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Java

Posted by Andrew Wiley
Andrew Wiley
10,168 Points

Im having trouble setting up the tomcat server on my mac. Can someone help?

Im trying to build a website with java for the back end but Im lost trying to set up tomcat on my mac

Shadd Anderson
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Shadd Anderson
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Would you mind posting what you have so far and the specific errors you're getting?

Liam Cassidy
Liam Cassidy
9,739 Points

Hey Andrew Wiley

I recommend you provide the errors you are getting as Shadd asked but to get you started I have set up tomcat 7 in the following way:

  1. installed homebrew package manager
  2. ran brew update
  3. ran brew tap homebrew/versions
  4. ran brew install tomcat7

You can now find your configuration in: /usr/local/Cellar/tomcat7/{version number}/libexec/conf

to deploy a web app you can drop a .war file in the /usr/local/Cellar/tomcat7/{version number}/libexec/webapps folder and run catalina run

If you're having issues make sure you check server.xml and web.xml are configured properly to route traffic to your web application (find these in /usr/local/Cellar/tomcat7/{version number}/libexec/conf)

  • typical issues will be with the context path not being set (google it for more information)

This should get you started, however, I recommend looking into tomcat deployment best practices to further your knowledge as what I have described may not fit best practices. I hope this points you in the right direction.