Introduction In Tomcat, the default HTTP Connector is BIO (Blocking I/O) connector with stability, low concurrency characteristics. To boost the Tomcat performance, the alternative ways either adapt NIO (Non-Blocking I/O) or APR (Apache Portable Runtime) connector. Especially, the APR performance is generally better than others when using SSL protocol. For more details on performance among these connectors can reference the Mike Noordermeer’s comparison.
Prerequisites for installing APR APR library APR-util library OpenSSL library To begin our installation, we’ll first need to install the OpenSSL to the server because we install CentOS 6. ...