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Tomcat notes

Deployment of a web application (WAR) in Tomcat

A quick way to deploy an application in Tomcat is just to follow this tip:

How do I deploy a WAR file in Tomcat?

1. Stop Tomcat 2. Delete existing deployments (directories of your WAR file). 3. Copy WAR file to the webapps directory in Tomcat. 4. Start Tomcat

This quick-n-dirty script does that: 

    #!/bin/sh

    set -x

    export CATALINA_HOME=<your Tomcat installation>

    app=$1

    jar cvf ${app}.war ${app}
    cd ${CATALINA_HOME}/bin
    sh shutdown.sh
    cd -
    rm -rf ${CATALINA_HOME}/webapps/${app}
    mv ${app}.war ${CATALINA_HOME}/webapps/
    cd ${CATALINA_HOME}/bin
    sh startup.sh

Just call it, passing your web application directory as the first parameter:: 

    $ deploy-war.sh mywebapp/