The following gallery and steps provide complete guide on how to install and configure tomcat in Windows so that you can work with Servlets and JSP. Here is a step by step instruction with images on how to install tomcat and run the servlet programs.
1. Download the Apache Tomcat 7
I personally use the latest version of Tomcat so I recommend it. Download the .exe file (for Windows) of
Apache Tomcat 7. In this page you will find
Binary Distributions and under it you'll find
Windows Service Installer click on it and the file will be downloaded.
2. Installing the Tomcat
Here is a photo gallery of each screenshot on how to install tomcat right from the starting. Follow the instructions.
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| Welcome to Tomcat. Click Next |
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| Accept license agreement |
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| Choose FULL installation, click NEXT |
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| Tomcat Configuration. Click NEXT |
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| Tomcat JVM path Selection. Click NEXT |
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| Tomcat Installation DIR. Click NEXT |
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| Installing TOMCAT.. |
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| Finish TOMCAT installation. Click FINISH. |
3. Installed Properly?
To check if Tomcat is installed properly try opening the Tomcat page in your web browser. It is very simple. In the images above i mentioned you to note the port number. It is very important to run your servlet applications. For me i installed in
8080 so I will open,
http://localhost:8080 in my web browser. Then I'll see the following page.
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| Tomcat Homepage, a symbol of successful Tomcat installation |
3.1 Still... Do the servlets work?
It works actually. OK, if you doubt let's check it simply by executing a Hello world servlet program.
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| Click on Servlets Examples.. |
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| Execute Hello World |
Now it's my time. I'll have to code!
OK. Good. But before you do the application,
set the classpath for the servlets to work with servlets, JSP (only if you work with JSP). It is very easy. Just copy the required
jar file paths and then paste them one by one followed by a semicolon (;). That's it. See the image for a better understand.
If you want to work with servlets then you need servlet-api.jar
If you want to work with JSP you need jsp-api.jar
Both of the jar files are located in the Tomcat lib directory. Just take a look at them.
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| Add the required jar files. Note them first. |
Now set the classpath.
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| Go to Advanced and Click on Environment Variables |
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| Click on NEW either in USER variables/system variables |
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| Set the path of those jar files and click OK |
Click on all the OK's that you see. The command prompt that is previously opened will not be able to detect the modified classpath, you'll need to open a new command prompt to see it working. If any masalah persists feel free to drop a comment.
In this way we can simply install Apache Tomcat in a Windows PC. Hope this guide has helped a lot. Thanks for reading this post with utmost patience.
