Installing Apache Tomcat
In this tutorial, you will install an Apache Tomcat server
using the Server Installed Runtimes preference page.
Installing server runtime
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If you do not have Apache Tomcat on your machine, you
will first need to download and unzip
Apache Tomcat
. Multiple versions of Tomcat are supported. Select the version of Tomcat you would like to use for your application.
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Open
Window -> Preferences -> Server -> Installed
Runtimes
to create a Tomcat installed runtime.
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Click on
Add...
to open the
New Server Runtime
dialog, then select your runtime under
Apache:
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Click
Next
, and fill in your
Tomcat installation directory
:
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Ensure the selected
JRE
is a full JDK and is of a version that will satisfy
Apache Tomcat. If you do not have a JDK installed you can install one be click on the
Installed JREs... preference.
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Click
Finish.