How to deploy a war file in Tomcat 7

Question

I have copied the sample.war file into the webapps directory of Tomcat, and I can access localhost:8080.

Now how will Tomcat deploy it, I mean do I need to open it in browser? How can I access the application?

Answer 1

You can obtain your application form: http://localhost:8080/sample

Expanding or redeploying of conflict files is programmed by default - after copying/overwriting the file sample.war, see webapps folder for an obtained folder sample.

If it doesn't open well, check the log files (e.g. tomcat/logs/catalina.out) for difficulties with deployment.