How do you deploy a Tomcat application using Docker?

2 years ago
Isabella Edwards
1 minute

To deploy a Tomcat application, you can easily create and manage a Tomcat container using Docker. Here is a simple set of steps to deploy a Tomcat application:

  1. First, make sure you have installed Docker and the Docker daemon is running.
  2. Create a new directory and within that directory, create a Dockerfile with the following content:
FROM tomcat:latest
COPY /path/to/your/application.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/
  1. Copy your application .war file to the directory created above and replace the path with the actual path.
  2. In this directory, open the terminal and run the following command to build a Docker image:
docker build -t my-tomcat-app .
  1. Once the construction is completed, you can run the following command to start the Tomcat container and deploy your application:
docker run -it --rm -p 8080:8080 my-tomcat-app
  1. Your Tomcat container should now be up and running, with your application successfully deployed. You can access your application in a browser by visiting http://localhost:8080 to ensure it is running properly.

By following these simple steps, you can easily deploy a Tomcat application and run it in a Docker container.

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