Last Updated: October 20, 2022

How to run Web App with apache tomcat on Linux.

Pre-Requisite:

  1. Install tomcat.

  2. Create Web App project.

Steps:

1.Open Maven project.

 

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Figure 1. Maven Prjoect.
2.Run project as build. as shown in Figure 2.

 

Right-click → Run As → Maven Build.

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Figure 2. Build screen.

Wait until the build finishes.

3.Navigate to project location then go to the target file. as shown in Figure 3.

 

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Figure 3. Target file.
4.Copy the war file. as shown in Figure 4.

 

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Figure 4. Target file.
5.Paste it in webApps file. as shown in Figure 5.

 

go to /var/libtomcat9/webapps

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Figure 5. WebApps file.

After pasting the war file, a file will automatically be created with the same name of the war file. as shown in Figure 6.

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Figure 6. WebApps file.
6.Run tomcat with the terminal. as shown in Figure 7.

 

To start tomcat use the following command :

sudo service tomcat9 start
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Figure 7. Starting tomcate.
7.Go to URL localhost:8080:/app. as shown in Figure 8.

 

8080 is the default port for tomcat.
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Figure 8. WebApp running on chrome.

Now your WebApp is running on tomcat Enjoy.