 5000 will be used.

If true, when coercing nulls to objects of type Number, Character or Boolean the result will be 0 for Number and Character types and false for Boolean as required by the EL 2.2 and earlier specifications. If this property is false the result of the coercion will be null as required by the EL 3.0 specification.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

If true, when parsing expressions, identifiers will not be checked to ensure that they conform to the Java Language Specification for Java identifiers.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

By default, JSPs that use their own base class via the extends attribute of the page directive, will have Tag pooling disabled since Jasper cannot guarantee that the necessary initialisation will have taken place. This can have a negative impact on performance. Providing the alternative base class calls _jspInit() from Servlet.init(), setting this property to true will enable pooling with an alternative base class. If the alternative base class does not call _jspInit() and this property is true, NPEs will occur when attempting to use tags.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

If true, the requirement to have the object referenced in jsp:getProperty action to be previously "introduced" to the JSP processor, as specified in the chapter JSP.5.3 of JSP 2.0 and later specifications, is enforced.

If not specified, the specification compliant default of true will be used.

The name of the variable to use for the expression language expression factory.

If not specified, the default value of _el_expressionfactory will be used.

The name of the variable to use for the instance manager factory.

If not specified, the default value of _jsp_instancemanager will be used.

Deprecated. Configures the default setting for the strictQuoteEscaping JSP initialisation paramater.

If not specified, the specification compliant default of true will be used.

If false the requirements for whitespace before an attribute name will be relaxed so that the lack of whitespace will not cause an error.

If not specified, the specification compliant default of true will be used.

If true, any tag buffer that expands beyond org.apache.jasper.Constants.DEFAULT_TAG_BUFFER_SIZE will be destroyed and a new buffer created of the default size.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

If true, a ThreadLocal PageContext pool will be used.

If not specified, the default value of true will be used.

The size of the ThreadLocal PageContext.

If not specified, the default value of 8 will be used.

The base class of the Servlets generated from the JSPs.

If not specified, the default value of org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase will be used.

The name of the service method called by the base class.

If not specified, the default value of _jspService will be used.

The name of the ServletContext attribute that provides the classpath for the JSP.

If not specified, the default value of org.apache.catalina.jsp_classpath will be used.

The name of the request attribute for <jsp-file> element of a servlet definition. If present on a request, this overrides the value returned by request.getServletPath() to select the JSP page to be executed.

If not specified, the default value of org.apache.catalina.jsp_file will be used.

Deprecated: This will be removed in Tomcat 9.0.x onwards. It is replaced by the use of the jspFile servlet initialisation parameter

The name of the query parameter that causes the JSP engine to just pregenerate the servlet but not invoke it.

If not specified, the default value of jsp_precompile will be used, as defined by JSP specification (JSP.11.4.2).

The default package name for compiled jsp pages.

If not specified, the default value of org.apache.jsp will be used.

The default package name for tag handlers generated from tag files.

If not specified, the default value of org.apache.jsp.tag will be used.

The servlet context attribute under which the alternate deployment descriptor for this web application is stored.

If not specified, the default value of org.apache.catalina.deploy.alt_dd will be used.

Prefix to use for generated temporary variable names.

If not specified, the default value of _jspx_temp will be used.

If true, the instance manager is used to obtain tag handler instances.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

If this is true or if a security manager is in use a new facade object will be created for each request.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

If this is true the '\' character will be permitted as a path delimiter.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

If this is true '%2F' and '%5C' will be permitted as path delimiters.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

The default value of this system property is false.

If this is true the default values will be changed for:

• org.apache.catalina.core.
ApplicationContext.GET_RESOURCE_REQUIRE_SLASH
• org.apache.catalina.core.
ApplicationDispatcher.WRAP_SAME_OBJECT
• org.apache.catalina.core.
StandardHostValve.ACCESS_SESSION
• org.apache.catalina.session.
StandardSession.ACTIVITY_CHECK
• org.apache.catalina.session.
StandardSession.LAST_ACCESS_AT_START
• org.apache.tomcat.util.http.
ServerCookie.ALWAYS_ADD_EXPIRES
• org.apache.tomcat.util.http.
ServerCookie.FWD_SLASH_IS_SEPARATOR
• org.apache.tomcat.util.http.
ServerCookie.STRICT_NAMING
• The URIEncoding attribute of any HTTP connector or AJP connector element.
• The resourceOnlyServlets attribute of any Context element.
• The tldValidation attribute of any Context element.
• The useRelativeRedirects attribute of any Context element.
• The xmlNamespaceAware attribute of any Context element.
• The xmlValidation attribute of any Context element.

Note that changing a number of the above defaults is likely to break the majority of systems as some browsers are unable to correctly handle the cookie headers that result from a strict adherence to the specifications. Defaults, regardless of whether or not they have been changed by setting org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE can always be overridden by explicitly setting the appropriate system property or element attribute.

If this is true then a call to Response.getWriter() if no character encoding has been specified will result in subsequent calls to Response.getCharacterEncoding() returning ISO-8859-1 and the Content-Type response header will include a charset=ISO-8859-1 component. (SRV.15.2.22.1)

If not specified, the default specification compliant value of true will be used.

If this is true then the path passed to ServletContext.getResource() or ServletContext.getResourceAsStream() must start with "/". If false, code like getResource("myfolder/myresource.txt") will work as Tomcat will prepend "/" to the provided path.

If org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE is set to true, the default of this setting will be true, else the default value will be false.

If this is true then any wrapped request or response object passed to an application dispatcher will be checked to ensure that it has wrapped the original request or response.

If org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE is set to true, the default of this setting will be true, else the default value will be false.

The default value of this system property is false.

If this is true the default values will be changed for:

• org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server#isEnforceNoAddAfterHandshake (default changes from false to true)

Deprecated. This will be removed in Tomcat 9. Specify the allowEqualsInValue attribute on the org.apache.tomcat.util.http.LegacyCookieProcessor instead.

This sets the default value for allowEqualsInValue attribute on the org.apache.tomcat.util.http.LegacyCookieProcessor. If this is true Tomcat will allow '=' characters when parsing unquoted cookie values. If false, cookie values containing '=' will be terminated when the '=' is encountered and the remainder of the cookie value will be dropped.

If not specified, the default specification compliant value of false will be used.

Deprecated. This will be removed in Tomcat 9. Specify the allowHttpSepsInV0 attribute on the org.apache.tomcat.util.http.LegacyCookieProcessor instead.

This sets the default value for allowHttpSepsInV0 attribute on the org.apache.tomcat.util.http.LegacyCookieProcessor. If this is true Tomcat will allow HTTP separators in cookie names and values.

If not specified, the default specification compliant value of false will be used.

Deprecated. This will be removed in Tomcat 9. Specify the allowNameOnly attribute on the org.apache.tomcat.util.http.LegacyCookieProcessor instead.

If this is false then the requirements of the cookie specifications that cookies must have values will be enforced and cookies consisting only of a name but no value will be ignored.

If not specified, the default specification compliant value of false will be used.

If this is true Tomcat will always add an expires parameter to a SetCookie header even for cookies with version greater than zero. This is to work around a known IE6 and IE7 bug that causes IE to ignore the Max-Age parameter in a SetCookie header.

If org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE is set to true, the default of this setting will be false, else the default value will be true.

If this is true then the / (forward slash) character will be treated as a separator. Note that this character is frequently used in cookie path attributes and some browsers will fail to process a cookie if the path attribute is quoted as is required by a strict adherence to the specifications. This is highly likely to break session tracking using cookies.

If org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE is set to true, the default of this setting will be true, else the default value will be false.

Deprecated. This attribute is no longer used. From Tomcat 8.0.31, Tomcat will always preserve the cookie header returned by HttpServletRequest.getHeader(). This will be removed in Tomcat 9.

If this is true then the requirements of the Servlet specification that Cookie names must adhere to RFC2109 (no use of separators) will be enforced.

If org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE is set to true, the default of this setting will be true, else the default value will be false.

An alternative name for the single sign on session cookie. Defaults to JSESSIONIDSSO.

If this is true, every request that is associated with a session will cause the session's last accessed time to be updated regardless of whether or not the request explicitly accesses the session.

If org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE is set to true, the default of this setting will be true, else the default value will be false.

If this is true, Tomcat will track the number of active requests for each session. When determining if a session is valid, any session with at least one active request will always be considered valid.

If org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE is set to true, the default of this setting will be true, else the default value will be false.

If this is true, the last accessed time for sessions will be calculated from the beginning of the previous request. If false, the last accessed time for sessions will be calculated from the end of the previous request. This also affects how the idle time is calculated.

If org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE is set to true, the default of this setting will be true, else the default value will be false.

If no logging configuration file is specified and no logging configuration class is specified using the java.util.logging.config.class and java.util.logging.config.file properties the default logging framework org.apache.juli will use the default java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter for all console output. To simply override the console output formatter, one can use the described property. Example: -Dorg.apache.juli.formatter=org.apache.juli.OneLineFormatter

When the memory limit of records has been reached the system needs to determine what action to take. Currently there are three actions that can be taken:

• int OVERFLOW_DROP_LAST = 1 - the record that caused the overflow will be dropped and not logged
• int OVERFLOW_DROP_FIRST = 2 - the record that is next in line to be logged will be dropped to make room for the latest record on the queue
• int OVERFLOW_DROP_FLUSH = 3 - suspend the thread while the queue empties out and flushes the entries to the write buffer
• int OVERFLOW_DROP_CURRENT = 4 - drop the current log entry

The default value is 1 (OVERFLOW_DROP_LAST).

The max number of log records that the async logger will keep in memory. When this limit is reached and a new record is being logged by the JULI framework the system will take an action based on the org.apache.juli.AsyncOverflowDropType setting.

The default value is 10000 records. This number represents the global number of records, not on a per handler basis.

The poll interval in milliseconds for the asynchronous logger thread in milliseconds. If the log queue is empty, the async thread will issue a poll(poll interval) in order to not wake up too often.

The default value is 1000 milliseconds.

The type of logging to use for errors generated by invalid input data. The options are: DEBUG_ALL, INFO_THEN_DEBUG, INFO_ALL and NONE. When INFO_THEN_DEBUG is used, the period for which errors are logged at DEBUG rather than INFO is controlled by the system property org.apache.juli.logging.UserDataHelper.SUPPRESSION_TIME.

The default value is INFO_THEN_DEBUG.

The errors currently logged using this system are:

• invalid cookies;
• invalid parameters;
• too many headers, too many parameters (hitting maxHeaderCount or maxParameterCount limits of a connector).

Other errors triggered by invalid input data may be added to this system in later versions.

When using INFO_THEN_DEBUG for org.apache.juli.logging.UserDataHelper.CONFIG this system property controls how long messages are logged at DEBUG after a message has been logged at INFO. Once this period has elapsed, the next message will be logged at INFO followed by a new suppression period where messages are logged at DEBUG and so on. The value is measured in seconds.

A value of 0 is equivalent to using INFO_ALL for org.apache.juli.logging.UserDataHelper.CONFIG.

A negative value means an infinite suppression period.

The default value is 86400 (24 hours).

A list of comma-separated file name patters that is used as the default value for pluggabilitySkip and tldSkip attributes of the standard JarScanFilter implementation.

The coded default empty, however the system property is set in a default Tomcat installation via the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/catalina.properties file.

A list of comma-separated file name patters that is used as the default value for pluggabilityScan and tldScan attributes of the standard JarScanFilter implementation.

The coded default empty, however the system property is set in a default Tomcat installation via the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/catalina.properties file.

If true, allow unknown extensions to be declared by the user.

The default value is false.

Default value of the origin header that will be sent by the client during the upgrade handshake.

The default is null so that no origin header is sent.

The number of periodic ticks between periodic processing which involves in particular session expiration checks.

The default value is 10 which corresponds to 10 seconds.

If true, disable all built-in extensions provided by the server, such as message compression.

The default value is false.

If true, streams provided to the user (writer and output stream) will not send an empty message when flushing and there is no data to flush, or when it is closed without having been used (for example if an error occurs).

The default value is false.

If this is true, custom HTTP status messages will be used within HTTP headers. If a custom message is specified that is not valid for use in an HTTP header (as defined by RFC2616) then the custom message will be ignored and the default message used.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

If this is false it will override the useNaming attribute for all Context elements.

The class name of the factory to use to create resources of type javax.sql.DataSource. If not specified the default of org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSourceFactory is used which is a package renamed (to avoid conflicts) copy of Apache Commons DBCP.

The class name of the factory to use to create resources of type javax.mail.Session. If not specified the default of org.apache.naming.factory.MailSessionFactory is used.

Provides a default value for the jvmRoute attribute of the Engine element. It does not override the value configured on the Engine element.

The URL for the catalina.properties configuration file.

If true, the String cache is enabled for ByteChunk.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

If true, the String cache is enabled for CharChunk.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

The number of times toString() must be called before the cache is activated.

If not specified, the default value of 20000 will be used.

The size of the String cache.

If not specified, the default value of 200 will be used.

The character to use to separate the WAR file and WAR content parts of a WAR URL using the custom WAR scheme provided by Tomcat. This is equivalent to how ! is used in JAR URLs.

If not specified, the default value of * will be used.

The maximum length of String that will be cached.

If not specified, the default value of 128 will be used.

The size of the cache to use parsed and formatted date value.

If not specified, the default value of 1000 will be used.

If true, use a shared selector for servlet write/read.

If not specified, the default value of true will be used.

If true, the server will exit if an exception happens during the server initialization phase.

If not specified, the default value of false will be used.

The CombinedRealm allows nested Realms. This property controls the maximum permitted number of levels of nesting.

If not specified, the default value of 3 will be used.

The NestedCredentialHandler allows nested CredentialHandlers. This property controls the maximum permitted number of levels of nesting.

If not specified, the default value of 3 will be used.

A string comprised of characters the server should allow even when they are not encoded. These characters would normally result in a 400 status.

The acceptable characters for this property are: |, { , and }

WARNING: Use of this option will expose the server to CVE-2016-6816.

If not specified, the default value of null will be used.