Run app in tomcat using maven with IntelliJ

Question

Without using maven, to run the app on tomcat from the Intellij IDE, all you have to do is create an artifact and a \"tomcat\" run configuration pointing to that artifact, this

Answer 1

In pom.xml add

            
                org.apache.tomcat.maven
                tomcat7-maven-plugin
                2.2
                
                    UTF-8
                    /your-path
                    true
                
            

In IntelliJ, open Menu > View > Tool Windows > Maven Projects

Plugins > tomcat7 > tomcat7:run