Download Tomcat. Follow the instructions in running.txt.
Just set JAVA_HOME and CATALINA_HOME, and run the startup.bat
in the bin directory. It will display "INFO: Jk running" when it
has started. Then try
http://localhost:8080
The web pages are in the webapps/root directory. To make
your own pages, make your own index.jsp file. Make sure there
is a WEB-INF directory under root. Make additional pages
and reference them with a link from the original page. Note that
the Tomcat server does not have to be restarted to load a new page.
Tomcat Server using Ant and Eclipse
See the JBoss setup guide for more information about the tools,
installation and extraction.
Download and install Ant.
Download and install Eclipse.
Download the tomcatSample.zip. Extract it somewhere such as NetDB/TomcatSample.
Download the Sysdeo Eclipse pugin if you would like to run Tomcat
from Eclipse. The plugin options can be turned on under Window-Customize
Perspective. Change the Window Preferences-Tomcat and choose Version 4.1.x.
Change the Tomcat home to the CATALINA_HOME location.
Make a new Java Project in Eclipse and point it to NetDB/TomcatSample.
Run Window-Show View-Ant in Eclipse. Then right click in the Ant
window and add the build.xml build file from the tomcat sample project.
Add the tomcat common/lib/servlet.jar to Eclipse using
Window Preferences-Ant-Runtime-Classpath. Also add the Ant Path if it
isn't already. Also add the jar to Eclipse using Project Properties-
Java Build Path-Libraries.
Add <property file=".ant.properties" /> to the build.xml
file under the <project element. Make a ".ant.properties" file
in the TomcatSamples root directory and add the line
"tomcat.home=d:/netdb/apache group/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18"
or point to whereever your CATALINA_HOME environment variable points.
Double click on the compile build target in the Ant window of Eclipse.
Start Tomcat by running bin/Startup.bat or from Eclipse, and then try
http://localhost:8080/hello
Simple Tomcat Server with Database
Download and install MySQL and Connector/J. The Tomcat sample already
comes with a JDBC driver named mysqldriver.jar, but it is not needed
if Connector/J is used.
Copy the mysql-connector-java-3.0.6-stable.jar to the Tomcat
common/lib directory or into the lib directory of the project.
Change the DBTest.java source code to:
String dbServer = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/test";
This will attempt to open a database named "test". If the database
exists, then a table named "author" is required by the source code. If
Tomcat was started from within Eclipse, these errors will display in
the console window of Eclipse.
Other Links
See the following link for writing Servlet code.
Tomcat Servlets
