Setting up environment to run first servlet

Posted on by hrthaker

Step 1 -> install jdk1.6 or higher
Step 2 -> install Apache Tomcat 7
Step 3 -> setup environment variable
1) JAVA_HOME -> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_04
2) CATALINA_HOME -> d:\tomcat
Step 4 -> d:\tomcat\startup.bat
Step 5 -> browser : http://localhost:8080
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Change port
-> d:\tomcat\conf\server.xml
Find (CTRL+F) connector
port =”___”
restart server -> d:\tomcat\bin\shutdonwn.bat or ctrl+c
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Step 6-> Write servlet source code
Setp 7-> Set environment variable
CLASSPATH = d:\tomcat\lib\servlet-api.jar
Step 8 -> compile servlet and generate class file
Step 9 -> copy class file and paste at
d:\tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes\______
Step 10 -> d:\tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\web.xml
<servlet>
<servlet-nane></servlet-name>
<servlet-class></servlet-classs>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name></servlet-name>
<url-pattern></url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
Step 11-> Browse -> http://localhost:8080/FirstServlet