Using an embedded Tomcat with Maven Tomcat plugin
Group ID - overall organization / top-level package
Artifact ID - project / library name
Version - unique release number
mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-webapp -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
<artifactId>my-webapp</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>my-webapp Maven Webapp</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>my-webapp</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>Note the packaging element - this tells Maven to build as a WAR. Change into the webapp project's directory and try:
mvn clean package
mvn clean install tomcat7:runYou'll see target/my-webapp.war is built, and that all the normal steps were executed.
Now you can modify this webapp project and turn it into anything you need!
| Goal | Description |
|---|---|
| tomcat:deploy | Deploy a WAR to Tomcat. |
| tomcat:deploy-only | Deploy a WAR to Tomcat witjout forking the package lifecycle |
| tomcat:exploded | Deploy an exploded WAR to Tomcat. |
| tomcat:help | Display help information on tomcat-maven-plugin. Call mvn tomcat:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>to display parameter details. |
| tomcat:info | Lists information about the Tomcat version, OS, and JVM properties. |
| tomcat:inplace | Deploy a WAR in-place to Tomcat. |
| tomcat:list | Lists all the currently deployed web applications in Tomcat. |
| tomcat:redeploy | Redeploy a WAR in Tomcat. Deploy with forcing update flag to true |
| tomcat:reload | Reload a WAR in Tomcat. |
| tomcat:resources | Lists JNDI resources in Tomcat. |
| tomcat:roles | Lists security roles in Tomcat. |
| tomcat:run | Runs the current project as a dynamic web application using an embedded Tomcat server. |
| tomcat:run-war | Runs the current project as a packaged web application using an embedded Tomcat server. |
| tomcat:run-war-only | Runs the current project as a packaged web application using an embedded Tomcat server without forking the package cycle. |
| tomcat:sessions | Lists session information for a WAR in Tomcat. |
| tomcat:shutdown | Shuts down all possibly started embedded tomcat servers. This will be automatically down through a shutdown hook or you may call this Mojo to shut them down explictly. By default the |
| tomcat:start | Start a WAR in Tomcat. |
| tomcat:stop | Stop a WAR in Tomcat. |
| tomcat:undeploy | Undeploy a WAR from Tomcat. |