Tomcat

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Configuration

Add this section to the pom.xml file setting the name of your server (in this example tomcat-localhost):

<build>
  <pluginManagement>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>tomcat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <server>tomcat-localhost</server>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </pluginManagement>
</build>

To your settings file add the authentication details for this server:

<settings>
  <servers>
    <server>
      <id>tomcat-localhost</id>
      <username>tomcat</username>
      <password>tomcat</password>
    </server>
  </servers>
</settings>

Usage

Deploying a WAR file

The simplest way to deploy a WAR project to Tomcat is to type:

mvn tomcat:deploy

This goal will assemble and deploy the WAR file to Tomcat manager using HTTP PUT.

Redeploy

mvn package tomcat:redeploy

Undeploy

mvn tomcat:undeploy

Embedded Tomcat

A project can be run under an embedded Tomcat server by typing:

mvn tomcat:run

Deploying an exploded WAR directory

To avoid building a WAR file upon deployment, a WAR directory can instead be deployed to Tomcat by typing:

mvn war:exploded tomcat:exploded

Information

JNDI

To list all the JNDI resources:

mvn tomcat:resources

Session

mvn tomcat:sessions