MuleSoft, a web middleware company, has unveiled its new web application server Tcat Server 6 R2, which has been tested to support the new version of Apache Tomcat 6.0.24.
The company said that the new Tcat Server gives Tomcat users functionalies including server group management, Tomcat configuration management, application provisioning, and Tomcat monitoring and performance diagnostics.
Tcat is based on the Apache Tomcat binary, with zero changes to the core code. The server’s features enable IT teams to migrate from heavyweight legacy platforms such as Oracle WebLogic or IBM WebSphere to the lightweight open source option Tomcat, MuleSoft said.
According to MuleSoft, users can deploy Tcat Server in the cloud using the Amazon EC2 plug-in. The plug-in allows customers to configure, monitor and diagnose Tomcat using a web browser from any remote location.
Jason Brittain, co-author of Tomcat: the Definitive Guide and architect at MuleSoft, said: “Tomcat 6.0.24 gives users some important improvements and bug fixes, including aggressive webapp and JDK memory leak handing, an HTTPS vulnerability fix, major updates and bug fixes to Tomcat’s database connection pooling code, and greatly improved support for JMX and jconsole. In addition to those, 6.0.24 includes many thread safety, clustering, and Windows installer fixes, making it a great release.”
Sateesh Narahari, director of product management at MuleSoft, said: “Tcat Server is built on the original and unmodified Apache release binary distribution of Tomcat. This means existing users of Tcat Server can immediately upgrade to the newest version of Tomcat without having to wait for the vendor to release an upgrade. This is significantly different from other enterprise Tomcat products such as tc Server.”
Tcat Server 6 R2 is free to use in development and pre-production environments. Production subscriptions and support for Apache Tomcat starts at $595 per CPU per year.
