Apache Tomcat Maven Plugin :: Tomcat 7.x

tomcat7:run

Full name:

org.apache.tomcat.maven:tomcat7-maven-plugin:2.3-SNAPSHOT:run

Description:

Runs the current project as a dynamic web application using an embedded Tomcat server.

Attributes:

Requires a Maven project to be executed.
Requires dependency resolution of artifacts in scope: test.
The goal is thread-safe and supports parallel builds.
Since version: 2.0.
Invokes the execution of the lifecycle phase process-classes prior to executing itself.

Required Parameters

Name	Type	Since	Description
path	`String`	`2.0`	The webapp context path to use for the web application being run. This must always start with a forward-slash ('/'). Default value is: `/${project.artifactId}`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.path`.
pluginArtifacts	`List`	`1.0`	(no description) Default value is: `${plugin.artifacts}`.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Since	Description
addContextWarDependencies	`boolean`	`1.0`	Deprecated. use webapps instead Default value is: `false`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.addContextWarDependencies`.
addWarDependenciesInClassloader	`boolean`	`2.0`	will add /WEB-INF/lib/.jar and /WEB-INF/classes from war dependencies in the webappclassloader Default value is: `true`. User property is*: `maven.tomcat.addWarDependenciesInClassloader`.
additionalClasspathDirs	`List`	`2.0`	Additional optional directories to add to the embedded tomcat classpath.
additionalConfigFilesDir	`File`	`1.0-alpha-2`	The directory contains additional configuration Files that copied in the Tomcat conf Directory. Default value is: `${basedir}/src/main/tomcatconf`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.additionalConfigFilesDir`.
address	`String`	`2.2`	this IP address will be used on all ports User property is: `maven.tomcat.address`.
ajpPort	`int`	`2.0`	The AJP port to run the Tomcat server on. By default it's 0 this means won't be started. The ajp connector will be started only for value > 0. Will be exposed as System props and session.executionProperties with key tomcat.maven.ajp.port Default value is: `0`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.ajp.port`.
ajpProtocol	`String`	`2.0`	The AJP protocol to run the Tomcat server on. By default it's ajp. NOTE The ajp connector will be started only if `ajpPort` > 0. possible values are: org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProtocol - new blocking Java connector that supports an executor org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol - the APR/native connector. Default value is: `org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProtocol`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.ajp.protocol`.
aliases	`String[]`	`2.0`	configure aliases see Host Name aliases
backgroundProcessorDelay	`int`	`2.0`	represents the delay in seconds between each classPathScanning change invocation Default value is: `-1`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.backgroundProcessorDelay`.
classLoaderClass	`String`	`2.0`	Class loader class to set.
clientAuth	`String`	`2.1`	enable client authentication for https (if configured) see http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/http.html#SSL_Support_-_BIO_and_NIO Default value is: `false`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.https.clientAuth`.
configurationDir	`File`	`2.0`	The directory to create the Tomcat server configuration under. Default value is: `${project.build.directory}/tomcat`.
contextFile	`File`	`2.0`	The path of the Tomcat context XML file. Since release 2.0, the file is filtered as a maven resource so you can use interpolation tokens ${ } User property is: `maven.tomcat.contextFile`.
contextReloadable	`boolean`	`2.0`	Force context scanning if you don't use a context file with reloadable = "true". The other way to use contextReloadable is to add attribute reloadable = "true" in your context file. Default value is: `false`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.contextReloadable`.
delegate	`boolean`	`1.0`	Set the "follow standard delegation model" flag used to configure our ClassLoader. Default value is: `true`. User property is: `tomcat.delegate`.
fork	`boolean`	`1.0`	Set this to true to allow Maven to continue to execute after invoking the run goal. Default value is: `false`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.fork`.
hostName	`String`	`2.0`	configure host name Default value is: `localhost`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.hostName`.
httpsPort	`int`	`1.0`	The https port to run the Tomcat server on. By default it's 0 this means won't be started. The https connector will be started only for value > 0. Will be exposed as System props and session.executionProperties with key tomcat.maven.https.port Default value is: `0`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.httpsPort`.
ignorePackaging	`boolean`	`1.0`	If set to true ignore if packaging of project is not 'war'. Default value is: `false`. User property is: `tomcat.ignorePackaging`.
jarScanAllDirectories	`boolean`	`2.2`	In case a module in your reactors has some web-fragments they will be read. If you don't need that for performance reasons, you can deactivate it. Default value is: `true`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.jarScan.allDirectories`.
keystoreFile	`String`	`1.1`	Override the default keystoreFile for the HTTPS connector (if enabled)
keystorePass	`String`	`1.1`	Override the default keystorePass for the HTTPS connector (if enabled)
keystoreType	`String`	`2.0`	Override the type of keystore file to be used for the server certificate. If not specified, the default value is "JKS". Default value is: `JKS`.
maxPostSize	`int`	`2.3`	The max post size to run the Tomcat server on. By default it's 2097152 bytes. That's the default Tomcat configuration. Set this value to 0 or less to disable the post size limit. Default value is: `2097152`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.maxPostSize`.
port	`int`	`2.0`	The port to run the Tomcat server on. Will be exposed as System props and session.executionProperties with key tomcat.maven.http.port Default value is: `8080`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.port`.
propertiesPortFilePath	`String`	`2.0`	Will dump port in a properties file (see ports for property names). If empty no file generated User property is: `maven.tomcat.propertiesPortFilePath`.
protocol	`String`	`2.0`	The protocol to run the Tomcat server on. By default it's HTTP/1.1. See possible values HTTP Connector protocol attribute Default value is: `HTTP/1.1`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.protocol`.
serverXml	`File`	`1.0-alpha-2`	server.xml to use Note if you use this you must configure in this file your webapp paths. User property is: `maven.tomcat.serverXml`.
skip	`boolean`	`2.0`	Skip execution Default value is: `false`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.skip`.
staticContextDocbase	`String`	`2.0`	The static context docroot base fully qualified path if `null` static context won't be added User property is: `maven.tomcat.staticContextDocbase`.
staticContextPath	`String`	`2.0`	The static context Default value is: `/`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.staticContextPath`.
systemProperties	`Map`	`1.0-alpha-2`	List of System properties to pass to the Tomcat Server.
tomcatLoggingFile	`File`	`2.0`	The path of the Tomcat logging configuration. User property is: `maven.tomcat.tomcatLogging.file`.
tomcatUsers	`File`	`2.0`	The path of the Tomcat users XML file. User property is: `maven.tomcat.tomcatUsers.file`.
tomcatWebXml	`File`	`1.0-alpha-2`	overriding the providing web.xml to run tomcat This override the global Tomcat web.xml located in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/ User property is: `maven.tomcat.webXml`.
trustManagerClassName	`String`	`2.2`	(no description)
trustMaxCertLength	`String`	`2.2`	(no description)
truststoreAlgorithm	`String`	`2.2`	(no description)
truststoreFile	`String`	`2.2`	(no description)
truststorePass	`String`	`2.2`	(no description)
truststoreProvider	`String`	`2.2`	(no description)
truststoreType	`String`	`2.2`	(no description)
uriEncoding	`String`	`1.0`	The character encoding to use for decoding URIs. Default value is: `ISO-8859-1`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.uriEncoding`.
useBodyEncodingForURI	`boolean`	`2.2`	(no description) Default value is: `false`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.useBodyEncodingForURI`.
useNaming	`boolean`	`2.0`	Enables or disables naming support for the embedded Tomcat server. Note: This setting is ignored if you provide a `server.xml` for your Tomcat. Instead please configure naming in the `server.xml`. Default value is: `true`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.useNaming`.
useSeparateTomcatClassLoader	`boolean`	`1.0`	if `true` a new classLoader separated from maven core will be created to start tomcat. Default value is: `false`. User property is: `tomcat.useSeparateTomcatClassLoader`.
useTestClasspath	`boolean`	`2.0`	will use the test classpath rather than the compile one and will add test dependencies too Default value is: `false`. User property is: `maven.tomcat.useTestClasspath`.
warSourceDirectory	`File`	`2.0`	The web resources directory for the web application being run. Default value is: `${basedir}/src/main/webapp`. User property is: `tomcat.warSourceDirectory`.
webapps	`List`	`2.0`	Collection of webapp artifacts to be deployed. Elements are <webapp> and contain usual GAVC plus contextPath and/or contextFile elements.

Parameter Details

addContextWarDependencies:

Deprecated. use webapps instead

Will create a tomcat context for each dependencies of war type with 'scope' set to 'tomcat'. In other words, dependencies with:

   <type>war</type>
   <scope>tomcat</scope>

To preserve backward compatibility it's false by default.

Type: boolean
Since: 1.0
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.addContextWarDependencies
Default: false

addWarDependenciesInClassloader:

will add /WEB-INF/lib/*.jar and /WEB-INF/classes from war dependencies in the webappclassloader

Type: boolean
Since: 2.0
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.addWarDependenciesInClassloader
Default: true

additionalClasspathDirs:

Additional optional directories to add to the embedded tomcat classpath.

Type: java.util.List
Since: 2.0
Required: No

additionalConfigFilesDir:

The directory contains additional configuration Files that copied in the Tomcat conf Directory.

Type: java.io.File
Since: 1.0-alpha-2
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.additionalConfigFilesDir
Default: ${basedir}/src/main/tomcatconf

address:

this IP address will be used on all ports

Type: java.lang.String
Since: 2.2
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.address

ajpPort:

The AJP port to run the Tomcat server on. By default it's 0 this means won't be started. The ajp connector will be started only for value > 0. Will be exposed as System props and session.executionProperties with key tomcat.maven.ajp.port

Type: int
Since: 2.0
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.ajp.port
Default: 0

ajpProtocol:

The AJP protocol to run the Tomcat server on. By default it's ajp. NOTE The ajp connector will be started only if ajpPort > 0. possible values are:

org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProtocol - new blocking Java connector that supports an executor
org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol - the APR/native connector.

Type: java.lang.String
Since: 2.0
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.ajp.protocol
Default: org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProtocol

aliases:

configure aliases see Host Name aliases

Type: java.lang.String[]
Since: 2.0
Required: No

backgroundProcessorDelay:

represents the delay in seconds between each classPathScanning change invocation

Type: int
Since: 2.0
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.backgroundProcessorDelay
Default: -1

classLoaderClass:

Class loader class to set.

Type: java.lang.String
Since: 2.0
Required: No

clientAuth:

enable client authentication for https (if configured) see http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/http.html#SSL_Support_-_BIO_and_NIO

Type: java.lang.String
Since: 2.1
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.https.clientAuth
Default: false

configurationDir:

The directory to create the Tomcat server configuration under.

Type: java.io.File
Since: 2.0
Required: No
Default: ${project.build.directory}/tomcat

contextFile:

The path of the Tomcat context XML file.

Since release 2.0, the file is filtered as a maven resource so you can use interpolation tokens ${ }

Type: java.io.File
Since: 2.0
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.contextFile

contextReloadable:

Force context scanning if you don't use a context file with reloadable = "true". The other way to use contextReloadable is to add attribute reloadable = "true" in your context file.

Type: boolean
Since: 2.0
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.contextReloadable
Default: false

delegate:

Set the "follow standard delegation model" flag used to configure our ClassLoader.

Type: boolean
Since: 1.0
Required: No
User Property: tomcat.delegate
Default: true

fork:

Set this to true to allow Maven to continue to execute after invoking the run goal.

Type: boolean
Since: 1.0
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.fork
Default: false

hostName:

configure host name

Type: java.lang.String
Since: 2.0
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.hostName
Default: localhost

httpsPort:

The https port to run the Tomcat server on. By default it's 0 this means won't be started. The https connector will be started only for value > 0. Will be exposed as System props and session.executionProperties with key tomcat.maven.https.port

Type: int
Since: 1.0
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.httpsPort
Default: 0

ignorePackaging:

If set to true ignore if packaging of project is not 'war'.

Type: boolean
Since: 1.0
Required: No
User Property: tomcat.ignorePackaging
Default: false

jarScanAllDirectories:

In case a module in your reactors has some web-fragments they will be read. If you don't need that for performance reasons, you can deactivate it.

Type: boolean
Since: 2.2
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.jarScan.allDirectories
Default: true

keystoreFile:

Override the default keystoreFile for the HTTPS connector (if enabled)

Type: java.lang.String
Since: 1.1
Required: No

keystorePass:

Override the default keystorePass for the HTTPS connector (if enabled)

Type: java.lang.String
Since: 1.1
Required: No

keystoreType:

Override the type of keystore file to be used for the server certificate. If not specified, the default value is "JKS".

Type: java.lang.String
Since: 2.0
Required: No
Default: JKS

maxPostSize:

The max post size to run the Tomcat server on. By default it's 2097152 bytes. That's the default Tomcat configuration. Set this value to 0 or less to disable the post size limit.

Type: int
Since: 2.3
Required: No
User Property: maven.tomcat.maxPostSize
Default: 2097152