Apache Tomcat is an open source software implementation of the JavaServer Pages and Servlet technologies and can act as a standalone server for testing JSP and Servlets, and can be integrated with the Apache Web Server. Here are the steps to set up Tomcat on your machine −
Download the latest version of Tomcat from https://tomcat.apache.org/.
Once you downloaded the installation, unpack the binary distribution into a convenient location. For example, in C:\apache-tomcat-5.5.29 on windows, or /usr/local/apache-tomcat-5.5.29 on Linux/Unix and create CATALINA_HOME environment variable pointing to these locations.
Tomcat can be started by executing the following commands on the Windows machine −
%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\startup.bat or C:\apache-tomcat-5.5.29\bin\startup.bat
Tomcat can be started by executing the following commands on the Unix (Solaris, Linux, etc.) machine −
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh or /usr/local/apache-tomcat-5.5.29/bin/startup.sh
After a successful startup, the default web applications included with Tomcat will be available by visiting https://localhost:8080/.
Upon execution, you will receive the following output −
Further information about configuring and running Tomcat can be found in the documentation included here, as well as on the Tomcat web site − https://tomcat.apache.org/.
Tomcat can be stopped by executing the following commands on the Windows machine −
%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\shutdown or C:\apache-tomcat-5.5.29\bin\shutdown
Tomcat can be stopped by executing the following commands on Unix (Solaris, Linux, etc.) machine −
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh or /usr/local/apache-tomcat-5.5.29/bin/shutdown.sh