As promised in last post Good bye MyEclipse. Welcome STS -Spring source Tool Suite, I would be going into the details of Spring TC server development edition and its integration with Spring Source tool suite (STS).

Spring launched the Spring source tc server which is a layer of functional ties and capabilities over the famous Apache Tomcat server. From Spring source site

SpringSource tc Server™ is an enterprise version of Apache Tomcat that provides developers with the lightweight server they want paired with the operational management, advanced diagnostics, and mission-critical support capabilities businesses need.

More details on Spring TC server can be found  SpringSource tc Server — The Tomcat You Know

I decide to give the Spring TC server a shot. I downloaded tc Server Developer Edition(Free) edition (you will have to fill in details and then you get a link in email)

When install.bat or install.sh unpacks , select the options to install. I selected 2 but for faster setup user option 3. i.e Application server only

1. Install tc Server AMS (Server/Agent) – Quick setup

2. Install tc Server AMS (Server/Agent) – Full setup

3. Install tc Server Application Servertc

4. Upgrade tc Server AMS Server

5. Exit

It will create a folder tcServer-6.0.20.C-GA-windows-x86

Go inside the folder after installation and run tcServer-6.0.20.C-GA-tomcat.sfx.jar

It will create folder tcServer-6.0

Go inside tcServer-6.0

C:\skillguru\dev\tcServer-6.0.20.C-GA-windows-x86\tcServer-6.0

Create an instance tcserver-instance.bat -c -s geek

After an instance(directory) geek is created  run the server

tcserver-ctl.bat geek run

http://localhost:8080/

You can run your web application and start tc server through STS (Spring source tool Suite) as well.

Below is the link to a video on the installation steps of tc server and how

http://s3.springsource.com/MRKT/spring-metrics/Spring_Insight_Preview-final2.mov

The biggest feature which would be of interest to developers is the ability to monitor your applications health and performance.  Spring Tc also allows also allows  you to do source code integration which means you can change the code and in realtime monitor the application performance. Will cover this in later posts.

The one big question looms , Is the Spring TC server Free ?

Yes the development version is free.  You will have to pay for production version and support.