How to INSTALL and RUN TOMCAT Server on WINDOWS PC ?

Step 1: Download and Install TOMCAT.

• Download the Tomcat Zipped File from Here.
  
  Windows 32-bit             Windows 64-bit
• Unzip it in the Directory anywhere you want.(In my case I’ve Unzipped it to my “local Disk C”).

Step 2: Set the Environment Variable.

• To set path for JAVA Click here.
• You need to create an environment variable called “JAVA_HOME” and set it to your JDK installed directory.
• To Open Environment Variables.
  1. Open My Computer
  2. Then open System Properties.
  
  
  
  3.Go to Advanced System Settings.
  
  
  
  4. Open Environment Variable
  
  
  
  5. Under System Variables, click on New.
  
  
  
  6. In “Variable Name:” enter the “JAVA_HOME”
  
  
  
  7. In “variable value: “ enter the path of your JDK Directory.(In my case “C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_67” )
  
  
  
  8. Click “OK” and “OK” again to get out of Enviroment Variables and Click “OK” to get out of System Properties.

Step 3: Start TOMCAT SERVER.

• Go to the Directory where you unzipped the Tomcat files in Step 1.
• Open that Tomcat named folder.
• In that folder you’ll find “bin” named folder open that.
• In that folder in empty space press “SHIFT + RIGHT CLICK” then click on “OPEN COMMAND WINDOW HERE”.
  
  
• Then a command window will appear.
  
  
• Then type “STARTUP” in Command window, wait for something to appear like this.
  
  
  
  
  
•  Then you are good to go server is running, to check open your browser and type “localhost: 8080” and press enter.
  
  
  

LINKS

Apache Tomcat