INSTALLING APACHE TOMCAT IN WINDOWS
1. Download the latest apache tomcat application server from: [Link]
2. Locate where you downloaded the installation file and then double-click the file. It will show you a dialog screen show below.
Just press Next button. 3. The installer will prompt you with the Software License Agreement. Just press I Agree
4. You will be asked to choose the Tomcat software components to install. Choices are: Full, Customized, And Normal. Just choose Full from the drop down selection.
5. Enter your configuration options for Tomcat. Just accept the default values and specify Username and Password for the Tomcat Administrator Login.
6. Specify the path of your Java installation directory. The default installation directory will be: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7 if you installed the latest Java SDK
7. Choose the directory where you want your Tomcat installed. I choose C:\Tomcat
8. Confirmation screen will appear as shown below:
9. Open your favorite browser and test if Tomcat is running. At your browser, type: [Link] You should see a similar page as shown below.
10. Write a sample script to finally check if everything is ok. <html> <head> <title>Test JSP Page</title> </head> <body> <% [Link] d = new [Link](); %> <% [Link]("The Date today is: " + d); %> </body> </html> Save the file with a .jsp extension, under C:\Tomcat\webapps\ROOT\. For this example, save it as [Link] 11. Access your script using a web browser, type in [Link] :8080/[Link]. In your web browser, the current date should be displayed.