Tomcat 8 Maven Plugin for Java 8

Question

Is the tomcat7-maven-plugin working with a tomcat 8 server and java 8? I can\'t find any tomcat8-maven-plugin.

Answer 1

Yes you can,

In your pom.xml, add the tomcat plugin. (You can use this for both Tomcat 7 and 8):

pom.xml

  
  
 org.apache.tomcat.maven  
 tomcat7-maven-plugin  
 2.2  
   
  http:// localhost:8080/manager/text  
  TomcatServer    *(From maven > settings.xml)*
  *yourtomcatusername*  
  *yourtomcatpassword*   
    
   

tomcat-users.xml

settings.xml (maven > conf)

  
    
       TomcatServer
       admin
       password
    
  

* deploy/re-deploy

mvn tomcat7:deploy OR mvn tomcat7:redeploy

Tried this on (Both Ubuntu and Windows 8/10):
* Jdk 7 & Tomcat 7
* Jdk 7 & Tomcat 8
* Jdk 8 & Tomcat 7
* Jdk 8 & Tomcat 8
* Jdk 8 & Tomcat 9

Tested on Both Jdk 7/8 & Tomcat 7/8. (Works with Tomcat 8.5 and 9)

Note:
Tomcat manager should be running or properly setup, before you can use it with maven.

Good Luck!