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Scout/Tutorial/3.7/Deploy to Tomcat

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Revision as of 15:11, 21 March 2011 by Matthias.zimmermann.bsiag.com (Talk | contribs) (Export Scout Application to WAR File)

The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/.

Deploy of a Scout Application

This page shows how to export and deploy your Scout application to a Tomcat webserver using the Scout SDK.

Install Tomcat

If you have not yet installed Tomcat please go to the Tomcat homepage. Then download and install Tomcat version 6 or 7 using the proposed default settings.

Once you started the webserver you verify the successful running by starting your browser with the address http://localhost:8080. Your browser should display some page similar as shown below.


Tomcat running.png


Export Scout Application to WAR File

In the Scout SDK perspective use the context menu 'Export to WAR file ...' on the server node as shown below.


Export to war contextmenu.png


This opens the WAR export wizard dialog


Export to war dialog.png


  • Product file: The server product to be deployed. This will usually be the production product (not the development product)
  • WAR file: Path to the webapps directory of your Tomcat installation followed by the WAR file name
  • Checkbox Overwrite existing WAR file:
  • Checkbox Include client application:

Export to war client.png


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