The command used by the above screenshot is tcserver create-from-file tcserver-demo.yaml -run It also deploys the Tomcat sample application to the tc Runtime (Tomcat) instance’s webapps folder as a file named ROOT.war. This instance uses the nio template, which is the default is provided only for illustration purposes in the example. This file defines the name of the instance as tcserver-demo, the name is used to identify the tc Runtime (Tomcat) instance when issuing tcserver commands. It can be reached via The instance descriptor file used above looks like the following: instance: The above screenshot shows how to use an instance descriptor file to create an instance, deploy the Tomcat sample application, and start the instance as a foreground process. Please see the tc Server Kubernetes How-to for more details. In a containerized environment one can easily create, deploy, and start an instance with a single command. By using an instance descriptor file it is easy to recreate an instance. VMware tc Server offers a feature we call instance descriptor file which contains the properties used to create an instance such as name, templates, application, and any changes to default properties. This layout makes it easier to upgrade and keep your application specifics separate from the tc Runtime (Tomcat). tcserver create demo-instance Figure 1.īy default VMware tc Server creates a new instance with a separate CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE it is highly recommended to keep this default. VMware tc Server provides tooling to easily create a tc Runtime (Tomcat) instance, deploy your application, and start the instance.Ĭreating a new tc Runtime (Tomcat) instance is as easy as running a single command. Read this documentation to configure and manage tc Runtime instances, and deploy Web applications.įor a comparison of tc Server and Apache Tomcat features, see How VMware tc Server Differs from Apache Tomcat? For a chart of when new features are added to tc Server 4.1.x, see VMware tc Server Feature Chart. tc Server is completely compatible with Apache Tomcat.

This documentation describes product concepts and provides complete setup instructions for VMware tc Server enterprise application server.

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