Installing tomcat on windows 7

1. Installing Tomcat On Windows 7
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2. Installing Java
Tomcat requires java in order to run. If your computer already has java installed, you can probably skip
this step. However, make sure you have a recent version of java.
Setting the Java Environment Variable
Tomcat will need to know where you have installed java. To do this, you will need to set the
environment variable JAVA_HOME
Here are the steps for setting the environment variable
Goto start and right click on computer and click on properties
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3. Click on Advanced System Settings
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4. Click on Environment Variables
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5. Click on New
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6. Give Variable Name and Variable Value and click ok
Click ok and ok
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7. Installing Tomcat
After setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable, you can install tomcat
Go to the Tomcat software folder
Run the exe file.
I suggest you install Tomcat at c:tomcat
Use the default settings and provide a password that you will remember
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13. Running Tomcat
Here are the steps to see if Tomcat has been successfully installed
Start Tomcat by finding its start program in the Programs Menu (located in the Start menu). Look under
Apache Tomcat and select "Start Tomcat"
Open a Web browser and type in the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/
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16. At this point, you should see the Tomcat home page, which is provided by the Tomcat
Web server running on your computer. Note: if your computer has an internet name or
an IP number, you may access your Tomcat server anywhere on the internet by
substituting localhost with the full name or IP number.
To shut down your server and remove the Console window, select "Stop Tomcat" in
the same menu of where you selected "Stop Tomcat".
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18. Set Your CLASSPATH
Since servlets and JSP are not part of the Java 2 platform, standard edition, you have
to identify the servlet classes to the compiler. The server already knows about the
servlet classes, but the compiler (i.e., javac) you use for development probably
doesn't. So, if you don't set your CLASSPATH, attempts to compile servlets, tag libraries,
or other classes that use the servlet and JSP APIs will fail with error messages about
unknown classes. Here are the standard Tomcat locations:
Tomcat : c:tomcatlibservlet.jar
in addition to the servlet JAR file, you also need to put your development directory in
the CLASSPATH. Although this is not necessary for simple packageless servlets, once
you gain experience you will almost certainly use packages. Compiling a file that is in
a package and that uses another class in the same package requires the CLASSPATH to
include the directory that is at the top of the package hierarchy. In this case, that's the
development directory I just discussed. Forgetting this setting is perhaps the most
common mistake made by beginning servlet programmers!
Finally, you should include "." (the current directory) in the CLASSPATH. Otherwise,
you will only be able to compile packageless classes that are in the top-level
development directory.
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19. Click ok ok ok and close the window
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20. Set Your CATALINA_HOME :
Click ok ok ok and close the window
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21. Click ok ok ok and close the window
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22. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES SETTINGS FOR TOMCAT :
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Right click on My Computer.
Select Properties.
Select the Advanced tab.
Select the Environmental Variables button.
Under the System Variable group, select New.
In the Variable Name field, type JAVA_HOME.
In the Variable Value field, type the name of the path to your
JVM (e.g., C:Java).
8. Select OK.
9. Under the System Variable group, select New.
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In the Variable Name field, type CATALINA_HOME.
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In the Variable Value field, type the name of the path to
Tomcat (e.g., C:Tomcat).
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Select OK.
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Select OK.
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Select OK.
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