deploy_warfile_on_tomcat_server_using_maven.md

How to deploy on tomcat server using maven

Pre-requisites 1. Maven Server [Get help here] 2. Tomcat Server [Get help here]

Procedure

1. download archetype maven-archetype-webapp

      mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.valaxy.webapp -DartifactId=helloworld-project -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp -DinteractiveMode=false 

2. Update pom.xml code to add maven plugin to copy artifacts onto tomcat this should be under

     <plugins>
     <plugin>
   			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
   			<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
   			<version>2.2</version>
   	  	<configuration>
      		<url>http://localhost:8080/manager/text</url>
      		<server>TomcatServer</server>
      		<path>/helloworld-webapp</path>
   		  </configuration>
     </plugin>
     </plugins>

3. create settings.xml for credentials

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <settings ...>
    	<servers>
   
    		<server>
    			<id>TomcatServer</id>
    			<username>admin</username>
    			<password>password</password>
    		</server>
   
    	</servers>
    </settings>

1. Build and the project on tomcat
 ```sh
    mvn tomcat7:deploy