Anna University Regional Campus, Coimbatore

AIM:

To install and configure Tomcat Web Server.

PROCEDURE:

1. Visit Apache Tomcat home page with a web browser, and click the "Download" link under the "Tomcat 7.0.70 Released" section.
2. Click "32-bit Windows zip" link under the "Binary Distributions" section. Save the download file as "apache-tomcat-7.0.70-windows-x86.zip" to a temporary folder.
3. Unzip the downloaded file to the installation folder C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.70.
4. Open a command line window and navigate to the Tomcat bin directory:

C:\> cd apache-tomcat-7.0.70\bin
C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.70\bin> startup
            

5. If you encounter the error "The CATALINA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly," set the following environment variables:
• CATALINA_HOME = C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.70
• JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\
• JRE_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jre7
6. Configure these variables through:

My Computer -> Right-click Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables
            

7. Configure Tomcat by modifying the following XML files located in C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.70\conf:
• web.xml: Change default-listings to true
• server.xml: Change port number from 8080 to 8081 if needed
• context.xml: Set reloadable attribute to true
8. Try to start the Tomcat server again using the "startup" command:

C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.70\bin> startup
            

Sample Output:

RESULT:

Thus, the Tomcat server was successfully installed and configured.