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Apache Maven Cookbook

Apache Maven Cookbook

By : Raghuram Bharathan
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Apache Maven Cookbook

Apache Maven Cookbook

4.2 (5)
By: Raghuram Bharathan

Overview of this book

If you are a Java developer or a manager who has experience with Apache Maven and want to extend your knowledge, then this is the ideal book for you. Apache Maven Cookbook is for those who want to learn how Apache Maven can be used for build automation. It is also meant for those familiar with Apache Maven, but want to understand the finer nuances of Maven and solve specific problems.
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Running a web project with Tomcat

Tomcat is a popular open source application server. The Maven Tomcat plugin supports the ability to build and deploy Maven projects in Tomcat. In fact, there are two Maven Tomcat plugins, one for Tomcat 6 and another for Tomcat 7.

Let us look at how to run a web project with Tomcat 7. The steps will be identical for Tomcat 6, except that the plugin would be tomcat6-maven-plugin instead of tomcat7-maven-plugin, and the plugin prefix would be tomcat6 instead of tomcat7.

How to do it...

  1. Open a simple web project (simple-web-project).
  2. Run the following Maven command:
    mvn org.apache.tomcat.maven:tomcat7-maven-plugin:run
    
  3. Observe the result:
    How to do it...
  4. Browse to the deployed webapp by visiting http://localhost:8080/simple-webapp:
    How to do it...

How it works...

The Maven Tomcat plugin allows web applications to be deployed and tested using Apache Tomcat. The run goal is bound to the package phase. Maven runs all the phases prior to it.

Tomcat uses default values to start the server.

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