Time for action – installing Apache Tomcat on Windows
We will install the Apache Tomcat 7.x release.
On Windows, we will use the installer. It will add an item in the service control panel allowing you to set Tomcat for automatic startup.
Open your browser and visit the download page for 7.x releases at http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi.
Select the 32-bit/64-bit Windows Service Installer and save the
EXEfile to a folder on your machine.
Select the downloaded file and run it as the administrator, then press the Yes button when asked from the User Account control.
You need to agree to the license agreement.
Leave the default components selection unchanged. We don't need the Host Manager nor the web application examples:
Go with the default port number, unless you know there are other services bounded to them. Set the User Name and Password for web administration (for example, tomcat).
If your JRE installation was successful, the installer will prompt you with the right path to it. In case...
