Servlet-Apache Tomcat

Question

Need help.
I am using JDK 1.7 & Tomcat 7
I am trying to start the tomcat sever but cant see the Home page of apache tomcat.
I have over looked the log file & got this log :

Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: Server version:        Apache Tomcat/7.0.63  
Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: Server built:          Jun 30 2015 08:08:33 UTC  
Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: Server number:         7.0.63.0  
Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: OS Name:               Windows 7  
Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: OS Version:            6.1  
Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: Architecture:          amd64  
Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: Java Home:             C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_79\jre  
Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: JVM Version:           1.7.0_79-b15  
Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: JVM Vendor:            Oracle Corporation  
Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: CATALINA_BASE:         C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.63\apache-tomcat-7.0.63
Jul 21, 2015 4:24:30 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
INFO: CATALINA_HOME:         C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.63\apache-tomcat-7.0.63  

SEVERE: ContainerBase.addChild: start:   
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component   [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/docs]]  

Jul 21, 2015 4:24:31 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory  
SEVERE: Error deploying web application directory C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.63\apache-tomcat-7.0.63\webapps\docs  
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start:   org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component   [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/docs]]  

Answer 1

My initial thinking is that your Tomcat installation you are using is not a fresh install. Try and follow these steps:

1. Download your preffered copy from: http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi
2. Extract it to a given folder
3. Use the startup script to start the service.

Answer 2

You have to set path for the Apache Tomcat:

CATALINA_HOME = "where you kept your tomcat directory "

then restart the server. open browser type http://localhost:8080

Answer 3

To start Tomcat set two environment variables:

• JAVA_HOME: This refers to the directory in which java and javac are present example: C:\\jdk1.8.0_181
• CATALINA_HOME: This refers to the directory above the bin example: C:\\apache-tomcat-5.5.29

Then open Command Prompt and run the following command: %CATALINA_HOME%\\bin\\startup.bat

If you don't set CATALINA_HOME then C:\\apache-tomcat-5.5.29\\bin\\statup.bat

Then open your web browser and type: localhost:8080

Recheck the settings you have done.

For more details refer: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jsp/jsp_environment_setup.htm