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Server Startup

This page describes how the Tomcat server starts up. There are several different ways to start tomcat, including:

  • From the command line.
  • From a Java program as an embedded server.
  • Automatically as a Windows service.

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A text description of the startup procedure is available here.

diagram

A UML sequence diagram of the startup procedure is available here.

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The startup process can be customized in many ways, both by modifying Tomcat code and by implementing your own LifecycleListeners which are then registered in the server.xml configuration file.


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