Installing Apache Tomcat Server
Steps to install Apache Tomcat Server
§ Create a directory
o (In c: as WTServlets)
§ Download and Install Tomcat in above folder
o In http://tomcat.apache.org find latest version of tomcat. Under Binary Distributions ⇒ Core ⇒ find the "zip". Download and extract to WTServlets folder
§ Download and install the latest versions of jdk and jre. Create an Environment Variable JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME as below.
(JAVA_HOME= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221)
(JRE_HOME= C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_221)
§ Configure the Tomcat Server
o The Tomcat configuration files, in XML format, are located in the "conf" sub-directory of the installed Tomcat directory
o Configure the TCP port number and enable automatic reload and listings.
§ server.xml – Set the TCP Port Number
In <Connector port="xxxx" protocol="HTTP/1.1" connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="8443" />
Set xxxx value (Example: port=”8088”)
§ context.xml – Enabling Automatic Reload
add the attribute reloadable="true" to the <Context> element to enable automatic reload after code changes.
<Context reloadable="true"> ...... ......</Context>§ web.xml – Enable Directory Listing
enable directory listing by changing "listings" from "false" to "true" for the "default" servlet
<servlet> <servlet-name>default</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.
servlets.DefaultServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>debug</param-name> <param-value>0</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>listings</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup></servlet>§ Start Tomcat Server
o In command prompt go to c:\WTServlets\apache-tomcat-9.0.24\bin type startup
o c:\WTServlets\apache-tomcat-9.0.24\bin>startup
xxxxx INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start Server startup in […..] ms
§ Start client access to server
o Open any browser and access the tomcat server by adding http://localhost:8088 at the address bar
§ Shutdown
o In command prompt go to c:\WTServlets\apache-tomcat-9.0.24\bin type shutdown
o c:\WTServlets\apache-tomcat-9.0.24\bin>shutdown
