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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Creating a Tomcat server</h1> |
| <div><div>The server tools feature supports the Apache Tomcat run-time environment, |
| running locally. With Tomcat, you can only test Web projects that contain |
| servlets and JSPs. To set up a server to test projects on Apache Tomcat, complete |
| the following: </div><div class="p"><strong>Prerequisites</strong><div class="p"><ul><li>Download Apache Tomcat from <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat" target="_blank">jakarta.apache.org/tomcat</a></li> |
| <li>Extract the compressed file containing Apache Tomcat on your local file |
| system.</li> |
| <li>Add the Apache Tomcat runtimes. For details on how to do this, refer to |
| the <em>Add the Apache Tomcat runtimes</em> link on the bottom of this topic.</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <p>To create a Apache Tomcat server:</p> |
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| <ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Servers view, right-click and select <span class="uicontrol">New</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Server</span>. |
| The Define a New Server wizard opens.</span></li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>In the <span class="uicontrol">Select the server type</span> list, select |
| the Tomcat server defined in the previous step.</span> <div class="tip"><span class="tiptitle">Tip:</span> If |
| you did not specify the Tomcat install directory, the Define a New Server |
| wizard will prompt you for this information.</div> |
| </li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Start the Tomcat server.</span> In the Servers view, right-click |
| the Tomcat server and select <span class="uicontrol">Start</span>.</li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Test your setup of the Tomcat server.</span><ol type="a"><li><span>Open a Web browser.</span></li> |
| <li><span>Type the Web address <samp class="codeph">http://localhost:8080/</samp>. |
| If you see the Apache Tomcat start page, you have successfully set up your |
| Tomcat server.</span></li> |
| </ol> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
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| <div><div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br /> |
| <div><a href="../topics/twtomprf.html" title="Using the Preferences page, you can define the installed server runtime definitions for the Apache Tomcat server. To define these definitions, complete the following:">Adding the Apache Tomcat runtimes</a></div> |
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