1.下载tomcat7并配置好JAVA_HOME,tomcat7\webapps目录除了manager之外,其它都可以删除(删除没用的,可加速tomcat的启动).
2.tomcat7\conf\tomcat-users.xml加入
<role rolename="manager-gui"/>
<role rolename="manager-script"/>
<user username="username" password="password" roles="manager-gui,manager-script"/>
当然用户名和密码可以不一样,但没有manager-gui就不能通过浏览器去访问manage应用,没有manager-script就不能通过manage去上传war包达到部署的目的.
3.在web项目的pom.xml的一个应用例子(注:url也必须有/text,否则也上传不了war包)
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.test</groupId>
<artifactId>testweb</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0</version>
<name>testweb Maven Webapp</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.deploy>deploy</project.deploy>
<project.tomcat.version>8.0.0-RC5</project.tomcat.version>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!--
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-resources</id>
<phase>process-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>resources</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.deploy}</outputDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources/</directory>
<includes>
<include>*.xml</include>
</includes>
</resource>
</resources>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
</archive>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.deploy}</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>process-classes</phase>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>*.properties</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
-->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
<configuration>
<url>http://localhost:8080/manager/text</url>
<username>username</username>
<password>password</password>
<path>/${project.artifactId}</path>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>${project.tomcat.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
4.tomcat7要先启动,在命令行转到项目目录下输入d:\maven3\bin\mvn tomcat7:deploy看结果.(注:不是tomcat:deploy)
在eclipse配置好外部的maven,在eclipse的run configurations建一个Maven Build:Name随便起一个名字(如tomcat7_redeploy),Base directory选项目目录${workspace_loc:/testweb},goals填tomcat7:deploy.或tomcat7:redeploy
deploy:如果已经部署过,再deploy就会失败.去tomcat7的webapps删除已经部署过的就行了.
redeploy:即使没部署过也不会失败.不知道build的速度会不会明显减慢??
至于选deploy还是redeploy,自己看着办吧!
直至今天(2013-11-11)还没看到有tomcat8-maven-plugin,但tomcat7-maven-plugin的2.2版已经兼容tomcat8.
只到2.2:https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-staging-group/org/apache/tomcat/maven/
snapshots看到有2.3:https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/org/apache/tomcat/maven/