How to run a Java EE project in Tomcat?

Question

I have downloaded a jsp/servlet project and want to run it in Tomcat. I have deployed the project in

Tomcat-> webapp

Now on hitting the url in the browser i am getting a 404 error,please tell me what are the steps to run this project?/

Answer 1

To deploy a web application in Tomcat without an IDE just copy the project into Tomcat's webapps folder. Then logon to Tomcat's main page with http:\\localhost:8080 with a username and password. This is what you should do normally. Please elaborate on your issue.

Answer 2

You are getting 404, it means your server is up and running, but your url is in correct. Please try the below url pattern :

If your war name is HelloWorldJspExample .war and jsp file name which you are trying to access is loginPage.jsp

then your url should be

http://localhost:8080/HelloWorldJspExample/loginPage.jsp

Answer 3

Refer this question execute-servlet-program

Hope this will do.

Answer 4

If You are copied a .war file into tomcat->webapps the please hit the

localhost:8080

if you see the home page of tamcat then goto manager and enter username and password and start your application.

if u cant see the tomcat home page please start the tomcat first goto tomcat->bin and click startup.bat file.

and for tomcat username and password please check the tomcat->conf->tomcat-users.xml file for username and password.