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

If you have set

<packaging>war</packaging>

in your pom, IDEA should automatically identify the artifact (your WAR file) to deploy. No need to manually create an artifact.

Answer 2

In pom.xml add

<build>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
                <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.2</version>
                <configuration>
                    <uriEncoding>UTF-8</uriEncoding>
                    <path>/your-path</path>
                    <update>true</update>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
</build>

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

Plugins > tomcat7 > tomcat7:run

Answer 3

When you setup this: n IntelliJ, open Menu > View > Tool Windows > Maven Projects, you will see this menu:

When you click on this picture you can enter the goal of Maven, for example tomcat7:run