Taming Tomcat

What the Manager Webapp can do (ii)

• Install a complete new webapp, from a war file http://host:port/manager/install?war=fullurlofwar
  • Provided
    • If a file: URL, the file is on the server
    • And is readable by the user tomcat is running as
    • http: URLs don't work, so you can't upload and install
  • Not as useful as it sounds
  • On later Tomcat 4 and Tomcat 5, you can upload a WAR through the Web interface
    • More useful
• Deploy a new webapp whose war file has been dropped into the webapps directory http://host:port/manager/deploy?path/appname

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