Plugin Documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal Description
tomcat7:deploy Deploy a WAR to Tomcat.
tomcat7:deploy-only Deploy a WAR to Tomcat without forking the package lifecycle.
tomcat7:exec-war Create a self executable jar file containing all necessary Apache Tomcat classes. This allows for using just java -jar mywebapp.jar to run your webapp without needing to install a Tomcat instance. More details here.
tomcat7:exec-war-only Same as exec-war goal without forking the package lifecycle.
tomcat7:help Display help information on tomcat7-maven-plugin.
Call mvn tomcat7:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details.
tomcat7:redeploy Redeploy a WAR in Tomcat. (Alias for the deploy goal with its update parameter set to true.)
tomcat7:redeploy-only Redeploy a WAR in Tomcat without forking the package lifecycle. (Alias for the deploy-only goal with its update parameter set to true.)
tomcat7:run Runs the current project as a dynamic web application using an embedded Tomcat server.
tomcat7:run-war Runs the current project as a packaged web application using an embedded Tomcat server.
tomcat7:run-war-only Same as run-war goal without forking the package cycle.
tomcat7:shutdown

Shuts down all possibly started embedded Tomcat servers. This will be automatically done through a shutdown hook or you may call this Mojo to shut them down explictly.

By default the shutdown goal is not bound to any phase. For integration tests you might want to bind it to post-integration-test.

tomcat7:standalone-war This Mojo will create an executable war file with embedded Tomcat that is also capable of being deployed elsewhere.
tomcat7:standalone-war-only This Mojo will create an executable war file with embedded Tomcat that is also capable of being deployed elsewhere.
tomcat7:undeploy Undeploy a WAR from Tomcat.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven 2.0
JDK 1.5
Memory No minimum requirement.
Disk Space No minimum requirement.

Usage

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
          <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"