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Tomcat is used as a server to run Java Servlets. It can be used stand alone or through Apache. Java Servlets is a great language which is very flexible. You can perform balance loading and connect to many great database engines such as postgres. There are many frameworks which you can use to speed up development and keep your code organised, a popular framework is 'struts'.

In this document I will explain how to setup jakarta-tomcat-5.5

==Installation==
===Versions====
The packages and version numbers I will be installing/working with here are:
<li>[http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Installing_FreeBSD_-_Standard_Installation FreeBSD 6.1]
<li>jakarta-tomcat-5.5.17_1
<li>jakarta-struts 1.2.4
<li>apache-ant-1.6.5_1
<li>diablo-jdk-freebsd6.i386.1.5.0.07.00
<li>[http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 8.1.4]
<li>KATE 2.5.3

===Install Java===
cd /usr/ports/java/diablo-jdk15/ && make install clean
Java will require you to download a heap of files separately through the browser and place them in /usr/ports/distfiles

===Install Tomcat===
Install tomcat from ports as the post-install scripts help configure the system faster.
# cd /usr/ports/*/tomcat55
# make install

===Install ANT===
Used for compiling
# pkg_add -r apache-ant

==Configure==
There is a lot of configuration and tests which you can do in tomcat. Here I'm going to show a basic setup in which you should be able to start some projects.

===Startup===
If you want all the servers to load up on boot here is what you have to add to /etc/rc.conf
tomcat55_enable="YES"
postgresql_enable="YES"

===Setup Environment Variables====
Editing /etc/profile
JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/diablo-jdk1.5.0; export JAVA_HOME
CATALINE_HOME="/usr/local/tomcat5.5"; export CATALINE_HOME
CATALINE_BASE="/usr/local/tomcat5.5"; export CATALINE_BASE
CATALINE_TMPDIR="/usr/local/tomcat5.5/temp"; export CATALINE_TMPDIR

CLASSPATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/tomcat5.5/common/lib/servlet-api.jar:
/usr/local/tomcat5.5/common/lib/jsp-api.jar:.";export CLASSPATH

===Tomcat Servlet Reloading===
So that your modifications are automatically reloaded on your development box edit:
/usr/local/tomcat5.5/conf/context.xml and change:
<Context>
to
<Context reloadable="true">

===First time startup===
To start the tomcat server for the first time here is what you do:
shell# cd /usr/local/tomcat5.5/bin
shell# bash
shell# JAVA_HOME=”/usr/local/diablo-jdk1.5.0”;export JAVA_HOME
shell# ./startup.sh

==Using Tomcat==
The default for tomcat is http://<ip>:8180 (used to be on port 8080)

The work area is /usr/local/tomcat5.5/webapps

You can enter project_name.war files into the webapps directory then access them like so:
http://<ip>:8180/project_name

[[Category : Ports and Packages]]

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 Editing /etc/profile
   JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/diablo-jdk1.5.0; export JAVA_HOME
-  CATALINA_HOME="/usr/local/tomcat5.5"; export CATALINE_HOME
+  CATALINA_HOME="/usr/local/tomcat5.5"; export CATALINA_HOME
-  CATALINA_BASE="/usr/local/tomcat5.5"; export CATALINE_BASE
+  CATALINA_BASE="/usr/local/tomcat5.5"; export CATALINA_BASE
-  CATALINA_TMPDIR="/usr/local/tomcat5.5/temp"; export CATALINE_TMPDIR
+  CATALINA_TMPDIR="/usr/local/tomcat5.5/temp"; export CATALINA_TMPDIR
   CLASSPATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/tomcat5.5/common/lib/servlet-api.jar:

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 ==Installation==
-===Versions====
+===Versions===
 The packages and version numbers I will be installing/working with here are:
 <li>[http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Installing_FreeBSD_-_Standard_Installation FreeBSD 6.1]
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 <li>[http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/PostgreSQL PostgreSQL 8.1.4]
 <li>KATE 2.5.3
 ===Install Java===

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-===Setup Environment Variables====
+===Setup Environment Variables===
 Editing /etc/profile
   JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/diablo-jdk1.5.0; export JAVA_HOME