Tomcat 8 Maven Plugin for Java 8

Question

Is the tomcat7-maven-plugin working with a tomcat 8 server and java 8? I can't find any tomcat8-maven-plugin.

Answer 1

Yes you can,

In your pom.xml, add the tomcat plugin. (You can use this for both Tomcat 7 and 8):

pom.xml

<!-- Tomcat plugin -->   <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>    *(From maven > settings.xml)*   <username>*yourtomcatusername*</username>     <password>*yourtomcatpassword*</password>     </configuration>    </plugin>    

tomcat-users.xml

<tomcat-users>     <role rolename="manager-gui"/>           <role rolename="manager-script"/>            <user username="admin" password="password" roles="manager-gui,manager-script" />   </tomcat-users> 

settings.xml (maven > conf)

<servers>       <server>        <id>TomcatServer</id>        <username>admin</username>        <password>password</password>     </server> </servers>   

*** deploy/re-deploy**

mvn tomcat7:deploy OR mvn tomcat7:redeploy

Tried this on (Both Ubuntu and Windows 8/10):

• Jdk 7 & Tomcat 7
• Jdk 7 & Tomcat 8
• Jdk 8 & Tomcat 7
• Jdk 8 & Tomcat 8
• Jdk 8 & Tomcat 9

Tested on Both Jdk 7/8 & Tomcat 7/8. (Works with Tomcat 8.5 and 9)

Note:
Tomcat manager should be running or properly setup, before you can use it with maven.

Good Luck!