Setting up Apache Tomcat on a Windows system

Run the installer executable and start the service to get Apache Tomcat up and running.

Procedure

  1. After you have correctly set JAVA_HOME, run the Tomcat installer, Apache-Tomcat-VERSION.exe, where VERSION is a version supported by SDL Contenta (as listed in the SDL Contenta Platform Requirements).
  2. When choosing what to install, select the Examples component.
  3. Access the Windows Control Panel and select Administrative Tools > Services. In the list of Windows services, select Apache Tomcat and start it.
  4. Verify that Tomcat and all Web applications have started successfully by navigating to $CATALINA_HOME/logs and checking the file catalina.DATESTAMP.log, where DATESTAMP is a date.