In this tutorial, we will Install Apache Tomcat using Eclipse IDE. Apache Tomcat is one of the most popular open-source application servers. Tomcat server implements Java Servlet, Java Server Pages(JSP), and other java specifications.

 

http://tomcat.apache.org/

 

 

Install Server Runtime

Launch Eclipse IDE.

Click on the Servers tab in the Eclipse IDE.

Click on the link No servers are available. Click this link to create a new server…

 

In Define a New Server screen, Select the Tomcat server and click on the Next> button.

 

 

Click on the Download and Install button to download the Tomcat server.

Accept the Tomcat License agreement. Choose an installation directory for the server runtime.

Click on the Next> button or the Finish button.

 

Start the Server

Tomcat server will be added to the Servers tab.

To start the server, right-click and select the Start option.

Allow access to all the Firewall alerts.

 

On a successful server start, we can see the Started message to the server entry in the Servers tab.