Tomcat - Servlet init() called twice upon startup

Question

I have an issue with a standalone Tomcat server (not linked with Apache).

When Tomcat starts up, the init() method of the servlet is getting called twice, i.e., two

Answer 1

Tomcat is autodeploying anything in webapps, and also deploying according to server.xml. Just remove your webapp from webapps to avoid double loading.