Set Up Apache Tomcat On Windows
1- Download latest Apache Tomcat from here. You can download a zip or a tar for Linux or an installer package.
2- Unzip/ install tomcat at a proper place; say in C:/tomcat directory
Set up environment variables
1- To make tomcat run JAVA_HOME environment must be set. If you already have not done this then refer to other tutorial Install And Configure JDK On Windows and set the java variables
2- Right click My Computer click Properties and choose Advance tab
3- Press Environment Variables button
4- Press New under System variables
5- Press New and provide CATALINA_HOME as variable name and path to tomcat home directory as its value
6- Edit path variable and append path up to tomcat bin directory
7- Open command prompt, write startup and press enter. Tomcat will start running
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