In this article, we will show you how to create a Spring Boot traditional WAR file and deploy to a Tomcat servlet container. In Spring Boot, to create a WAR for deployment, we need 3 steps: Extends SpringBootServletInitializer Marked the embedded servlet container as provided. Update packaging to war Tested with Spring Boot 2.1.2.RELEASE Tomcat […]
If Spring Boot project contains multiple main classes, Spring Boot will fail to start or packag for deployment. Terminal $ mvn package #or $ mvn spring-boot:run Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.4.2.RELEASE:run (default-cli) Execution default-cli of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.4.2.RELEASE:run failed: Unable to find a single main class from the following candidates [com.mkyong.Test, com.mkyong.SpringBootWebApplication] -> [Help 1] Maven […]
A Spring Boot web application example, using embedded Tomcat + JSP template, and package as an executable WAR file. Technologies used : Spring Boot 1.4.2.RELEASE Spring 4.3.4.RELEASE Tomcat Embed 8.5.6 Maven 3 Java 8 1. Project Directory Create the following folders manually : 2. Project Dependencies Maven example. Read comments for self-explanatory. pom.xml <?xml version="1.0" […]
Maven package a web application and hits the following error message : $ mvn package //… [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-war-plugin:2.2:war (default-war) on project spring4-mvc-maven-ajax-example: Error assembling WAR: webxml attribute is required (or pre-existing WEB-INF/web.xml if executing in update mode) -> [Help 1] Solution 1. For servlet container < 3, make sure WEB-INF/web.xml file […]
In Gradle, the WAR plugin will generate the final WAR file with the following pattern: ${baseName}-${appendix}-${version}-${classifier}.${extension} Example : hello.1.0.war To change the default WAR filename, update war.archiveName. For example : build.gradle project(‘:web’) { apply plugin: ‘war’ war { archiveName ‘hello-gradle.war’ } dependencies { compile project(‘:core’) providedCompile ‘javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5’ providedCompile ‘org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jsp-api:7.0.55’ //… } } Build it… $ […]
In this tutorial, we will show you how to use Ant build script to manage a Spring MVC web application project, create a WAR file and deploy to Tomcat. Technologies used : Eclipse 4.2 JDK 1.7 Ant 1.9.4 Ant-Ivy 2.4 logback 1.1.2 jstl 1.2 Spring 4.1.3.RELEASE Tomcat 7 1. Project Directory Review the final project […]
In this tutorial, we will show you how to use Maven-Tomcat plugin to package and deploy a WAR file to Tomcat, both in Tomcat 6 and 7. Libraries used : Maven 3 Tomcat 6.0.37 Tomcat 7.0.53 Tomcat 7 Deploy URL = http://localhost:8080/manager/text Command = mvn tomcat7:deploy Tomcat 6 Deploy URL = http://localhost:8080/manager/ Command = mvn […]
In J2EE web development, Web Application Archive(WAR) file is just a normal JAR file, which consists all of your web application components like, servlets, Java classes, libraries, resources and etc. Read Wiki for detail. Problem Current web application WAR file is generated via Ant or Maven tool, copy to *nix environment for deployment, but no […]
