Running website on Tomcat 7.0: Windows 2008 R2

Question

My team and I originally had a server running through Eclipse (Java EE), but wanted to switch it to running on the Tomcat 7.0 service found in Windows 2008 R2. We are completely clueless on what files to put where in the Tomcat folders found in program files. The entire server has gone down and we can't go back to the original setup. Any help is appreciated. All we're asking is where do we put our JSP/ROOT ect folders in the Tomcat program files.

Answer 1

Copying JSP files are not good idea rather you can package your jsp file into an archive file called WAR file. You can export your project from Eclipse IDE as a WAR file.

After creating the WAR file (.war), you need to find out tomcat installation directory and its called tomcat HOME. Now you just need to copy the WAR file into the following folder:

{TOMCAT HOME}/webapps/<project>.war

Answer 2

I'll add to the answer.

If you have folders of running applications from before you can put 'em under

{TOMCAT HOME}/webapps/

war file will un-zip after you start the service. once the war is un-zipped, you can delete it, but only after you stop the service for the first time after war deployment.