How to setup Tomcat in Eclipse

In this blog post, I will demonstrate how to set up Tomcat in Eclipse.

Step 1 – Visit Tomcat Site and select Tomcat 9

Go to the Tomcat site – http://tomcat.apache.org/. Click on Tomcat 9 in the left pane as shown below:

Step 2 – Download the appropriate version

I will be downloading the 64-bit windows version

Step 3 – Extract the contents of the zip file to an appropriate folder

The zip file will contain a folder with the name as “apache-tomcat-9.0.19”. Copy this to an appropriate folder

Step 4 – Open Eclipse. Go to servers tab

Step 7 – Right click –> New –> Server

Step 8 – Select Tomcat 9.0 Server

Step 9 – Click Next. Select Tomcat installation directory and JRE 1.8.

Step 10 – Click Finish

Further Reading

• Fundamentals of Apache Tomcat
• Beginning with Eclipse IDE
• Apache Tomcat Beginners to Advanced
• Java Programming in Eclipse