Installing Apache Tomcat

In this tutorial, you will install an Apache Tomcat server using the Server Installed Runtimes preference page.

Installing server runtime

  1. If you do not have Apache Tomcat on your machine, you will first need to download and unzip Apache Tomcat . Multiple versions of Tomcat are supported. Select the version of Tomcat you would like to use for your application.
  2. Open Window -> Preferences -> Server -> Installed Runtimes to create a Tomcat installed runtime.
  3. Click on Add... to open the New Server Runtime dialog, then select your runtime under Apache:
  4. Click Next , and fill in your Tomcat installation directory :
  5. Ensure the selected JRE is a full JDK and is of a version that will satisfy Apache Tomcat. If you do not have a JDK installed you can install one be click on the Installed JREs... preference.
  6. Click Finish.