Transcript How to Configure Tomcat with Intellij

How to Configure
Tomcat with Intellij
By: Navjot S.Sandhu
SW410
Enterprise Java
Prof. Lyon
Download Tomcat
• Download Application server
from www.apache.org
• Make sure to set the
appropriate Java Virtual
Machine
Create a New Project in
IntelliJ
• Click File, then New Project
• Create from Scratch
• Click Next, give the Project a
Name, and keep Clicking Next
until the Desired Technologies
window is in front of you
• Click Web-Application, then
Finish
Configure an Application
Server in IntelliJ
• Click File, then Settings
• Click on Application Servers and Hit
the + to add a new Tomcat Server
• Set the Home Directory of the
application server you have just
installed(ex: c:/Program Files/Apache
Software Foundation/<Version>/ and
then Click ok
Create New Class
File(servlet)
Configure Application
Server
• Click on the run button, and
then then Edit Defaults
• Click on the + in the top left
hand corner and add a Tomcat
Server, then Local configuration
• Select the Tomcat in the
pulldown menu next to
Application Server
Configure App
Server(cont.)
Configuration(cont.)
• Click on Deployment,
WebFacets, and then the
Web(inservlet) node and make
sure the Deploy Web Facet radio
button is checked
• Click on Configure and make
sure the Web Deployment is
configured correctly
Configuration(cont.)
Configuration(cont.)
Configure XML FIle
• Configure the web.xml file in
the WEB-INF directory with the
servlet class file name and
directory, in this case we are
going to place the class file in
the root classes directory
Xml File(cont.)
• We have to add one of these for
every class file
The Servlet Class
• Make sure to import the right
classes and set the HTML
output
Compile and Run
• Make sure to add the name of the
Servlet, after
Http://localhost:8080/servlet1 in the
startup page parameter of the run
screen
• Now we have an application server
built into our development
environement
• COOL!!!